Hesse-Kassel

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Electorate German principality Landgraviate state of the Holy Roman Empire

Hesse-Kassel was a German principality known for supplying large numbers of Hessian mercenary troops to fight alongside the British during the American Revolutionary War.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel 13
Electorate of Hesse 3
County of Hesse-Hanau 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Electorate ⓘ
German principality ⓘ
Landgraviate ⓘ
state of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Hesse-Kassel ⓘ
surface form: Hesse-Cassel

Hesse-Kassel ⓘ
surface form: Kurhessen
annexationYear 1866 ⓘ
annexedBy Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
capital Kassel ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
currency Gulden ⓘ
endTime 1866 ⓘ
era Early modern period ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
followedBy Province of Hesse-Nassau ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
historicalEvent elevation to Electorate in 1803 ⓘ
partition of Hesse in 1567 ⓘ
historicalRegion Hesse ⓘ
knownFor participation in the American Revolutionary War on the British side ⓘ
supplying Hessian troops to Great Britain ⓘ
legalStatus imperial estate of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
locatedIn Central Europe ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
mergedInto Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
militaryAlliance British Army ⓘ
militaryRole major supplier of auxiliary troops in 18th century Europe ⓘ
neighboringEntity Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
surface form: Brunswick-Lüneburg

Grand Duchy of Hesse ⓘ
surface form: Hesse-Darmstadt

Waldeck ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Hesse ⓘ
notableRuler Landgrave Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel ⓘ
surface form: Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

William I, Elector of Hesse ⓘ
officialLanguage German ⓘ
partOf Confederation of the Rhine ⓘ
German Confederation ⓘ
North German Confederation ⓘ
precededBy Landgraviate of Hesse ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
rulerTitle Elector of Hesse ⓘ
Landgrave Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel ⓘ
surface form: Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
startTime 1567 ⓘ
suppliedTroopsTo Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
troopType Hessian mercenaries ⓘ
auxiliary soldiers ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Johann Rall → allegiance → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ
Wilhelm von Knyphausen → allegiance → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel
Hesse-Kassel → alsoKnownAs → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hesse-Cassel
Hesse-Kassel → alsoKnownAs → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurhessen
subject surface form: Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
this entity surface form: Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel
Battle of Dettingen → belligerent → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel
Battle of Minden → belligerent → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel
this entity surface form: Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel
this entity surface form: Electorate of Hesse
Wilhelm von Knyphausen → burialPlace → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ
Wilhelm von Knyphausen → citizenship → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel
this entity surface form: Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel
this entity surface form: Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel
subject surface form: Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
this entity surface form: Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel
Johann Rall → countryOfCitizenship → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel
this entity surface form: Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel
Hessian auxiliaries → countryOfOrigin → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel
Hessian troops → countryOfOrigin → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ
Hessian troops → countryOfOrigin → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hesse-Hanau
Hessian forces → employedBy → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel
Hessian forces → employedBy → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ
this entity surface form: County of Hesse-Hanau
German states → includedEntity → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Hesse
German Confederation → memberState → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Hesse
Waldeck → similarTo → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ