John of Hesse-Braubach

John of Hesse-Braubach (17 June 1609, Darmstadt – 1 April 1651, Ems) was a German nobleman and general. He was born into the House of Hesse-Darmstadt and later became Landgrave of Hesse-Braubach.

Biography Johann was born as the seventh child and second surviving son of Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and his wife, Magdalene of Brandenburg, daughter of John George, Elector of Brandenburg. As the Great War drew to a close, in 1643 he had his elder brother George II transfer to him the Lordship of Eppstein and the Hessian-Darmstadt share of the Lower County of Katzenelnbogen, including the district of Braubach and Marksburg Castle.

His residence in Darmstadt was the northeast corner house on the market square, opposite the residential palace and built around 1600, which was henceforth called the "Landgrave Johann House." In the Fruitbearing Society, to which Johann belonged from 1639, he was known as "the Stately." Johann died in the spring of 1651 during a spa treatment in Ems from a recurring and very severe stroke.

Personal life He was married on 30 September 1647 to Countess Johannette of Sayn-Wittgenstein, the daughter of Ernest, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (1594–1632) and his wife, Countess Louise Juliane of Erbach. The marriage remained childless. Johannette later married Johann Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach and had issue.