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| | Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) |
 | | He refused to be drawn into the anti-Lutheran league of George, Duke of Saxony in 1525; and by his alliance with John, Elector of Saxony, concluded at Gotha 27 February 1526, showed that he was already taking steps to organize a protective alliance of all Protestant princes and powers. |
 | | Within a few weeks of his marriage to the unattractive and sickly Christine of Saxony, who was also alleged to be an immoderate drinker, Philip committed adultery; and as early as 1526 he began to consider the permissibility of bigamy. |
 | | On his death, his territories were divided (Hesse becoming Hesse-Kassel, Hesse-Marburg, Hesse-Rheinfels, and Hesse-Darmstadt) between his four sons by his first wife, Catherine of Saxony (daughter of George, Duke of Saxony), namely William IV of Hesse-Kassel, Louis IV of Hesse-Marburg, Philip II of Hesse-Rheinfels, and Georg I of Hesse-Darmstadt. |
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