Grand Duchy of Hesse

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constituent state of the German Confederation constituent state of the German Empire former sovereign state grand duchy

The Grand Duchy of Hesse was a historical German state in central Europe that existed from the early 19th century until the end of World War I, known for its capital Darmstadt and its ruling House of Hesse.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine 2
Grand Duchy of Hesse (northern parts) 1
Großherzogtum Hessen 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent state of the German Confederation ⓘ
constituent state of the German Empire ⓘ
former sovereign state ⓘ
grand duchy ⓘ
borderedBy Electorate of Hesse NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Baden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of Bavaria ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
capital Darmstadt NERFINISHED ⓘ
commonName Hesse-Darmstadt NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
currency Gulden ⓘ
Mark ⓘ
endEvent German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
endPointInTime 1918 ⓘ
firstRuler Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse ⓘ
governmentType constitutional monarchy ⓘ
headOfStateTitle Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine ⓘ
surface form: Grand Duke of Hesse
language German ⓘ
lastRuler Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay state of Baden-Württemberg ⓘ
state of Hesse ⓘ
Rhineland-Palatinate ⓘ
surface form: state of Rhineland-Palatinate
majorCity Gießen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mainz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Worms, Germany ⓘ
surface form: Worms
majorRiver Main ⓘ
Neckar ⓘ
Rhine ⓘ
memberOf Confederation of the Rhine ⓘ
German Confederation ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
North German Confederation ⓘ
nativeName Grand Duchy of Hesse self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Großherzogtum Hessen
officialName Grand Duchy of Hesse NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Calvinism ⓘ
Lutheranism ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
rulingDynasty House of Hesse-Darmstadt ⓘ
rulingHouse House of Hesse ⓘ
shortName Hesse ⓘ
startEvent dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
startPointInTime 1806 ⓘ
successor state of Hesse ⓘ
surface form: People's State of Hesse

Weimar Republic ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

this entity surface form: Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine
Franco-Prussian War → belligerent → Grand Duchy of Hesse ⓘ
War of the Sixth Coalition → belligerent → Grand Duchy of Hesse ⓘ
Abraham Geiger → birthPlace → Grand Duchy of Hesse ⓘ
War of the Seventh Coalition → countryInvolved → Grand Duchy of Hesse ⓘ
Alix of Hesse and by Rhine → countryOfCitizenship → Grand Duchy of Hesse ⓘ
Hesse → historicalPredecessor → Grand Duchy of Hesse ⓘ
Hesse → historicalPredecessor → Grand Duchy of Hesse ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's State of Hesse
German states → includedEntity → Grand Duchy of Hesse ⓘ
Confederation of the Rhine → memberState → Grand Duchy of Hesse ⓘ
North German Confederation → memberState → Grand Duchy of Hesse ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Duchy of Hesse (northern parts)
Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse → monarchOf → Grand Duchy of Hesse ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine
Grand Duchy of Hesse → nativeName → Grand Duchy of Hesse self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Großherzogtum Hessen
Hesse-Kassel → neighboringEntity → Grand Duchy of Hesse ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hesse-Darmstadt
Alix of Hesse and by Rhine → placeOfBirth → Grand Duchy of Hesse ⓘ
Empress Alexandra Feodorovna → placeOfBirth → Grand Duchy of Hesse ⓘ
House of Hesse-Darmstadt → ruled → Grand Duchy of Hesse ⓘ
Kingdom of Württemberg → sharesBorderWith → Grand Duchy of Hesse ⓘ
Electoral Palatinate → successorState → Grand Duchy of Hesse ⓘ