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1 day ago · Bigamy of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse: 1539–1540. From December 1539, Luther became involved in the designs of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse to marry a lady-in-waiting of his wife, Christine of Saxony. Philip solicited the approval of Luther, Melanchthon, and Bucer, citing as a precedent the polygamy of the patriarchs.
2 days ago · The militant Protestant faction, led by Philip, landgrave of Hesse, now established a formal organization of resistance, the Schmalkaldic League (1531), and the empire moved toward armed conflict as Lutherans became not just a political party but a military force as well.
4 days ago · Maurice (born March 21, 1521, Freiberg, Saxony—died July 9, 1553, Sievershausen, Saxony) was the duke (1541–53) and later elector (1547–53) of Saxony, whose clever manipulation of alliances and disputes gained the Albertine branch of the Wettin dynasty extensive lands and the electoral dignity. Maurice succeeded his father, Duke Henry of ...
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3 days ago · NettyRoyal. Leave a Comment. In November 1937 a terrible tragedy shocked the royal families throughout Europe. On 9 October 1937 Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig von Hessen und bei Rhein (of Hesse and by Rhine), who had reigned until 1918, had died at the age of 68. Despite of that the family was to gather in London for the wedding of the Grand Duke’s ...
4 days ago · Pages 340-350. Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 9, August-December 1535.Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1886.
5 days ago · Herewith you will receive two letters from him to the dukes of Bavaria and the landgrave of Hesse, with copies, that you may be the more ripe to answer objections. As the secretary of the duke of Bavaria, Mr. Hubertus Thomas, has shown much of his master's mind to the King, you need not labor to procure any other answer of them than they will show you themselves.
5 days ago · Describes his further progress by Spires and Heidelberg. The Landgrave's army is dispersed. Part has returned home, another part has gone to the siege of Münster, another has gone to the Lubeckers, for the liberation of king Christiern, the rest, by the Landgrave's orders, has gone to aid the duke of Holstein against the Lubeckers.
