Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 1567)
Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (13 November 1504 – 31 March 1567), nicknamed der Großmütige (in English: "the Magnanimous"), was a champion of the Protestant Reformation and one of the most important of the early Protestant rulers in Germany.

1504Nov, 13
Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse
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