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Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (13 November 1504 – 31 March 1567), nicknamed der Großmütige (lit. ' the Magnanimous ' ), was a German nobleman and champion of the Protestant Reformation , notable for being one of the most important of the early Protestant rulers in Germany .

Philip, (born November 13, 1504, Marburg, Hesse [Germany]—died March 31, 1567, Kassel), landgrave (Landgraf) of Hesse (1509–67), one of the great figures of German Protestantism, who championed the independence of German princes against the Holy Roman emperor Charles V.

Philip of Hesse, (born Nov. 13, 1504, Marburg, Hesse—died March 31, 1567, Kassel, Ger.), German nobleman, landgrave of Hesse, and champion of the Reformation. His skillful management made Hesse a sovereign state. Won to the cause of Martin Luther, Philip became a Reformation leader in Germany. In 1529 he founded the first Protestant ...

Numerous family homes were destroyed in bombings, and Philipp’s sister in law was killed in a February 1944 bombing attack. Family tombs in the Church of St. Martin were destroyed, as was the Landgrave Museum, which Philipp had created as governor of Hesse.

Stuttgart 1956 – 58, v. 7, 1962 –) 6:450 – 451. Philip of Hesse (hĕs), 1504–67, German nobleman, landgrave of Hesse (1509–67), champion of the Reformation. He is also called Philip the Magnanimous. Declared of age in 1518, he helped suppress the Peasants' War [1].

The league, of which the landgrave was the driving spirit, became, moreover, a factor in European politics. Philip reached the peak of his career in 1534, when he executed a campaign to restore Duke Ulrich of Württemberg, who had been driven from his state by the Habsburgs.

Life He was the third son of Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, and his wife Caroline. Landgravine Caroline was a daughter of Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken, who had received the nickname the Great Landgravine from Johann Wolfgang Goethe .

Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse , nicknamed der Großmütige , was a German nobleman and champion of the Protestant Reformation, notable for being one of the most important of the early Protestant rulers in Germany.