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The Electorate of Hesse (Hesse-Kassel) was annexed by Prussia in 1866, while the Grand Duchy of Hesse (Hesse-Darmstadt) remained a sovereign realm until the end of the German monarchies in 1918. Since 23 May 2013, the head of the house has been Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse. He descends from the Hesse-Kassel branch of the family, which has been ...
Retained his brother's land. Hesse-Homburg became under mortgage to two merchants (1671–1673) and to the Landgraves of Hesse-Darmstadt (1673–1679). Hesse-Homburg returned then to George Christian's brother, Frederick. Louis VII: 22 June 1658: 1678: 31 August 1678: Hesse-Darmstadt: Unmarried: Regency of Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha ...
Two generations earlier, another princess of Hesse-Darmstadt had married a Tsesarevich: Marie's paternal great-aunt, Natalia Alexeievna, was the first wife of Tsar Paul I. [12] In addition, Marie's maternal aunt Louise of Baden (Empress Elizabeth Alexeievna) had married Tsar Alexander I , though she died when Marie was only two years old.
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).
Louis was born at the Prinz-Karl-Palais in Darmstadt, the capital of the Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine in the German Confederation, the first son and child of Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine (23 April 1809 – 20 March 1877) and Princess Elisabeth of Prussia (18 June 1815 – 21 March 1885), granddaughter of King Frederick William II of Prussia.
The funeral and burial of Georg Donatus and his family took place at the Rosenhöhe, Darmstadt, Hesse, a few days later. Attending were Prince Philip , [ 9 ] Prince Christoph of Hesse , Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg , Prince Philipp of Hesse , Berthold, Margrave of Baden , Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia and Lord Louis Mountbatten ...
Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (= 14) 4. Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine: 9. Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken (= 15) 2. Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine: 10. Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt: 5. Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt: 11. Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Falkenburg-Dagsburg: 1.
Battenberg family (4 C, 24 P) G. Grand duchesses of Hesse (1 C, 4 P) ... Pages in category "House of Hesse-Darmstadt" The following 55 pages are in this category, out ...