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1 day ago · The Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine ( German: Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein) was a grand duchy in western Germany that existed from 1806 to 1918. The grand duchy originally formed from the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt in 1806 as the Grand Duchy of Hesse (German: Großherzogtum Hessen ). It assumed the name Hesse und bei Rhein in 1816 ...
- Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt
The Hesse-Rheinfels line became extinct on Philip's death in...
- Louis I
Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse (14 June 1753 in Prenzlau – 6...
- Ernest Louis
However, the Hesse family never lived in it, and it was sold...
- Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt
2 days ago · Hesse [a] or Hessia [b] ( German: Hessen [ˈhɛsn̩] ⓘ ), officially the State of Hesse (German: Land Hessen ), is a state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt, which is also the country's principal financial centre. Two other major historic cities are Darmstadt and Kassel.
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5 days ago · 20 October 1139 – 1142. son of Otto the Rich and grandson of Magnus Billung; also Margrave of Brandenburg. Welf Dynasty. Henry the Lion. 1142–1180. son of Henry the Proud and grandson of Lothair III; also Duke of Bavaria. With the removal of the Welfs in 1180, the Duchy of Saxony was sharply reduced in territory.
May 1, 2024 · Brief Life History of Karl I. When Landgraf Karl I von Hessen-Kassel was born on 3 August 1654, in Kassel, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, Germany, his father, Landgraf William VI von Hessen-Kassel , the Just, was 25 and his mother, Hedwig Sophie von Brandenburg, was 31. He married Princess Maria Amalia Kettler of Courland on 21 May 1673, in Kassel ...
May 1, 2024 · Battle of Königgrätz, (July 3, 1866), decisive battle during the Seven Weeks’ War between Prussia and Austria, fought at the village of Sadowa, northwest of the Bohemian town of Königgrätz (now Hradec Králové, Czech Republic) on the upper Elbe River. The Prussian victory effected Austria’s exclusion from a Prussian-dominated Germany.
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2 days ago · The Thirty Years' War [j] was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, lasting from 1618 to 1648. Fought primarily in Central Europe, an estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of battle, famine, or disease, while parts of present-day Germany reported population declines of over 50%. [19]
2 days ago · Franz Joseph I on the invention of the phonograph. Recorded 1900. Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I ( German: Franz Joseph Karl [fʁants ˈjoːzɛf ˈkaʁl]; Hungarian: Ferenc József Károly [ˈfɛrɛnt͡s ˈjoːʒɛf ˈkaːroj]; 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the ruler of the other states of ...
