Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse

Louis I
Landgrave of Hesse
Born	6 February 1402 Spangenberg
Died	17 January 1458 (aged 55)
Noble family	House of Hesse
Spouse(s)	Anna of Saxony
Issue	Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse Hermann IV, Archbishop of Cologne Elisabeth Friedrich
Father	Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse
Mother	Margaret of Hohenzollern-Nuremberg

Louis I of Hesse (German: Ludwig) (6 February 1402 - 17 January 1458), called "the Peaceful", was Landgrave of Lower Hesse (Hesse) from 1413 to 1458.

He was born at Spangenberg, the son of Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse, and Margaret, the daughter of Frederick V of Nuremberg. He married Anna (5 June 1420 - 17 September 1462) daughter of Frederick I, Elector of Saxony 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
• Friedrich (1458- 1 June 1463)

After 1425 a conflict with the Electorate of Mainz over claims to power in Hesse broke out into open conflict and Archbishop Conrad III of Mainz suffered a decisive defeat at Fulda in 1427.

Ancestry

External links

• Ludwig I. v. Hessen Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. Band 52, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, p. 115.

Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse House of Hesse Born: 6 February 1402 Died: 17 January 1458
Regnal titles
Preceded by Hermann II the Learned	Landgrave of Hesse 1413–1458	Succeeded by Louis II the Frank (Lower Hesse) Henry III the Rich (Upper Hesse)