Philipp, Landgrave o Hesse

Philipp, Landgrave o Hesse (13 November 1504 – 31 Mairch 1567), cried der Großmütige ("the magnanimous"), was a champion o the Protestant Reformation an ane o the most important o the early Protestant rulers in Germany. Three o his sons founded cadet branches o the hoose o Hesse, including Kassel, Rotenburg an Darmstadt.

Philipp I
Landgrave o Hesse
Philip of Hesse, etching bi Matthäus Merian.
Born	13 November 1504 Marburg, Landgraviate o Hesse, HRE
Dee'd	31 Mairch 1567 (aged 62) Kassel, Hesse, HRE
Spouse	Christine o Saxony Margarethe von der Saale
Issue	Agnes Anna William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel Philipp Ludwig Babara, Coontess o Waldeck Louis IV, Landgrave o Hesse-Marburg Elisabeth, Electress Palatine Philip II, Landgrave o Hesse-Rheinfels Christine, Duchess o Holstein-Gottorp George I, Landgrave o Hesse-Darmstadt Philipp, Coont zu Dietz Hermann, Coont zu Dietz Christopher Ernst, Coont zu Dietz Margretha, Coontess zu Dietz Albrecht, Coont zu Dietz Philipp Konrad, Coont zu Dietz Moritz, Coont zu Dietz Ernst, Coont zu Dietz Anna
Hoose	Hesse
Faither	William II, Landgrave o Hesse
Mither	Anna o Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Releegion	Lutheran (since 1524) Roman Catholic (until 1524)