Louis I (; 6 February 140217 January 1458), nicknamed the Peaceful (), was

Landgrave of Hesse The Landgraviate of Hesse () was a Princes of the Holy Roman Empire, principality of the Holy Roman Empire. It existed as a single entity from 1264 to 1567, when it was divided among the sons of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse. History In the early ...

from 1413 to 1458. Following Louis' death, his sons, Henry III and Louis II, divided Hesse into Upper and

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sections.

Life

Louis was born at

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, the son of

Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse Hermann II (10 June 1413), nicknamed the Scholar (), was Landgrave of Hesse from 1376 to 1413. Life Hermann II was born around 1342 to Louis the Junker and Elizabeth of Sponheim, daughter of Simon II, Count of Sponheim-Kreuznach. Louis the ...

, and

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, the daughter of Frederick V of

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. He married Anna (5 June 1420 - 17 September 1462) daughter of

Frederick I, Elector of Saxony Frederick I, the Belligerent or the Warlike (; 11 April 1370 – 4 January 1428), a member of the House of Wettin, ruled as List of margraves of Meissen, Margrave of Meissen from 1407 and List of rulers of Saxony, Elector of Saxony (as Fred ...

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

John III, Count of Nassau-Weilburg John III of Nassau-Weilburg (27 June 1441dr. A.W.E. Dek, ''Genealogie van het Vorstenhuis Nassau'', Europese Bibliotheek, Zaltbommel, 1970.A.A. Vorsterman van Oyen, ''Het vorstenhuis Oranje-Nassau. Van de vroegste tijden tot heden'', A.W. Sijthoff ...

*Friedrich (1458- 1 June 1463) After 1425 a conflict with the

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over claims to power in Hesse broke out into open conflict and Archbishop Conrad III of Mainz suffered a decisive defeat at

Fulda Fulda () (historically in English called Fuld) is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (''Kreis''). In 1990, the city hosted the 30th Hessentag state festival. Histor ...

in 1427.

Ancestry

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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 monarchs Burials at St. Elizabeth's Church, Marburg {{Germany-noble-stub