European noble house originating from Hesse, Germany
This article is about the European dynasty, House of Hesse. For the Ghanaian family, see Hesse family.
House of Hesse
Parent family
House of Brabant
Country
Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Finland
Founded
1264; 760 years ago (1264)
Founder
Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse
Current head
Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse
Final ruler
Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse
Titles
Landgrave of Hesse
(Lower Hesse line, Upper Hesse line, Kassel, Rotenburg, Wanfried, Rheinfels, Philippsthal, Philippsthal-Barchfeld, Marburg, Rheinfels, Darmstadt, Butzbach Homburg, Braubach, Itter) Elector of Hesse Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine King of Sweden King of Finland
The House of Hesse is a European dynasty, directly descended from the House of Brabant. They ruled the region of Hesse, one branch as prince-electors until 1866, and another branch as grand dukes until 1918.[1]
^Burke's Royal Families of the World, Volume I: Europe & Latin America (1977), pp. 202, 208, 211-216.
The HouseofHesse is a European dynasty, directly descended from the Houseof Brabant. They ruled the region ofHesse, one branch as prince-electors until...
but in 1875, when the senior branch ofHesse-Kassel became extinct, he settled in northern Germany, where the House had substantial landholdings. On 25...
Duchess ofHesse and by Rhine from 13 June 1877 until her death in 1878 as the wife of Grand Duke Louis IV. She was the third child and second daughter of Queen...
of Russia (born Princess Elisabeth ofHesse and by Rhine; 1 November 1864 – 18 July 1918) was a German Hessian and Rhenish princess of the Houseof Hesse-Darmstadt...
Princess Irene ofHesse and by Rhine (Irene Luise Marie Anne; 11 July 1866 – 11 November 1953), later Princess Henry of Prussia, was the third child and...
Princess Victoria ofHesse and by Rhine, then Princess Louis of Battenberg, later Victoria Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven (5 April 1863 – 24...
founder of the HouseofHesse. The remaining Thuringian landgraviate fell to the Wettin's Henry III, Margrave of Meissen. Henry I ofHesse was raised to...
George I of Greece and a sister of Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Christina belonged by birth to the senior line of the HouseofHesse, a junior branch of which...
Wolfgang ofHesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) (Wolfgang Moritz; 6 November 1896 – 12 July 1989) was the designated Hereditary Prince of the monarchy of Finland...
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