Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse

Louis I
Landgrave 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
Detail Titles and styles The Landgrave of Hesse
Noble family	House of Hesse
Father	Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse
Mother	Margaret of Hohenzollern-Nuremberg
Born	6 February 1402 Spangenberg
Died	17 January 1458

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

He was 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 (1453 - 22 April 1489), married John III 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

Ancestors of Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse

16. Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse               8. Otto I, Landgrave of Hesse                       17. Adelheid of Brunswick-Lüneburg               4. Louis of Hesse                             18. Otto III, Count of Ravensberg               9. Adelheid of Ravensberg                       19. Hedwig of Lippe               2. Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse                                   20. Johann I, Count of Sponheim-Kreuznach               10. Simon II, Count of Sponheim-Kreuznach                       21. Katharina of Katzenelnbogen               5. Elisabeth, Countess of Sponheim-Kreuznach                             22. Walram of Heinsberg and Valkenburg               11. Elisabeth of Heinsberg and Valkenburg                       23. Philippa of Geldern               1. Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse                                         24. Frederick IV, Burgrave of Nuremberg               12. John II, Burgrave of Nuremberg                       25. Margarete of Görz               6. Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg                             26. Berthold VII, Count of Henneberg-Schleusingen               13. Elisabeth of Henneberg-Schleusingen                       27. Adelheid of Hesse               3. Margaret of Hohenzollern-Nuremberg                                   28. Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen               14. Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen                       29. Elizabeth of Lobdaburg-Arnshaugk               7. Elisabeth of Meissen                             30. Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor               15. Matilda of Bavaria                       31. Beatrix of Silesia-Glogau

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
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)