Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse

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German prince founder of a state landgrave medieval noble member of the Ludovingian dynasty

Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse was a 13th-century German prince of the Ludovingian dynasty who established the Landgraviate of Hesse as an autonomous principality within the Holy Roman Empire.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German prince ⓘ founder of a state ⓘ landgrave ⓘ medieval noble ⓘ member of the Ludovingian dynasty ⓘ
associatedWith	Brabant NERFINISHED ⓘ Landgraviate of Thuringia NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace	Marburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
child	Adelheid of Hesse NERFINISHED ⓘ Agnes of Hesse NERFINISHED ⓘ Elisabeth of Hesse NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry the Younger of Hesse NERFINISHED ⓘ John of Hesse NERFINISHED ⓘ Otto I, Landgrave of Hesse NERFINISHED ⓘ Sophie of Hesse NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1244 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	21 December 1308 ⓘ
deathCause	natural causes ⓘ
era	13th century ⓘ early 14th century ⓘ
father	Henry Raspe NERFINISHED ⓘ
mother	Sophie of Brabant NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeLanguage	German ⓘ
nobleFamily	Ludovingian dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	consolidating territorial rule in northern Hesse ⓘ founding the independent principality of Hesse ⓘ
partOf	high nobility of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Thuringia NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Marburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	Count palatine of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ Landgrave of Hesse NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	Sophie of Brabant NERFINISHED ⓘ
reignEnd	1308 ⓘ
reignStart	1264 ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
residence	Kassel NERFINISHED ⓘ Marburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent	established the Landgraviate of Hesse as an autonomous principality ⓘ participated in conflicts over the Thuringian and Hessian succession ⓘ received Hesse as an imperial fief ⓘ supported King Rudolf I of Habsburg in imperial politics ⓘ
spouse	Adelheid of Brunswick-Lüneburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Mechthild of Cleves NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor	Otto I, Landgrave of Hesse NERFINISHED ⓘ
territory	Landgraviate of Hesse NERFINISHED ⓘ
title	Count palatine of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ Landgrave of Hesse NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Landgraviate of Hesse → firstRuler → Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse ⓘ

Marburg → grantedTownRightsBy → Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse ⓘ