House of Hesse-Darmstadt

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German princely house noble family

The House of Hesse-Darmstadt was a prominent German princely dynasty that ruled the Grand Duchy of Hesse and produced several notable European royals, including consorts to Russian and British monarchs.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German princely house ⓘ noble family ⓘ
capital	Darmstadt ⓘ
coatOfArms	Arms of the Grand Duchy of Hesse ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dissolutionCause	German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
dynasticConnection	House of Battenberg ⓘ House of Romanov ⓘ House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ⓘ House of Windsor ⓘ
endTime	1918 ⓘ
foundedBy	George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt ⓘ
hasCadetBranch	Hesse-Bessungen ⓘ Hesse-Braubach ⓘ Hesse-Butzbach ⓘ Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg ⓘ surface form: Hesse-Homburg Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld ⓘ Hesse-Rheinfels ⓘ
historicalEra	19th century Europe ⓘ Early Modern period ⓘ surface form: Early modern period German Empire ⓘ surface form: German Empire period
language	German ⓘ
member	Alexandra Feodorovna of Hesse ⓘ surface form: Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse ⓘ Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse ⓘ Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse ⓘ Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse ⓘ Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse ⓘ Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine ⓘ Prince Henry of Hesse and by Rhine ⓘ Prince Louis of Battenberg ⓘ Princess Alice of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Princess Alice of Hesse and by Rhine Princess Alice of the United Kingdom ⓘ Alix of Hesse and by Rhine ⓘ surface form: Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine ⓘ Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine ⓘ Princess Margaret of Hesse and by Rhine ⓘ Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine ⓘ Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine ⓘ
memberOf	German high nobility ⓘ
namedAfter	Darmstadt ⓘ
nobleTitle	Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine ⓘ surface form: Grand Duke of Hesse Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt ⓘ
originatesFrom	Landgraviate of Hesse ⓘ
partOf	House of Hesse ⓘ
producedConsortOf	British monarch ⓘ Russian monarch ⓘ
religion	Lutheranism ⓘ
ruled	Grand Duchy of Hesse ⓘ Landgraviate of Hesse ⓘ surface form: Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt
startTime	1567 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

House of Hesse → hasBranch → House of Hesse-Darmstadt ⓘ

Empress Alexandra Feodorovna → house → House of Hesse-Darmstadt ⓘ

Empress Maria Alexandrovna of Russia → house → House of Hesse-Darmstadt ⓘ

Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt → memberOfDynasty → House of Hesse-Darmstadt ⓘ

Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse → nobleFamily → House of Hesse-Darmstadt ⓘ

Grand Duchy of Hesse → rulingDynasty → House of Hesse-Darmstadt ⓘ