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The House of Hesse is a European dynasty, directly descended from the House of Brabant. They ruled the region of Hesse , one branch as prince-electors until 1866, and another branch as grand dukes until 1918.
- 1264; 759 years ago
- Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse
This is a list of monarchs of Hesse (German: Hessen) during the history of Hesse on west-central Germany. These monarchs belonged to a dynasty collectively known as the House of Hesse and the House of Brabant, originally the Reginar. Hesse was ruled as a landgraviate, electorate and later as a grand duchy until 1918.
- 1264
- Ernest Louis (as grand duke)
- Henry I (as landgrave)
- His Royal Highness
- Background
- Profession
- Marriage and Issue
- Representative Appearances
- Foundation of The House of Hesse
He is the eldest son and successor of German aristocrat Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, and his former wife, Princess Tatiana of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (b. 1940). A great-grandson of Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, he is named in part after Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse. He is also a descendant of Queen Victoria, Frederick III, Germa...
Donatus directs the Hessische Hausstiftung (Foundation of the House of Hesse), a foundation (see below) established to curate and showcase the cultural heritage and history of the House of Hesse, a dynasty which ruled the Electorate of Hesse-Cassel until 1866, the Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine until 1918, and whose male-line antecedents and co-...
Donatus married Countess Floria Franziska Marie-Luisa Erika von Faber-Castell (born 14 October 1974, Düsseldorf) in a civil ceremony in Wiesbaden on 25 April 2003. The bride is a communications professional and a niece of Count Anton Wolfgang von Faber-Castell, chairman of the board of the famous Faber-Castell pen-and-pencil company headquartered n...
In 2021, Donatus was one of only 30 mourners at Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh's, funeral at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. He also attended the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey, London, on 19 September 2022. King Charles III appointed Donatus his personal representative to the funeral of his first cousin Maximili...
Founded in 1928, the Foundation of the House of Hesse is the successor institution of a family trust that had been established in 1830, confiscated by the Kingdom of Prussia in 1866, and re-established after partial restitution in 1878. The foundation manages the family fortunes including forests, agricultural estates, castles, hotels and an art co...
- Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse
- Princess Tatiana of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
- Hesse
- Countess Floria Franziska Marie-Luisa Erika von Faber-Castell
Hermann Hesse ( Calw, 2 luglio 1877 – Montagnola, 9 agosto 1962) è stato uno scrittore, poeta e pittore tedesco naturalizzato svizzero, insignito del premio Nobel per la letteratura nel 1946. La sua produzione, in versi e in prosa, è vastissima e consta di quindici raccolte di poesie e trentadue tra romanzi e raccolte di racconti.
Geography. Territory of the Grand Duchy of Hesse, 1815–1866. Territory of the Grand Duchy of Hesse from 1866, with its three provinces: Upper Hesse, Starkenburg, and Rhenish Hesse. The portion of the grand duchy on the right bank of the Rhine stretched most of the way from the south of the modern state of Hesse to Frankenberg.
The House of Hesse is a European dynasty, directly descended from the House of Brabant. They ruled the region of Hesse, one branch as prince-electors until 1866, and another branch as grand dukes until 1918. House of Hesse. Parent family. House of Brabant.
Article. The Hesse Heist: The Family von Hessen. The story of the Hesse Heist, the theft of royal German jewels, delves into the wartime story of the Nazi elite. June 25, 2021. Top Image: Philipp von Hessen, circa 1934. From the US National Archives.