Henry II of Hesse (German: ''Heinrich''; c. 1299 – 3 June 1376), called "the Iron", was
Landgrave 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 ...
from 1328–1376.
Henry was the son of
Otto I, Landgrave of Hesse and Adelheid of Ravensburg. With his wife Elisabeth of Thuringia, daughter of
Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen, he had five children:
*
Otto the Younger (1322c-1366)
*
Adelheid (1323/24-1370) later wife of
Casimir III of Poland
* Elisabeth
329c-1390later wife of
Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen
* Jutta/Judith; died in infancy
* Margarethe, a nun in Haidau monastery
When Henry's son Otto died in 1366, his nephew
Hermann was named co-regent. This caused fighting to break out with Otto of Brunswick. To defray the costs of the conflict with Brunswick, Henry levied a tax on all imported goods.
External links
Wikisource: ''Allgemeine Deutsch Biographie'' "Heinrich II. (Landgraf von Hessen)" (in German)
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Landgraves of Hesse
House of Hesse
Burials at St. Elizabeth's Church, Marburg
1290s births
1376 deaths
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