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1. www.unofficialroyalty.com › former-monarchiesProfiles: Grand Dukes and Consorts of Hesse and by Rhine

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   Profiles: Grand Dukes and Consorts of Hesse and by Rhine | Unofficial Royalty. Ludwig I. Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine. Titles: Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (until 1806); Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine. Born: June 14, 1753 in Prenzlau, Brandenburg. Parents: Ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and Caroline of Zweibrücken.

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Residential_Palace_DarmstadtResidential Palace Darmstadt - Wikipedia

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   The Residential Palace Darmstadt (German: Residenzschloss Darmstadt, often also called Stadtschloss) is the former residence and administrative seat of the landgraves of Hesse-Darmstadt and from 1806 to 1919 of the Grand Dukes of Hesse-Darmstadt. It is located in the centre of the city of Darmstadt.

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   • Owner: TU Darmstadt

   • Location: City centre

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   What is Hesse-Darmstadt known for?

   • Hesse-Darmstadt, former landgraviate, grand duchy, and state of Germany. It was formed in 1567 in the division of old Hesse; after Hesse-Kassel was absorbed by Prussia in 1866, Hesse-Darmstadt was usually known simply as Hesse.

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   Why did Hesse-Darmstadt become a Grand Duchy?

   • But the landgraviate received significant accretions of territory during the 17th and 18th centuries, partly owing to its steadfast loyalty to the Habsburg Holy Roman emperors. Hesse-Darmstadt entered Napoleon’s Confederation of the Rhine in 1806 and was consequently raised to the status of a grand duchy in that year.

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   When did Hesse-Darmstadt become a state?

   • The grand duke Louis I (reigned 1768–1830) granted Hesse-Darmstadt a constitution in 1820, carried through other reforms, and made the grand duchy the first of the southern German states to join the Prussian Zollverein (Customs Union). Hesse-Darmstadt thereafter oscillated between liberalism and conservatism.

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   When did Hesse become a state?

   • But when the German empire was founded in 1871, Hesse-Darmstadt became one of its constituent states. Following the abdication of the last grand duke, Ernest Louis, in 1918, Hesse became a republic and one of the constituent states of the Weimar Republic of postwar Germany.

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4. www.britannica.com › place › Hesse-DarmstadtHesse-Darmstadt | Germany, Map, History, & Facts | Britannica

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   Hesse-Darmstadt, former landgraviate, grand duchy, and state of Germany. It was formed in 1567 in the division of old Hesse; after Hesse-Kassel was absorbed by Prussia in 1866, Hesse-Darmstadt was usually known simply as Hesse. Hesse-Darmstadt was originally only the small territory of Upper

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5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Battenberg_familyBattenberg family - Wikipedia

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   Origins. Members. Connections to royal families. Coats of arms. Family tree. Notes. References. External links. Battenberg family. The Battenberg family is a non-dynastic cadet branch of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt, which ruled the Grand Duchy of Hesse until 1918.

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7. simple.wikipedia.org › wiki › Rulers_of_HesseRulers of Hesse - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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   Contents. hide. Beginning. Table of monarchs. Heads of the non-reigning House of Hesse. Hesse-Kassel since 1866. Hesse-Philippsthal 1866–1925. Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld since 1866, Hesse-Philippsthal since the extinction of the main line 1925. Hesse-Darmstadt 1918–1968. References. Rulers of Hesse.