deaths
March 31, 1567
Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (born 1504)
Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse
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. He was one of the main belligerents in the War of the Katzenelnbogen Succession.