24 June Wiki Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse
Henry I of Hesse "The Child" (German: Henrique Das Kind) (24 June 1244 - 21 December 1308) was Hesse's first land grave. He was the son of Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Sophie of Thuringia. In 1247, as the Landgrave Heinrich Raspe of Thuringia, without any issue, there was a conflict about the future of Thuringia and Hesse. Heritage was disputed between Henry Ryspe's nephew and her niece: Sophie was the daughter of Henrique Rosspe, brother of Ludwig IV and claimed areas by her son Henry, While Henry the Illustrius, the margin of Messen, was Son of Jupta, sister of Heinrich Raspe. Another opponent was the Archbishop of the Men's, who could claim that hese was the archbishop's theft and now, after the disappearance of Ludwingen, his demands were sought. Sophia, supported by Hessian nobility, succeeded in maintaining Hesay against his cousin, who accepted the partition of the Ludovian heritage in 1264: Henry of Messen received Thuringia, while Sophia'...