Peerage Record – 343

     Ludwig I Landgraf von Hessen was born on 6 February 1402 at Spangenberg, Germany^G.¹ He was the son of Hermann II Landgraf von Hessen and Margaret von Hohenzollern.² He married Anne von Sachsen, daughter of Friedrich I Kurfürst von Sachsen and Catherine von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, on 8 September 1436.¹ He died on 17 January 1458 at age 55 at Spangenberg, Germany^G.¹
     Ludwig I Landgraf von Hessen also went by the nick-name of Ludwig ‘the Peaceful’.¹ He succeeded as the Landgraf von Hessen in 1413.² In 1450 he acquired the Counties of Ziegenhain and Nidda.¹

     Anne von Sachsen was born on 5 June 1420. She was the daughter of Friedrich I Kurfürst von Sachsen and Catherine von Braunschweig-Lüneburg.¹ She married Ludwig I Landgraf von Hessen, son of Hermann II Landgraf von Hessen and Margaret von Hohenzollern, on 8 September 1436.¹ She died on 17 September 1452 at age 32.

     Friedrich I Kurfürst von Sachsen was born on 11 April 1370. He was the son of Friedrich III Markgraf von Meißen and Catherine von Henneberg-Schleusingen. He married Catherine von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, daughter of Heinrich I Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg and Sophie von Pommern, on 7 February 1402. He died on 4 January 1428 at age 57 at Altenburg, Germany^G.
     Friedrich I Kurfürst von Sachsen also went by the nick-name of Friedrich ‘the Warlike’.¹ He gained the title of Markgraf Friedrich IV von Meißen. He gained the title of Landgraf von Thüringen. He was created Kufürst von Sachsen in 1423.¹

     Philip ‘der Ältere’ Graf von Katzenelnbogen was born circa 1402. He married, firstly, Anne von Wurttemberg, daughter of Eberhard IV Graf von Württemberg and Henriette von Mömpelgard, on 22 February 1422. He married, secondly, Anne von Nassau-Dillenburg, daughter of Jan IV Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg Graaf van Vianden, Heer van Breda en De-Leck and Marie von Sponheim Gravin van Loon, Vrouwe van Herstal, Stein en Millen, circa 1473. He died on 27 June 1479.

     Anne von Wurttemberg was born in 1408.¹ She was the daughter of Eberhard IV Graf von Württemberg and Henriette von Mömpelgard.¹ She married Philip ‘der Ältere’ Graf von Katzenelnbogen on 22 February 1422. She died on 16 April 1471.

     Eberhard V (I) Herzog von Württemberg was the son of Ludwig I Graf von Württemberg.¹ He married Barbara Gonzaga, daughter of Ludovico II Gonzaga, Marchese di Mantova and Barbara de Brandenburg, in 1474.² He died in 1496.
     Eberhard V (I) Herzog von Württemberg also went by the nick-name of Eberhard ‘the Bearded’.¹ He succeeded as the Graf von Württemberg in 1450.¹ He was created Herzog von Württemberg in 1495.¹

     Sir William Ryther was the son of Robert de Ryther and Margaret de Sotheby.² He married Sibyl Aldeburgh, daughter of William Aldeburgh, 1st Lord Aldeburgh and Elizabeth de l‘Isle, before 1392.¹ He died circa 1426.¹
     He lived at Ryther, Yorkshire, England^G.¹

     Sybil Prinzessin von Brandenburg was born on 31 May 1467 at Germany.¹ She was the daughter of Albrecht III Achilles Kurfürst von Brandenburg and Anne Prinzessin von Sachsen. She married Wilhelm III Herzog von Jülich und Berg, son of Gerhard VII Herzog von Jülich und Berg Graf von Ravensberg and Sophie von Sachsen-Lauenburg, on 8 July 1481. She died on 9 July 1524 at age 57 at Castle Caster, Bedburg, Germany.¹

     Gerhard VII Herzog von Jülich und Berg Graf von Ravensberg was born in 1417.¹ He was the son of Wilhelm I von Jülich-Berg Graf von Ravensberg and Adelheid von Schwerin-Tecklenburg. He married Sophie von Sachsen-Lauenburg, daughter of Bernhard II Herzog von Sachsen-Lauenburg and Adelheid von Pommern, circa 1444. He died on 19 August 1475 at Niederkassel, Germany.¹
     He gained the title of Herzog von Berg. He gained the title of Herzog von Jülich.

     Sophie von Sachsen-Lauenburg was born in 1430.¹ She was the daughter of Bernhard II Herzog von Sachsen-Lauenburg and Adelheid von Pommern. She married Gerhard VII Herzog von Jülich und Berg Graf von Ravensberg, son of Wilhelm I von Jülich-Berg Graf von Ravensberg and Adelheid von Schwerin-Tecklenburg, circa 1444. She died on 9 September 1473.