Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse

Henry III
Landgrave of Upper Hesse
Spouse(s)	Anna of Katzenelnbogen
Issue Frederick Ludwig III Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg William III, Landgrave of Hesse Mathilde of Hesse Heinrich
Detail Titles and styles Landgrave of Upper Hesse Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg
Noble family	House of Hesse
Father	Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse
Mother	Anna of Saxony
Born	15 October 1440
Died	31 January 1483

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 Hesse-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 Philipp, the last Count of Katzenelnbogen and his wife Anne of Württemberg.

Children

His daughter Elisabeth (1466–1523) would go on to marry Johann V of Nassau-Vianden-Dietz 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, the 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

Ancestors of Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse

16. Otto I, Landgrave of Hesse (c.1272-1328)

8. Louis the Junker of Hesse (1305-1345)

17. Adelheid (1270-1333/39), daughter of Otto III of Ravensberg

4. Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse (1341-1413)

18. Simon II, Count of Sponheim-Kreuznach (bef. 1265-1337)

9. Elisabeth of Sponheim (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. Margaret of Hohenzollern-Nuremberg (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 (c.1332-1390), daughter of Bernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg

7. Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg (c.1389-1442)

30. Wartislaw VI, Duke of Pomerania (c.1345-1394)

15. Sophie of Pomerania (c.1370-1406)^[4]

31. Anna (c.1350-aft 1397), daughter of John I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Stargard

References

1 2 3 4 5 Morby, John. Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 135.
↑ "Genealogics".
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Preceded by Louis I	Landgrave of Upper Hesse 1458–1483	Succeeded by William III

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 86107292 GND: 137944918

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