Hesse

The German part state of Hesse is named after the Hessians, which were a Frankish tribe. During the middle age was Hesse for a period a part of the Thuringian landgraviate, this was partitioned after a war over the succession 1247-1264 whereupon Hesse became independent.

Landgraviate of Hesse

Hesse is partitioned 1460 in Hesse-Kassel and Hesse-Marburg.

Hesse-Kassel			Hesse-Marburg
1458-1471 1471-1493 1493-1509 1509-1567	Ludwig III Wilhelm I Wilhelm III		1458-1483 1483-1500 1500	Heinrich III Wilhelm II United with H-Kassel
	Philipp I der Grossmütige (the Magnamonious)
Hesse is partitioned 1567 in H-Kassel, H-Darmstadt, H-Marburg and H-Rheinfels. The latter two unites with H-Darmstadt when their landgraves dies 1583 and 1604.
Hesse-Rheinfels			Hesse-Marburg
1567-1583	Philipp II		1567-1604	Ludwig IV
Hesse-Kassel Electorate from 1803			Hesse-Darmstadt Grand duchy from 1806
1567-1592 1592-1627 1627-1637 1637-1663 1663-1670 1670-1730	Wilhelm IV Moritz Wilhelm V Wilhelm VI Wilhelm VII Karl		1567-1596 1596-1626 1626-1661 1661-1678 1678 1678-1739 1739-1768 1768-1790 1790-1830 1830-1848 1848-1877 1877-1892 1892-1918 1918-1945	Georg I Ludwig V Georg II Ludwig VI Ludwig VII Ernst Ludwig Ludwig VIII Ludwig IX Ludwig X (1806 Ludwig I) Ludwig II Ludwig III Ludwig IV Ernst Ludwig Republic
1730-1751	Friedrich I
1751-1760 1760-1785 1785-1806 1807-1813 1813-1821 1821-1847 1847-1866 1866-1945	Wilhelm VIII (regent 1730-51) Friedrich II Wilhelm IX (1803 Wilhelm I) Part of Westphalia Wilhelm I (restored) Wilhelm II Friedrich Wilhelm Part of Prussia

Hesse-Darmstadt unites with the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau 1945 and creates the German part state of Hesse.

Hesse-Homburg

Both Hesse-Darmstadt and Hesse-Kassel were partitioned in three parts 1596 respectively 1627. But the junior branches did not become rulers over independent territories and are therefore not listed here. The only exception is Hesse-Homburg, which was created 1596 and became independent from Hesse-Darmstadt 1768. Homburg lost its independence 1806 but regained it 1817.

Hesse-Homburg is conquered by Prussia 1866

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