William II, Landgrave of Hesse
- William II, Landgrave of Hesse
William II (29 April 1469 - 11 July 1509), was Landgrave of Hesse from 1493 until his death.
William II is also called "William the Middle" to distinguish him from his elder brother "William I the Elder", and his cousin "William III, the Younger".
William's parents were Louis II the Frank (1438-1471) and Mechthild, daughter of Count Louis II of Württemberg.
William II became Landgrave of Lower Hesse in 1493, after his brother William I resigned.
On 9 November 1497 William II married Yolande, daughter of Frederick II of Vaudémont. She died on 21 May 1500 the marriage produced no heir. On 20 October of the same year, William got married a second time, to Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (14 September 1485 - 12 May1525), who bore him four children:
*William (27 March - 8 April 1500)
*Elisabeth (1502-1557)
*Magdalena (1503-1504)
*Philip I, (1504-1567)
In 1500 William II reunited the Landgraviate of Hesse after the death of his cousin William III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse.
In 1503 Emperor Maximilian I commissioned William with the executing the ban on the Elector Philip of the Palatinate.
External links
* [http://online-media.uni-marburg.de/ma_geschichte/lgr/geneal-wilhelm-II.html Genealogy of William II]
* [http://genealogy.euweb.cz/brabant/brabant6.html#P1 Genealogy of the Hessian noble family]
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