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Henry III
Landgrave of Upper Hesse
Titles and stylesThe Landgrave of Upper Hesse
Landgrave of Hessen-Marburg
Born15 October 1440
Died31 January 1483
Noble familyHouse of Hesse
Spouse(s)Anna of Katzenelnbogen
IssueFriedrich
Ludwig III
Elisabeth of Hessen
William III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse
Mathilde of Hessen-Marburg
Heinrich
FatherLouis I, Landgrave of Hesse
MotherAnna of Saxony

Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse, called "the Rich" (15 October 1440[1] – 13 January 1483) was the second son of Louis I of Hesse and his wife Anna of Saxony.

Upon the death of his father Louis I in 1458, Henry received Upper Hesse and his brother Louis II received Lower Hesse. He succeeded to the title of Landgrave of Hessen-Marburg in 1458.[1] His nickname "the Rich" is indicative of his fortune in territory and tolls on the Rhine received by his marriage to Anna, daughter and heir of Philip, the last Count of Katzenelnbogen and his wife Anne von Wurttemberg.

Children

His daughter Elisabeth of Hesse (1466–1523) would go on to marry Jan V of Nassau-Vianden-Diez and they would become grandparents to William the Silent.[1] His younger daughter, Mathilde (1473–1524), would go on to marry John II, Duke of Cleves and they would become grandparents to Queen Anne of Cleves.[1] Henry's only son to reach adulthood succeeded as William III (Wilhelm III, Landgraf von Hessen-Marburg) (1471–1500).[1] In 1498, William married Elisabeth von der Pfalz, daughter of Philip, Elector Palatine. William left no legitimate heir and the title passed to his cousin, William II, Landgrave of Hesse, son of Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse.

Ancestry

Family of Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse
16. Otto I, Landgrave of Hesse (c.1272-1328)
8. Louis of Hesse (1305-1345)
17. Adelheid of Ravensberg (1270-1333/39)
4. Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse (1341-1413)
18. Simon II, Count of Sponheim-Kreuznach (bef. 1265-1337)
9. Elisabeth, Countess of Sponheim-Kreuznach (1318-1345)[2]
19. Elisabeth of Valkenburg (?-1334)
2. Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse (1402-1458)
20. John II, Burgrave of Nuremberg (c.1309-1357)
10. Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg (bef. 1333-1398)
21. Elisabeth of Henneberg-Schleusingen (c.1289-1377)
5. Margarete, Countess of Hohenzollern-Nürnberg (c.1360-1406)
22. Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen (1310-1349)
11. Elisabeth of Meissen (1329-1375)
23. Mathilde of Bavaria (aft 1313-1346)
1. Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse
24. Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen (1310-1349)
12. Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia (1332-1381)
25. Mathilde of Bavaria (aft 1313-1346)
6. Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1370-1428)
26. Heinrich IV of Henneberg-Schleusingen (c.1288-1347)
13. Catherine of Henneberg-Schleusingen (?-1397)[3]
27. Judith of Brandenburg-Salzwedel (c.1301-1353)
3. Anna of Saxony (1420-1462)
28. Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1324-1373)
14. Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (c.1364-1416)
29. Catherine of Anhalt-Bernburg (c.1332-1390)
7. Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg (c.1389-1442)
30. Wartislaw VI, Duke of Pomerania (c.1345-1394)
15. Sophia of Pomerania (c.1370-1406)[4]
31. Anna of Mecklenburg-Stargard (c.1350-aft 1397)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Morby, John. Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 135.
  2. ^ "Genealogics".
  3. ^ "Genealogics".
  4. ^ "Genealogics".
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