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They had six children: Otto, Hereditary Prince of Hesse-Kassel (b. Kassel, 24 December 1594 – Hersfeld, 7 August 1617). Elisabeth (b. Kassel, 24 March 1596 – d. Güstrow, 16 December 1625), married John Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg. Stillborn child (24 January 1597). Stillborn child (August 1599). Maurice (b. Kassel, 14 July 1600 – d.
Maurice was born in Kassel as the son of William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, and of his wife Sabine of Württemberg. Although Maurice had been raised in the Lutheran faith, he converted to Calvinism in 1605.
May 6, 2022 · Moritz (in English - Maurice) was born 25 May 1572 at Kassel, the only surviving son of Wilhelm IV, Landgrave von Hessen in Kassel, and his wife Sabine, Countess of Würrtemberg.
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- March 15, 1632
L Maurice of Hesse-Kassel ( Moritz; 25 May 1572 – 15 March 1632) was the ruling Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) in the Holy Roman Empire from 1592 to 1627.
Apr 25, 2018 · A portrait of Maurice 'the learned', Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1572-1632), his second wife Juliane of Nassau-Dillenburg (1587-1643) and their 14 (!) children. Landgrave Maurice married with Juliane in 1603 and shortly after he converted from the Lutheran faith to Calvinism.
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On 23 September 1593, Maurice married Agnes of Solms-Laubach (7 January 1578 – 23 November 1602). They had six children: Otto, Hereditary Prince of Hesse-Kassel (b. Kassel, 24 December 1594 – Hersfeld, 7 August 1617). Elisabeth (b. Kassel, 24 March 1596 – d. Güstrow, 16 December 1625), married John Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg.
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Hesse-Kassel expanded in 1604 when Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel inherited the Landgraviate of Hesse-Marburg from his childless uncle, Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg (1537–1604). Thirty Years' War. In 1605, Maurice became Calvinist and entered the Thirty Years' War on the Protestant side.
