Background
Hermann II, called "the Scholar", was born in 1345 in Grebenstein castle, the son of Louis the Junker. Louis the Junker was a son of Otto I, Landgrave of Hesse.
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Hermann Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse
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Education
Hermann studied in Paris and in Prague.
Career
Hermann was married twice. The first marriage on 3 February 1377 was to Johanna, countess of Nassau-Weilburg but produced no children. The second was on 15 October 1383 to Margaret of Hohenzollern-Nuremberg, daughter of Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg.
They had the following children:
Anna (1385–1386)
Henry (1387–1394)
Elisabeth (1388–1394).
Margarete ( 1389–1446), married to Henry I of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Agnes (1391–1471), married to Otto II of Brunswick-Göttingen
Hermann (1396–1406)
Frederick (1398–1402)
Louis (1402–1458), succeeded as Landgrave of Hesse.
