Philip I, Landgrave Of Hesse
Philip I of Hesse, (13 November 1504 - 31 March 1567), nicknamed der Großmütige (the "magnanimous") was a leading champion of the Protestant Reformation and one of the most important of the early Protestant rulers in Germany.
Read more about Philip I, Landgrave Of Hesse: Early Life and Embracing of Protestantism, Introduction of The Reformation in Hesse, Suspected of Zwinglianism, Leader of The Schmalkaldic League, Bigamous Marriage, Overtures To The Emperor, Resumption of Hostility To Charles, Imprisonment of Philip and Interim in Hesse, Closing Years, Ancestry, Marriage and Children
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“What I always hated and detested and cursed above all things was this contentment, this healthiness and comfort, this carefully preserved optimism of the middle classes, this fat and prosperous brood of mediocrity.”
—Hermann Hesse (1877–1962)