Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse

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Hermann II of Hesse (1341 - 24 May 1413) was Landgrave of Hesse from 1376 - 1413.

Hermann II, called "the Learned" was born in 1345 in Grebenstein castle, the son of Louis the Junker. He studied in Paris and in Prague. After the death of Otto, the intended heir to the throne, Henry II appointed his own nephew Hermann the regent in 1367.

Hermann was married twice. The first marriage on 3 February 1377 was to Johanna, countess of Nassau-Weilburg [1362c-1383] but produced no children. The second was on 15 October 1383 to Margarete of Nürnberg-Zollern [1360c-1406] daughter of Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg. They had the following children:

• Anna (1385-1386)
• Heinrich (1387-1394)
• Elisabeth (1388-1394).
• Margarete ( 1389-1446), married to Henry II of Brunswick-Lüneburg
• Agnes (1391-1471), married to Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen
• Hermann (1396-1406)
• Friedrich (1398-1402)
• Louis (1402-1458), followed as Landgrave of Hesse

External links

• Hermann II: Digital images from Allgemeine deutsche Biographie, Bd.: 12, Hensel - Holste, Leipzig, 1880, p. 125
• Wikisource: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie "Hermann II (Landgraf von Hessen)" (in German)

Preceded by Henry II the Iron

Landgrave of Hesse 1376–1413

Succeeded by Louis I the Peaceful

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