Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse
Louis II of Hesse( 7 September 1438 – 8 November 1471), called Louis the Frank, was the Landgrave of Lower Hesse from 1458- 1471.
He was the son of Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse and Anna of Saxony.
He married Mechthild, daughter of Ludwig I, Count of Württemberg- Urach in 1454.
Their children were:
He also had seven( known) illegitimate children by his mistress, Margarethe von Holzheim( born about 1443- died after 1515):
The Landgraviate of Hesse had been divided by his father Louis I between Louis II and his brother Henry III into Hesse- Kassel( Lower Hesse) and Hesse- Marburg( Upper Hesse).
The brothers fought about the exact demarcation of the realm until May 1470.
Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse
Louis I of Hesse( 6 February 1402, Spangenberg- 17 January 1458), called" the Peaceful" was Landgrave of Lower Hesse( Hesse) from 1413- 1458.
He was the son of Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse and Margaret, the daughter of Frederick V of Nuremberg.
He married Anna( 5 June 1420- 17 September 1462) daughter of Frederick I, Elector of Saxony on 13 September 1436.
Their children were: After 1425 a conflict with the Electorate of Mainz over claims to power in Hesse broke out into open conflict and Archbishop Conrad III of Mainz suffered a decisive defeat at Fulda in 1427.
Louis William, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
Louis William, Landgrave of Hesse- Homburg( 29 August 1770 in Homburg – 19 January 1839 in Luxembourg), was Landgrave of Hesse- Homburg from 1829 until his death.
John, Landgrave of Lower Hesse
Landgrave John of Lower Hesse (c. 1278 – 14 February 1311) was a son of Landgrave Henry I of Hesse, from his second marriage with Mechthild of Cleves.
John reigned from 1308 to 1311 as Landgrave in Lower Hesse.
William II, Landgrave of Hesse
William II( 29 April 1469 – 11 July 1509) was Landgrave of Lower Hesse from 1493 and Landgrave of Upper Hesse after the death of his cousin, William III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse in 1500.
William II is also called" William the Middle" to distinguish him from his elder brother" William I the Elder", and his cousin" William III, the Younger".
His parents were Louis II the Frank( 1438 – 1471) and Mechthild, daughter of Count Louis II of Württemberg.
William II became Landgrave of Lower Hesse in 1493, after his brother William I resigned.
On 9 November 1497 William II married Yolande, daughter of Frederick II of Vaudémont.
She died on 21 May 1500 after the marriage produced one child, William( 27 March 1500 – 8 April 1500).
The same year on 20 October, his second marriage was to Anna of Mecklenburg- Schwerin( 14 September 1485 – 12 May 1525), who bore him three children:
In 1500, William II reunited the Landgraviate of Hesse after the death of his cousin William III.
In 1503, Emperor Maximilian I commissioned William with executing the ban on Elector Philip of the Palatinate.
Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel
Frederick William George Adolphus, Landgrave of Hesse( 25 November 1820 – 14 October 1884) was the only son of Wilhelm I, Landgrave of Hesse- Kassel- Rumpenheim and Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark.
Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse
Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse, called" the Rich"( 15 October 1440 – 13 January 1483) was the second son of Louis I of Hesse and his wife Anna of Saxony.
Upon the death of his father Louis I in 1458, Henry received Upper Hesse and his brother Louis II received Lower Hesse.
He succeeded to the title of Landgrave of Hesse- Marburg in 1458.
His nickname" the Rich" is indicative of his fortune in territory and tolls on the Rhine received by his marriage to Anna, daughter and heir of Philipp, the last Count of Katzenelnbogen and his wife Anne of Württemberg.
Gustav, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
Gustav, Landgrave of Hesse- Homburg( 17 February 1781 – 8 September 1848) was landgrave of the German state of Hesse- Homburg from 1846 to 1848.
William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
William VI, Landgrave of Hesse- Kassel( 23 May 1629 – 16 July 1663), known as William the Just, was Landgrave of Hesse- Kassel from 1637 to 1663.
Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse
Henry I of Hesse "the Child"
(German: "Heinrich das Kind") (24 June 1244 – 21 December 1308) was the first Landgrave of Hesse.
He was the son of Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Sophie of Thuringia.

Question: What nationality is John, Landgrave Of Lower Hesse's father?
Answer: German