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philip i , landgrave of hesse 9 october 1604 christine of saxony 27 may 1537 200px landgrave of hesse-marburg hedwig of württemberg marie of mansfeld the landgrave of hesse-marburg ludwigivhessmarb.jpg louis iv , landgrave of hesse-marburg

louis iv , landgrave of hesse-marburg

landgrave louis iv of hesse-marburg -lrb- 27 may 1537 -- 9 october 1604 -rrb- was the son of landgrave philip i of hesse and his wife christine of saxony .
after the death of his father in 1567 , hesse was divided among his sons and louis received hesse-marburg -lrb- upper hesse -rrb- including marburg and giessen .
louis received his education at the court of duke christoph of württemberg .
he had the marburg castle renovated by his architect ebert baldewein .
wanting to enlarge his territory peacefully , he bought parts of the fuldischen mark in 1570 from the counts of nassau-saarbrücken and the rest in 1583 from the count of nassau-weilburg .
on 10 may 1563 he married hedwig of württemberg and his second marriage was to marie , contess of mansfeld .
when he died in 1604 he left no heirs .
his 1597 will bequeathed his territory between his nephew , maurice of hesse-kassel and louis v of hesse-darmstadt , on the condition that it would remain lutheran .
