Wilhelm I (Hesse)
Wilhelm I of Hesse , "the Elder" (* July 4, 1466 , † February 8, 1515 in Spangenberg Castle ) was Landgrave of the Landgraviate of Hesse .
Life
His parents were Ludwig the Franklin (1438–1471) and Mechthild, daughter of Count Ludwig I of Württemberg . Under the influence of his mother, Wilhelm turned to religious interests early on. After his uncle and guardian, Heinrich III. von Oberhessen , died in 1483, Wilhelm took over the business of government himself. In 1488 he married Anna von Braunschweig (1460–1520), daughter of Duke Wilhelm II of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel , with whom he had five daughters. After a pilgrimage from 1491 to 1492 with the goals of Palestine, Rome and Loreto, Wilhelm fell ill, probably with syphilis , and left the government to his brother, Wilhelm II, on June 3, 1493 because of the resulting mental illness . He retired to Spangenberg Castle where he died in 1515.
His widow left Hessen and died in Worms in 1520 , where she was buried in the Andreasstift .
progeny
- Mathilde (1489-1493)
- Mechthild (1490–1558), 1500–1526 nun in Weißenstein monastery near Kassel, married in 1527 to Count Konrad von Tecklenburg
- Anna (1491–1513), nun in the Ahnaberg monastery near Kassel
- Katharina (1495–1525), married in 1511 to Count Adam von Beichlingen
- Elisabeth (1503–1563), first married in 1525 to Count Palatine Ludwig II of Zweibrücken and Veldenz , and her second marriage in 1541 to Count Palatine Georg von Simmern
literature
- Eckhart G. Franz : The House of Hesse. A European family. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-17-018919-0 .
- Pauline Puppel: The regent. Guardian rule in Hesse 1500–1700 , Frankfurt / Main 2004, ISBN 3-593-37480-3
- Dietrich von Schachten : In God's name we go .... The pilgrimages of Landgrave Wilhelm the Elder of Hesse to the holy land. Heimatschollen-Verlag A. Bernecker, Melsungen 1925. Series Hessen-Nassauische Bücherei.
- Rajah Schepers: regent by coup? Landgravine Anna von Hessen (1485-1525), Helmer 2007, ISBN 3-89741-227-6
- Heinrich Reimer : Wilhelm I, Landgrave of Hesse . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 43, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, p. 27 f.
- Phillip Landgrebe: The travel report Dietrich von Schachten . In: Zeitschrift für Hessische Geschichte und Landeskunde (ZHG), Vol. 123 (2018), pp. 177–198 (see above all the third subchapter on the pilgrimage of Wilhelm I., pp. 185–191).
Web links
- Hessen, Wilhelm I. Landgrave of. Hessian biography. (As of February 8, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dietrich von Schachten : In God's name we go .... The pilgrimages of Landgrave Wilhelm the Elder of Hesse to the holy land. Heimatschollen-Verlag A. Bernecker, Melsungen, 1925. Series Hessen-Nassauische Bücherei
- ^ Website of the wife's grave in Worms
- ↑ Website on the epitaph
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Ludwig II. |
Landgrave of Hesse ( Lower Hesse ) 1471–1493 |
Wilhelm II. |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wilhelm I. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wilhelm I of Hesse |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Landgrave of the Landgraviate of Hesse |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th July 1466 |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 8, 1515 |
| Place of death | Spangenberg Castle |