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Biography. Following his father's death in 1567 Hesse was divided between his four sons. George I received the upper County of Katzenelnbogen and selected Darmstadt as his residence. He died on 7 February 1596 and the Landgraviate was passed to his son Louis .
When, in 1604, the childless Landgrave Louis IV of Hesse-Marburg died at Marburg Castle, a succession dispute to his lands, along with the sectarian differences between Calvinist Hesse-Kassel and Lutheran Hesse-Darmstadt, led to a bitter, decades-long rivalry.
the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt (known as the Grand Duchy of Hesse from 1806 and the People's State of Hesse from 1918) to George I. The Hessian territories were not re-united until the formation of Greater Hesse (though without Rhenish Hesse) as part of Allied-occupied Germany in 1945.
Landgrave Georg Georg I Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt Hesse-Darmstadt (Hessen) (10 Sep 1547 - 7 Feb 1596)
George I received the upper County of Katzenelnbogen and selected Darmstadt as his residence. He died on 7 February 1596 and the Landgraviate was passed to his son Louis. On 17 August 1572, he married Magdalene of Lippe.
Following his father's death in 1567 Hesse was divided between his four sons. George I received the upper County of Katzenelnbogen and selected Darmstadt as his residence. He died on 7 February 1596 and the Landgraviate was passed to his son Louis .
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Engraving with etching of George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. Whole length with short hair, plumed cap, beard, opne ruff, embroidered doublet, breeches, and cape. The Landgrave is pictured standing with right hand on hip and left holding gloves, with drapery behind and with a view of a river within a garden in the background.
