George I of Hesse-Darmstadt (10 September 1547 – 7 February 1596) was the
Landgrave of
Hesse-Darmstadt from 1567 to 1596.
Early life
Born on 10 September 1547 in
Kassel
Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in North Hesse, northern Hesse, in Central Germany (geography), central Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel (region), Kassel and the d ...
, he was the fourth son of
Philip I the Magnanimous of
Hesse
Hesse or Hessen ( ), officially the State of Hesse (), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt, which is also the country's principal financial centre. Two other major hist ...
and his wife,
Christine of Saxony.
Biography
Following his father's death in 1567, Hesse was divided between his four sons. George I received the upper
County of Katzenelnbogen
The County of Katzenelnbogen was an Imperial immediacy, immediate States of the Holy Roman Empire, state of the Holy Roman Empire. It existed between 1095 and 1479, when it was inherited by the Landgraves of Landgraviate of Hesse, Hesse.
The es ...
and selected
Darmstadt
Darmstadt () is a city in the States of Germany, state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Area, Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region). Darmstadt has around 160,000 inhabitants, making it the ...
as his residence. He died on 7 February 1596 and the Landgraviate was passed to his son
Louis
Louis may refer to:
People
* Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name
* Louis (surname)
* Louis (singer), Serbian singer
Other uses
* Louis (coin), a French coin
* HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy
See also
...
.
Marriages and issue
On 17 August 1572 he married Countess
Magdalene of Lippe (1552–1587). They had 10 children.
* Philip William (16 June 1576 – 4 October 1576), Hereditary prince, died young
*
Louis V (1577–1626), Landgrave of
Hesse-Darmstadt
: married in 1598 Princess
Magdalene of Brandenburg (1582–1616)
* Christine (25 November 1578 – 26 March 1596)
: married in 1595 Count
Frederick Magnus of Erbach-Fürstenau (1575-1618)
* Elisabeth (29 November 1579 – 17 July 1655)
: married in 1601 Count John Casimir of
Nassau-Weilburg-Gleiberg (1577–1602)
* Marie Hedwig (2 December 1580 – 12 September 1582)
*
Philip III (1581–1643), Landgrave of
Hesse-Butzbach
: married firstly, in 1610, Countess Anna Margarethe of
Diepholz
Diepholz (; Northern Low Saxon: ''Deefholt'') is a town and capital of the district of Diepholz in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the rivers Hunte and Lohne, approximately 45 km northeast of Osnabrück, and 60 km southwes ...
(1580–1629)
: married secondly, in 1632, Countess Christine Sophie of
East Frisia
East Frisia () or East Friesland (; ; ; ) is a historic region in the northwest of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is primarily located on the western half of the East Frisia (peninsula), East Frisian peninsula, to the east of West Frisia and to the ...
(1600–1658)
* Anna (3 March 1583 – 13 September 1631)
: married in 1601 Count Albert Otto of
Solms-Laubach (1576–1610)
*
Frederick I (1585–1638), Landgrave of
Hesse-Homburg
: married in 1622 Countess Margarethe of
Leiningen-Westerburg (1604–1667)
* Magdalene (5 May 1586 – 23 October 1586) died in infancy
* John (22 February 1587 – 22 February 1587) died in infancy
On 25 May 1589 he married Duchess Eleonore of
Württemberg
Württemberg ( ; ) is a historical German territory roughly corresponding to the cultural and linguistic region of Swabia. The main town of the region is Stuttgart.
Together with Baden and Province of Hohenzollern, Hohenzollern, two other histo ...
(1552–1618). They had 1 child:
* Henry (1 November 1590– 6 April 1601). Died young
Ancestors
References
Wikisource: ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'', "Georg I v. Hessen-Darmstadt"
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1547 births
1596 deaths
Nobility from Kassel
Landgraves of Hesse-Darmstadt
16th-century people from the Holy Roman Empire
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