(8 April 1536 – 8 June 1597), married: in Reichenweier on 10 September 1555 to George I, Duke of Württemberg; in Kassel on 11 November 1568 to Count Daniel of Waldeck. Louis IV of Hesse-Marburg (27 May 1537 – 9 October 1604). Elisabeth (13 February 1539 – 14 March 1582), married on 8 July 1560 to Louis VI, Elector Palatine. Philip II of Hesse-Rheinfels (22 April 1541 – 20 November 1583). Christine (29 June 1543 – 13 May 1604), married in Gottorp on 17 December 1564 to Duke Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp. George I of Hesse-Darmstadt (10 September 1547 – 7 February 1596). Also, on 4 March 1540 he morganatically married Margarethe von der Saale, while remaining married to Christine of Saxony. With Margarethe he had the following children: Philipp, Count zu Dietz (12 March 1541 – 10 June 1569). Hermann, Count zu Dietz (12 February 1542 – ca. 1568). Christopher Ernst, Count zu Dietz (16 July 1543 – 20 April 1603). Margretha, Countess zu Dietz (14 October 1544 – 1608), married: in Kassel on 3 October 1567 to Count Hans Bernhard of Eberstein; in Frauenberg on 10 August 1577 to Count Stephan Heinrich of Everstein. Albrecht, Count zu Dietz (10 March 1546 – 3 October 1569). Philipp Konrad, Count zu Dietz (29 September 1547 – 25 May 1569), Moritz, Count zu Dietz (8 June 1553 – 23 January 1575). Ernst, Count zu Dietz (12 August 1554 – 1570). Anna, Countess zu Dietz (1557 – 2/5 January 1558). On his death, his territories were divided (Hesse becoming Hesse-Kassel, Hesse-Marburg, Hesse-Rheinfels, and Hesse-Darmstadt) between his four sons by his first wife, namely William IV of Hesse-Kassel, Louis IV of Hesse-Marburg, Philip II of Hesse-Rheinfels, and Georg I of Hesse-Darmstadt. References De Lamar Jensen, Reformation Europe: Age of Reform and Revolution. 2nd ed. (Lexington, Massachusetts: Heath, 1992). Hastings, Eells. Attitudes of Martin Bucer Toward the Bigamy of Philip of Hesse, Brooklyn, New York.: AMS Press inc. (2003) Find in a Library External links Bibliography WW-Person: A data base of the higher nobility in Europe. |- 1504 births 1567 deaths People from Marburg German Protestant Reformers Landgraves of Hesse House of Hesse German Lutherans Modern child monarchs Landgraves of Hesse-Darmstadt