Philip the Magnanimous
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History.—The line of Hesse-Cassel was founded by William IV., surnamed the Wise, eldest son of Philip the Magnanimous.
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In 1567, after the death of Philip the Magnanimous, his youngest son George received Darmstadt and chose it as his residence.
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Calvinizing of Hesse-Cassel, a.d. 1605-1646.—Philip the Magnanimous, died 1567, left to his eldest son, William IV., one half of his territories, comprising Lower Hesse and Schmalcald, with residence at Cassel; to Louis IV. a fourth part, viz.
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Two years later on one of his frequent visits to Germany the Grand Duke of Hesse gave him the cordon of the Order of Philip the Magnanimous in recognition of his hearty German goodness.
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Footnote 46: Sastrow had no easy task for his diplomatic beginnings: Charles V had gained the crushing victory of M�hlberg over the German Protestants on April 24, 1547; the League of Schmalkalden had ceased to exist; its chiefs, the Elector Johannes-Friedrich of Sachsen and the Landgrave of Hesse, Philip the Magnanimous, were both prisoners.
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