Landgraviate of Hesse

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Landgraviate of Hesse Landgrafschaft Hessen (German)
1264–1567
Flag Coat of arms
Landgraviate of Hesse (blue), about 1400
Status	State of the Holy Roman Empire
Capital	Marburg, Gudensberg, Kassel (from 1277)
Religion	Catholicism, Reformed
Government	Feudal monarchy
Landgrave
• 1264–1308	Henry I the Child
• 1509–1567	Philip I the Magnanimous
Historical era	Middle Ages, Reformation
• Partitioned from     Duchy of Thuringia	1264
• Raised to     Principality	1292
• Partitioned in twain	1458–1487
• Reformation	1526
• Partitioned in four	1567
Preceded by Succeeded by Duchy of Thuringia Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt Hesse-Marburg Hesse-Rheinfels

The Landgraviate of Hesse (German: Landgrafschaft Hessen) was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire. It existed as a single entity from 1264 to 1567, when it was divided among the sons of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse.