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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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Hesse-Kassel canonical	55
Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel	13
Electorate of Hesse	3
Hesse-Hanau	3
Hessen-Kassel	2
Kurfürstentum Hessen	2
County of Hesse-Hanau	1
Electoral Hesse (Kurhessen) region	1
Hesse-Cassel	1
Kurhessen	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 (82)

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

American Revolutionary War → belligerent → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

Hessian troops → countryOfOrigin → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

Hessian troops → countryOfOrigin → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hesse-Hanau

Hesse-Kassel → alsoKnownAs → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hesse-Cassel

Hesse-Kassel → alsoKnownAs → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kurhessen

Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick → alliedWith → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel

Battle of Minden → belligerent → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel

Treaty of Basel (1795) → countryInvolved → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel

Hessian auxiliaries → countryOfOrigin → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel

Battle of Dettingen → belligerent → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel

Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel → familyName → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel → birthPlace → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel

Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel → countryOfCitizenship → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel

Princess Mary of Great Britain → associatedWith → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

German states → includedEntity → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Electorate of Hesse

Hessian forces → primaryRegionOfOrigin → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

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

Johann Rall → countryOfCitizenship → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel

Johann Rall → allegiance → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

Waldeck → similarTo → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

Landgrave Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel → countryOfCitizenship → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

subject surface form: Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

this entity surface form: Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel

Landgrave Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel → associatedWithPlace → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

subject surface form: Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

this entity surface form: Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel

Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach → borderedBy → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Electorate of Hesse

Leopold Philip de Heister → countryOfCitizenship → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel

Leopold Philip de Heister → militaryAllegiance → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

German Confederation → memberState → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Electorate of Hesse

Wilhelm von Knyphausen → citizenship → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel

Wilhelm von Knyphausen → countryOfOrigin → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

Wilhelm von Knyphausen → allegiance → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

Wilhelm von Knyphausen → burialPlace → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

Battle of Fort Washington → belligerent → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

Battle of Bennington → belligerent → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hesse-Hanau

Gulden → usedIn → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

Gulden → currencyOf → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

House of Hesse → ruledTerritory → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

Elector of Hesse → appliesToJurisdiction → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

Elector of Hesse → hasTerritory → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

William I, Elector of Hesse → nobleFamily → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

Friedrich Wilhelm von Lossberg → countryOfAllegiance → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

Battle of Wilhelmsthal → combatant → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

Battle of Kloster Kampen → belligerent → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

Battle of Emsdorf → belligerent → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

Province of Hesse-Nassau → contains → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

Battle of Freeman's Farm → belligerent → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hesse-Hanau

Forage War → countryInvolved → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel → aristocraticTitleHeldIn → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

Hanau, Hesse-Kassel → locatedIn → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

Landeck, Hesse-Kassel → locatedIn → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

Landeck, Hesse-Kassel → alsoKnownAs → Hesse-Kassel ⓘ

subject surface form: Electorate of Hesse