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Moritz, Landgrave of Hessen-Kassel, German patron of the arts and composer, called Moritz “der Gelehrte” (the learned); b. Kassel, May 25, 1572; d. Eschwege, March 15, 1632. He succeeded his father in 1592, remaining as landgrave until abdicating in favor of his son during the 30 Years’ War in 1627.

We are kind of far away in Germany," admits His Royal Highness Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, cousin of the Windsors in England and half the royal families in Europe. Indeed, much of his family's ...

Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse (legally Moritz Friedrich Karl Emanuel Humbert Prinz und Landgraf von Hessen 6 August 1926 – 23 May 2013) was the son of Prince Philip, Landgrave of Hesse, and the head of the House of Brabant and the German House of Hesse. Oops something went wrong: 403

The private residence of His Royal Highness Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, is a late-Baroque manor house designed by architect Louis Rémy de la Fosse. Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig (1868-1937) removed the ...

the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt (known as the Grand Duchy of Hesse from 1806 and the People's State of Hesse from 1918) to George I The Hessian territories were not re-united until the formation of Greater Hesse (though without Rhenish Hesse) as part of Allied-occupied Germany in 1945. See also Rulers of Hesse External links

Maurice of Hesse-Kassel ( German: Moritz; 25 May 1572 – 15 March 1632), also called Maurice the Learned or Moritz, was the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) in the Holy Roman Empire from 1592 to 1627. Portrait of Maurice of Hesse-Kassel from the work Theatrum Europaeum (1662).

Prince Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse (6 August 1926 – 23 May 2013) he married Princess Tatiana of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg on 1 June 1964 and they were divorced on 16 October 1974. They have four children and eleven grandchildren.

A great-great grandson of Queen Victoria, Prince Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, was the head of the House of Hesse-Kassel by descent and of Hesse-Darmstadt by adoption.