14 mar 2023 · 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.
- 1264; 758 years ago
- Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse
14 mag 2022 · Elisabeth of Hesse, Hereditary Princess of Saxony; Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine; Elizabeth of Hesse-Kassel, Duchess of Mecklenburg; Ernest Constantine, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal; Ernest, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal; Ernest, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels; Prince Ernest Frederick of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
3 ago 2022 · English: The House of Hesse, or more formally House of Brabant, is one of Europe's oldest noble and royal dynasties. House of Hesse. European noble house originating from Hesse, Germany. Upload media. Wikipedia. Instance of. noble family. Part of. House of Reginar.
Hesse, 1500–1567. Philip I the Magnanimous, son of William II, 1509–1567. Eldest son William IV the Wise, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel; second son Louis IV Landgraves of Hesse-Marburg; third son Philip the Younger Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels; fourth son George I Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt.
- History
- Branches of the House of Hesse
- See also
- Notes and sources
The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry II, Duke of Brabant from the House of Reginar. Sophie was the heiress of Hesse which she passed on to her son, Henry upon her retention of the territory following her partial victory in the War of the Thuringian Succession in which she was one of the belligerents.
Originally the western part of the Landgraviate of Thuringia, in the mid
Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, died in 1567. Hesse was divided between his four sons, four new lines which arose: Hesse-Darmstadt, Hesse-Kassel, Hesse-Marburg and Hesse-Rheinfels.
The line of Hesse-Darmstadt was also part of the morganatic line of the Battenberg family when Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine married to Countess Julia Hauke. The Battenbergs who later settled in England changed that name to Mountbatten after World War I.
House of Brabant
Hesse (1264–1567)
List of rulers of Hesse
^ Burke's Royal Families of the World Volume I (1977) p. 202
^ Cawley, Thuringia
1 giorno fa · The House of Bourbon ( English: / ˈbʊərbən /, also UK: / ˈbɔːrbɒn /; French: [buʁbɔ̃]) is a European dynasty of French origin, a branch of the Capetian dynasty, the royal House of France. Bourbon kings first ruled France and Navarre in the 16th century.