Louis I of Hesse (german: Ludwig) (6 February 1402 - 17 January 1458), called "the Peaceful", was
Landgrave
Landgrave (german: Landgraf, nl, landgraaf, sv, lantgreve, french: landgrave; la, comes magnus, ', ', ', ', ') was a noble title used in the Holy Roman Empire, and later on in its former territories. The German titles of ', ' (" margrave"), ...
of
Lower Hesse
Lower Hesse is a historic designation for an area in northern Hesse, Germany.
The term Lower Hesse originated in the Middle Ages for the so-called "lower principality" of Hesse, which was separated until 1450 from the so-called "upper principalit ...
(
Hesse
Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major historic cities are Dar ...
) from 1413 to 1458.
He was born at
Spangenberg
Spangenberg is a small town in northeastern Hesse, Germany.
Geography
Spangenberg lies in the Schwalm-Eder district some southeast of Kassel, west of the Stölzinger Gebirge, a low mountain range. Spangenberg is the demographic centrepoint o ...
, the son of
Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse
Hermann II of Hesse (1341 – 24 May 1413) was Landgrave of Hesse from 1376 to 1413.
Hermann II, called "the Scholar", was born in 1345 in Burg Grebenstein (de) (Grebenstein castle), the son of Louis the Junker. Louis the Junker was a son of Ot ...
and
Margaret, the daughter of
Frederick V Frederick V or Friedrich V may refer to:
* Frederick V, Duke of Swabia (1164–1170)
*Frederick V, Count of Zollern (d.1289)
*Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg (c. 1333–1398), German noble
*Frederick V of Austria (1415–1493), or Frederick III ...
of
Nuremberg
Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...
. He married
Anna
Anna may refer to:
People Surname and given name
* Anna (name)
Mononym
* Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke
* Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773)
* Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century)
* Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 12 ...
(5 June 1420 - 17 September 1462) daughter of
Frederick I, Elector of Saxony on 13 September 1436. Their children were:
*
Louis II (7 September 1438 - 8 November 1471)
*
Henry III (15 October 1440 - 13 January 1483)
*
Hermann IV, Archbishop of Cologne (1450 - 19 October 1508)
*Elisabeth (14 December 1453 - 22 April 1489), married
*Friedrich (1458- 1 June 1463)
*Berthold Reinemann (1438) - Illegitimate son of Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse (https://gedbas.genealogy.net/person/show/1282276047)
After 1425 a conflict with the
Electorate of Mainz
The Electorate of Mainz (german: Kurfürstentum Mainz or ', la, Electoratus Moguntinus), previously known in English as Mentz and by its French name Mayence, was one of the most prestigious and influential states of the Holy Roman Empire. In the ...
over claims to power in Hesse broke out into open conflict and Archbishop
Conrad III of Mainz suffered a decisive defeat at
Fulda in 1427.
Ancestry
External links
Ludwig I. v. Hessen''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie''. Band 52, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, p. 115.
, -
1402 births
1458 deaths
People from Schwalm-Eder-Kreis
House of Hesse
Landgraves of Hesse
Medieval child rulers
Burials at St. Elizabeth's Church, Marburg
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