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Hesse-Kassel, former landgraviate of Germany, formed in 1567 in the division of old Hesse. In 1567 Hesse was partitioned among four sons of Landgrave Philip the Magnanimous, Hesse-Kassel going to William IV the Wise. Hesse-Kassel was the largest, most important, and most northerly of the four Hesse.
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The Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel ( German: Landgrafschaft Hessen-Kassel ), spelled Hesse-Cassel during its entire existence, [a] also known as the Hessian Palatinate ( German: Hessische Pfalz ), [2] [3] was a state of the Holy Roman Empire. The state was created in 1567 when the Landgraviate of Hesse was divided upon the death of Philip I ...
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The Electorate of Hesse ( German: Kurfürstentum Hessen ), also known as Hesse-Kassel or Kurhessen, was a grand duchy whose prince was given the right to elect the Emperor by the Imperial diet in 1803. [1] When the Holy Roman Empire was abolished in 1806, its prince, William I, chose to retain the title of Elector, even though there was no ...
From 1813 onwards, the Electorate of Hesse was an independent country and, after 1815, a member of the German Confederation . William's grandson, Elector Frederick William, sided with the Austrian Empire in the Austro-Prussian War. Following the Prussian victory his lands were annexed by Prussia in 1866. Along with the annexed Duchy of Nassau ...
In Hesse-Kassel, the French February revolution spawned a veritable flood of demands and petitions, running the gamut from freedom of assembly and the press to trial by jury, abolition of remaining seigneurial privileges (such as hunting rights), the formation of citizens' militias, decentralization of the administration, and participation in ...
HESSE, LANDGRAVIATE OF. The Hessian landgraviate, a precarious political amalgam in the west central part of the Holy Roman Empire, exemplified the changing fortunes of German territorial organization over the early modern period. General notice of the territory's history is usually focused at the apex of its development as a strong, unified ...
Jun 23, 2013 · Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe. Descending a long hill dominated by a giant statue of Hercules, the monumental water displays of Wilhelmshöhe were begun by Landgrave Carl of Hesse-Kassel in 1689 around an east-west axis and were developed further into the 19th century. Reservoirs and channels behind the Hercules Monument supply water to a complex ...
