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 | | When the House of Thuringia became extinct, Hesse passed to Henry "the Child" (+1308), the son of Henry II, Duke of Brabant, and Sophie, the daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia. |
 | | The four sons of Landgrave William II (+1509) divided the Landgraviate of Hesse, and established separate lines of the ruling House. |
 | | - Westphalia, Angaria, the Rhine, Starkenburg, Arnsberg, Friedberg, Wimpfen |
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