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  1. Royal Standard of the Grand Duke of Hesse 1903–1918. This is a list of monarchs of Hesse (German: Hessen) during the history of Hesse on west-central Germany. These monarchs belonged to a dynasty collectively known as the House of Hesse and the House of Brabant, originally the Reginar.

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    The "Grand Duchy of Hesse"was originally formed on the basis of the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt in 1806.

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  2. The Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine 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. It assumed the name Hesse und bei Rhein in 1816 to distinguish itself from the Electorate of Hesse, which had formed from neighbouring Hesse-Kassel. Colloquially, the grand ...

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  4. Apr 12, 2024 · The Duchy of Hesse (Hessen) included the areas of Oberhessen, Rheinhessen, and Starkenburg. The rest of the areas belonged to Hessen-Nassau. For a larger map, click here.

  5. Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine. Born: November 25, 1868 at the Neues Palais, Darmstadt. Parents: Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom. Married (1): April 19, 1894 to Victoria Melita of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (divorced December 21, 1901) Children:

  6. The present-day state of Hesse was founded on 19 September 1945 under the name of Groß-Hessen and was the first surviving state in the Federal Republic to receive a new democratic constitution. The immediate predecessor states were the People's State of Hesse and the Prussian provinces of Kurhessen and Nassau, which the Free State of Prussia had created on April 1, 1944 by division of the ...

  7. 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 ...

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