Wilhelm II. von Hessen, Landgraf von Hessen, was born 29 April 1469 to Ludwig II. von Hessen-Kassel (1438-1471) and Mechthild von Württemberg-Urach (1438-1495) and died 11 July 1509 Kassel of unspecified causes. He married Yolande de Lorraine (c1460-1500) 15 October 1497 JL . He married Anna von Mecklenburg (1485-1525) 20 October 1500 JL in Kassel.
William II became Landgrave of Lower Hesse in 1493, after his brother William I resigned.
In 1500, William II reunited the Landgraviate of Hesse after the death of his cousin William III.
Children
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Wilhelm von Hessen (1500-1500) |
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Elisabeth von Hessen (1502-1557) | |||
Magdalene von Hessen (1503-1504) | |||
Philipp I. von Hessen (1504-1567) | 13 November 1504 Marburg, Hesse, Germany | 31 March 1567 Kassel, Hesse, Germany | Christine von Sachsen (1505-1549) Margarete von der Saale (1522-1566) |
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