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Landgrave of Lower Hesse

William I
Landgrave of Lower Hesse

Born	(1466-07-04)4 July 1466
Died	8 February 1515(1515-02-08) (aged 48) Kassel
Spouse	Anna of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Issue	Mathilda Mathilda Anna Katherine Elisabeth
House	House of Hesse
Father	Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse
Mother	Mechthild of Württemberg-Urach

William I of Hesse (German:Wilhelm) (4 July 1466 – 8 February 1515) was theLandgrave of Hesse (Lower Hesse) from 1471 to 1493.

His parents wereLouis the Frank (1438–1471) and Mechthild, daughter of CountLouis I of Württemberg. On 17 February 1488 inMünden, he marriedAnna of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel c. 1460 -Worms 16 May 1520], daughter ofWilliam IV, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel andElisabeth, Countess of Stolberg, with whom he had five daughters:^[1]^[2]

Mathilda, born in 1489 but died young.
Mathilda (born 1490; died 6 May 1558), married inKorbach on 19 May 1527 Konrad, Count of Tecklenburg (born 1493; died 16 August 1557)
Anna (born 1491; died 1513), a nun
Katherine (died 1525), married in 1511 Adam Count von Beichlingen (diedKrayenberg 14 July 1538)
Elisabeth [10 September 1503 -Lauingen 4 January 1563], first married inMeisenheim on 16 October 1525 toLouis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (born 1502; died 1532), later married on 9 January 1541George, Count Palatine of Simmern (born 1518; died 1569).

After a pilgrimage to theHoly Land in 1491 where he was dubbed aKnight of the Holy Sepulchre, he probably contractedsyphilis. He abdicated in favor of his brother William II on 3 June 1493, and spent the rest of his life inSpangenberg.

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Phillip Landgrebe:Der Reisebericht Dietrichs von Schachten. In: Zeitschrift für hessische Geschichte und Landeskunde (ZHG), Bd. 123 (2018), p. 177–198 (See the third chapter about the pilgrimage of Wilhelm I.: p. 185–191).