May 1603, Maurice married Countess Juliane of Nassau-Siegen (3 September 1587 – 15 February 1643). They had fourteen children: Philipp (b. Kassel, 26 September 1604 – killed in battle, Lutter am Barenberge, 17 June 1626). Agnes (b. Kassel 14 May 1606 – d. Dessau, 28.5.1650), married John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau. Herman (b. Kassel, 15 August 1607 – d. Rotenburg, 25 March 1658), inherited Rotenburg. Juliane (b. Marburg, 7 October 1608 – d. Kassel, 11 December 1628). Sabine (b. Kassel, 5 July 1610 – d. Kassel, 21 May 1620). Magdalene (b. Kassel, 25 August 1611 – d. Bedburg, 12 February 1671), married Erich Adolf, Count of Salm-Reifferscheid. Maurice (b. Kassel, 13 June 1614 – d. Kassel, 16 February 1633). Sophie (b. Kassel, 12 September 1615 – d. Bückeburg, 22 November 1670), married Philip I, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe. Frederick (b. Kassel, 9 May 1617 – killed in battle, Kosten, 24 September 1655), inherited Eschwege. Christian (b. Kassel, 5 February 1622 – d. Bückeburg, 14 November 1640), Swedish colonel, died after an altercation with General Johan Banér and some other officers; he was probably poisoned. Ernest (b. Kassel, 17 December 1623 – d. Köln, 12 May 1693), inherited Rheinfels. Christine (b. Kassel, 9 July 1625 – d. Kassel, 25 July 1626). Philipp (b. Kassel, 28 September 1626 – d. Rotenburg, 8 July 1629). Elisabeth (b. Kassel, 23 October 1628 – d. Kassel, 10 February 1633). Ancestry Notes References Bruce T. Moran: The alchemical world of the German court. Occult philosophy and chemical medicine in the circle of Moritz of Hessen (1572 - 1632). Stuttgart, Steiner 1991. External links |- Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel German Baroque composers German classical composers Musicians from Kassel People from the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel 1572 births 1632 deaths House of Hesse-Kassel Landgraves of Hesse Converts to Calvinism from Lutheranism German Calvinist and Reformed Christians 16th-century German people 17th-century German people 17th-century classical composers German male classical composers