Background
Barbara was born in Kassel, Hessen on 8 April 1536, one of the ten children of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse and his legitimate wife Christine of Saxony. Her father was a leading champion of the Protestant Reformation.
Barbara was born in Kassel, Hessen on 8 April 1536, one of the ten children of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse and his legitimate wife Christine of Saxony. Her father was a leading champion of the Protestant Reformation.
Her second husband was Daniel, Count of Waldeck.
