Elector of Hesse

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hereditary title monarch sovereign prince

The Elector of Hesse was the sovereign head of the German state of Hesse-Kassel, a princely ruler who held the prestigious electoral dignity within the Holy Roman Empire and its successor arrangements.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Elector of Hesse-Kassel 2
Elector of Hesse (1803–1806) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hereditary title ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
sovereign prince ⓘ
abolishedAsResultOf Austro-Prussian War ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Hesse-Kassel NERFINISHED ⓘ
coatOfArms Arms of the Electorate of Hesse ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Electorate of Hesse NERFINISHED ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
currency North German thaler ⓘ
surface form: Hessian thaler
diplomaticStatus sovereign state within the German Confederation ⓘ
dynasty House of Hesse ⓘ
surface form: House of Hesse-Kassel
endTime 1866 ⓘ
firstHolder William I, Elector of Hesse NERFINISHED ⓘ
flag Flag of the Electorate of Hesse ⓘ
follows Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel ⓘ
governmentForm monarchy ⓘ
hasCapital Kassel NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasElectoralDignityIn Confederation of the Rhine ⓘ
German Confederation ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
hasLanguage German ⓘ
hasPredecessorState Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSuccessorState German Empire ⓘ
Province of Hesse-Nassau ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
hasTerritory Hanau ⓘ
Hesse-Kassel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kurhessen ⓘ
Schaumburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTitle Kurfürst von Hessen NERFINISHED ⓘ
headOfGovernment Elector of Hesse self-link ⓘ
lastHolder William II, Elector of Hesse NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislativeBody Estates of Hesse-Kassel ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central European Time ⓘ
lostSovereigntyTo Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
memberOf House of Hesse ⓘ
nobleRank Elector ⓘ
Prince ⓘ
partOf German states ⓘ
region Central Germany ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Kassel NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime 1803 ⓘ
styleOfAddress His Royal Highness ⓘ
surface form: Royal Highness

Serene Highness ⓘ
usedByReligion Protestant ruling house ⓘ
usedTitleUntil 1866 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Prince-elector → hasPart → Elector of Hesse ⓘ
Prince-elector → hasPart → Elector of Hesse ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elector of Hesse-Kassel
Prince-elector → hasPart → Elector of Hesse ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elector of Hesse (1803–1806)
Elector of Hesse → headOfGovernment → Elector of Hesse self-link ⓘ
House of Hesse → heldTitle → Elector of Hesse ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elector of Hesse-Kassel
Hesse-Kassel → rulerTitle → Elector of Hesse ⓘ