Person:Otto I, Landgrave of Hesse (1)

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Otto I _____, Landgrave of Hesse
b.Abt 1272 Marburg, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Gießen, Hessen, Germany
d.17 Jan 1328
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 17 Sep 1263
  1. Sofie, Princess of HesseAbt 1264 - Aft 1331
  2. Henry "the Younger" _____, of Hesse1265 - 1298
  3. Matilde, Princess of HesseAbt 1267 - Aft 1332
  4. Adelheid, Princess of HesseAbt 1268 - 1317
  5. Elisabeth "Die Altere", Princess of HesseAbt 1269 - 1293
  6. Son, Prince of HesseAbt 1270 - Abt 1274
  7. Otto I _____, Landgrave of HesseAbt 1272 - 1328
Spouse and Children
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m. 1297
  1. Henry II _____, Landgrave of Hesse1299 - 1376
  2. Otto von Hessen1301 - 1361
  3. Louis "the Junker" of Hesse1305 - 1345
  4. Elisabeth of Hesse - 1373
  5. Herman I of Hesse - 1370
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Facts and Events
Name Otto I _____, Landgrave of Hesse
Alt Name Otto, Landgrave of Hesse
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1272 Marburg, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Gießen, Hessen, GermanyHouse of Hesse
Marriage 1297 to Adelheid, Countess of Ravensberg
Death[1] 17 Jan 1328
Burial? St. Elisabethkirche,Marburg,Hessen-Nassau,Prussia
Reference Number? Q70868?


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Otto I of Hesse (c. 1272 – 17 January 1328) was Landgrave of Hesse from 1308 until his death.

Otto was born in Marburg, a son of Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse and his first wife Adelheid of Brunswick-Lunenburg. Following the death of his father in 1308, he inherited Upper Hesse, the "Land on the Lahn", which included Marburg, Giessen, Grünberg and Alsfeld. After his half-brother John died in 1311, he also became landgrave of Lower Hesse. This included the area below the Fulda, Eder, Schwalm, Werra, and the upper reaches of the Weser, with the residence of Kassel, as well as the towns of Homberg (Efze), Melsungen, and Rotenburg an der Fulda.

After Otto inherited the whole Landgraviate, he resided alternately in Kassel and Marburg. Otto had a long conflict with the Archbishop of Mainz, Matthias von Bucheck. In 1324 Mainz won the battle in the Lahnberg with help from troops from Amöneburg. In 1327, Mainz adopted Giessen with the help of troops from the Electorate of Trier, but the citizens of the town quickly enabled Otto to regain control. Only after Otto's victory at Wetzlar and with the mediation of King John of Luxembourg in 1328 was conciliation made possible.

Otto died on 17 January 1328 in Kassel, and was buried in the Ahnaberg monastery.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Otto I, Landgrave of Hesse, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2.   The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM) July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996 (2).
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