William I, Landgrave of Hesse
- William I, Landgrave of Hesse
William I of Hesse ( _de. Wilhelm) (4 July 1466 - 8 February 1515) was the Landgrave of Hesse from 1471 to 1493.
His parents were Louis the Frank (1438-1471) and Mechthild, daughter of Count Louis I of Württemberg. In 1488 he married Anna of Brunswick with whom he had five daughters. After a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1491 he probably contracted syphilis. He abdicated in favor of his brother William II on 3 June 1493, and spend his life in Spangenberg.
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