Landgraviate of Hesse
The Landgraviate of Hesse (German: Landgrafschaft Hessen) was a 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.
Landgraviate of Hesse | |||||||||||||||
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Landgraviate of Hesse (blue), about 1400 | |||||||||||||||
| Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||||||||
| Capital | Marburg, Gudensberg, Kassel (from 1277) | ||||||||||||||
| Religion | Catholicism, Reformed | ||||||||||||||
| Government | Feudal monarchy | ||||||||||||||
| Landgrave | |||||||||||||||
• 1264–1308 | Henry I the Child | ||||||||||||||
• 1509–1567 | Philip I the Magnanimous | ||||||||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages, Reformation | ||||||||||||||
| 1264 | |||||||||||||||
• Raised to Principality | 1292 | ||||||||||||||
• Partitioned in twain | 1458–1487 | ||||||||||||||
• Reformation | 1526 | ||||||||||||||
• Partitioned in four | 1567 | ||||||||||||||
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