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Landgraviate of Hesse

Landgraviate of Hesse
Landgrafschaft Hessen (German)
1264–1567
Landgraviate of Hesse (blue), about 1400
Landgraviate of Hesse (blue), about 1400
StatusState of the Holy Roman Empire
CapitalMarburg, Gudensberg,
Kassel (from 1277)
Religion
Catholicism, Reformed
GovernmentFeudal monarchy
Landgrave 
• 1264–1308
Henry I the Child
• 1509–1567
Philip I the Magnanimous
Historical eraMiddle Ages, Reformation
• Partitioned from
    Duchy of Thuringia
1264
• Raised to
    Principality
1292
• Partitioned in twain
1458–1487
• Reformation
1526
• Partitioned in four
1567
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Duchy of Thuringia
Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel
Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt
Hesse-Marburg
Hesse-Rheinfels

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.


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