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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. On the principle Cuius regio eius religio, Maurice's subjects were also required to convert to Calvinism.
Landgrave Moritz was born at Racconigi Castle, in Italy. During the Second World War, Moritz's mother, Princess Mafalda of Savoy, was arrested by the Nazis for alleged subversive activities and died in the Buchenwald concentration camp in 1944 as a result of a U.S. bombing raid on the camp. Prince Louis of Hesse and by Rhine, the last head of ...
Engraving of Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. Whole length as a youth with curled hair, lace collar, embroidered doublet, and breeches. The Landgrave is pictured standing holding a cane in right hand, with a plumed helmet on a table to the right with drapery behind. With Latin inscription on cartouche below. A plate from Monumentum sepulcrale, ad Illustrissimi Celsissimique Principis ac ...
Engraving of Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel and Agnes of Solms-Laubach, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel with their four children.To the left the figure of Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse-Kasse: whole length with closed ruff, doublet, mantle, and hose. The Landgrave is pictured standing, with a plumed hat on a table to the left, and beside the figures of his three sons, Otto, Moritz, and Wilhelm V ...
Alias: Moritz der Gelehrte, Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel Life. Born: 25 May 1572 in Kassel Died: 17 March 1632 in Eschwege Biography Moritz, also called Maurice the Learned, was Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel from 1592 to 1627, a theater builder and patron of Heinrich Schütz and John Dowland as well as musician in his own right and a man of letters.
Sep 22, 2021 · Moritz Friedrich Karl Emanuel Humbert, Prince of Hesse-Kassel, was born at the Castle of Racconigi in Italy on August 6, 1926. He is the eldest child of Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse and Princess Mafalda of Savoy. Moritz had three younger siblings: Raised primarily in Italy, Moritz returned to Germany in 1943 and served briefly in the German forces.
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Engraving of Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. Bust length with short hair, beard, lace collar, and embroidered doublet. Within an oval wreathed border. Cut down from a print of a procession from Monumentum sepulcrale, ad Illustrissimi Celsissimique Principis ac Domini, Dn. Mauritii Hassiae Landgravii ... memoriam Gloriae Sempiternam Erectum (1638).
