Rulers of Hesse

Rulers Of Hesse

This is a list of rulers of Hesse (German: Hessen) during the history of Hesse on west-central Germany. These rulers 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.

The title of all of the following rulers was "Landgrave" (German: Landgraf) unless otherwise noted.

Read more about Rulers Of Hesse:  Hesse-Kassel, 1567–1803, Hesse-Marburg, 1567–1604, Hesse-Rheinfels, 1567–1583, Hesse-Darmstadt, 1567–1806, Electors of Hesse (-Kassel), 1803–1866, Grand Dukes of Hesse (-Darmstadt) and By Rhine, 1806–1918

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