Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse

Henry III
Henry III
	Landgrave of Upper Hesse
	Titles and styles Landgrave of Upper Hesse; Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg
Born	15 October 1440
Died	13 January 1483
Noble family	House of Hesse
Spouse(s)	Anna of Katzenelnbogen
	Issue Frederick; Ludwig III; Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg; William III, Landgrave of Hesse; Mathilde of Hesse; Heinrich
Father	Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse
Mother	Anna of Saxony

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 ΙΙΙ married Elisabeth, the daughter of Philip, Elector Palatine. William ΙΙΙ 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

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

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

9. Elisabeth of Sponheim (1318-1345)

2. Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse (1402-1458)

10. Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg (bef. 1333-1398)

5. Margaret of Hohenzollern-Nuremberg (c.1360-1406)

11. Elisabeth of Meissen (1329-1375)

1. Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse

12. Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia (1332-1381)

6. Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1370-1428)

13. Catherine of Henneberg-Schleusingen (?-1397)

3. Anna of Saxony (1420-1462)

14. Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (c.1364-1416)

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

15. Sophie of Pomerania (c.1370-1406)

References

Morby, John. Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 135.

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Preceded by Louis I	Landgrave of Upper Hesse 1458–1483	Succeeded by William III

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[Morby-1] Morby, John. Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 135.