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Landgrave (German: Landgraf, Dutch: landgraaf, Swedish: lantgreve, French:
landgrave; Latin:
comes magnus,
comes patriae,
comes provinciae,
comes terrae...
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reorganisation of the
Empire in 1803, the
Landgrave of Hesse-K****el was
elevated to an
Electorate and
Landgrave William IX
became an
Imperial Elector. Many...
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Landgraviate of
Hesse among the four sons of
Landgrave Philip I. The
residence of the
landgraves was in Darmstadt,
hence the name. As a
result of...
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Philip II,
Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels (1541–1583),
landgrave from 1567
until 1583, and as a
cadet line of Hesse-K****el for Ernest,
Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels...
- Moritz,
Landgrave of
Hesse (legally
Moritz Friedrich Karl
Emanuel Humbert Prinz und
Landgraf von Hessen; 6
August 1926 – 23 May 2013) was the son of Prince...
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Friedrich II von Hessen-K****el) (14
August 1720 – 31
October 1785) was
Landgrave of Hesse-K****el (or Hesse-C****el) from 1760 to 1785. He
ruled as an enlightened...
- wife of a
landgrave was a Landgräfin or landgravine. Examples:
Landgrave of Thuringia,
Landgrave of Hesse,
Landgrave of Leuchtenberg,
Landgrave of Fürstenberg-Weitra...
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Philip I,
Landgrave of
Hesse (13
November 1504 – 31
March 1567),
nicknamed der Großmütige (lit. 'the Magnanimous'), was a
German nobleman and champion...
- June 1532 – 25
August 1592), also
called William the Wise, was the
first Landgrave of the
Landgraviate of Hesse-K****el (or Hesse-C****el). He was the founder...
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gradually acquired by
Landgrave Louis I of
Thuringia and his successors.
After the War of the
Thuringian Succession upon the
death of
Landgrave Henry Raspe in...
