Friday, January 1, 2010

Hesse

HESSE

Rulers of Hesse
950- ?: Werner ?
1008-1019: Friedrich
? -c. 1040: Dietrich
c. 1070-1104: Hermann (I)
1104-?: Hermann (II)

THURINGIA

1122-1130: Heinrich Raspe I
1130-1140: Ludwig I
1140-1153/5: Heinrich Raspe II
1140-1172: Ludwig II the Iron
1172-1180/2: Heinrich Raspe III
1182-1190: Ludwig III the Mild
1190-1216: Hermann I (III)
1216-1227: Ludwig IV the Pious
1227-1234: Konrad
1234-1241: Hermann II (IV)
1241-1247: Heinrich Raspe IV
1247-1265: Sofia

BRABANT
1263-1308: Heinrich I the Child
1308-1328: Otto I
1308-1311: Johann (in Kassel)
1328-1377: Heinrich II the Iron
1328-1343: Ludwig (in Grebenstein)
1328-1367: Hermann I (in Nordeck)
1377-1413: Hermann II the Learned
1413-1458: Ludwig II the Peaceful

HESSE-BUTZBACH
1596-1643: Philipp III

HESSE-KASSEL

1458-1471: Ludwig III the Frank
1471-1493: Wilhelm I the Elder
1493-1509: Wilhelm II the Intermediate


1509-1567: Philipp I the Magnanimous

1567-1592: Wilhelm IV


1592-1627: Moritz



1627-1637: Wilhelm V

1637-1663: Wilhelm VI



1637-1650: Amalie Elisabeth von Hanau-Münzenberg, Regent

1663-1670: Wilhelm VII


1670-1730: Karl I


1730-1751: Friedrich I (K. of Sweden 1720-51)

"...On the death of Landgrave Karl (r. 1670-1740), the heir Landgrave Friedrich I (r. 1730-1751), who had assumed the Swedish crown in 1720 and had converted from Calvinism to Lutheranism at the behest of the Swedish Estates, agreed to his brother Wilhelm VIII taking over as regent (1731-51, then r. 1751-60)."  (Whaley, Vol. 2, 2011, p. 244)

1751-1760: Wilhelm VIII (Regent 1730-51)



1760-1785: Friedrich II



1785-1821: Wilhelm IX (Wilhelm I, Elector 1803)



1821-1847: Wilhelm II



1847-1866: Friedrich Wilhelm I

HESSE-DARMSTADT



1567-1596: Georg I


1596-1626: Ludwig V





1626-1661: Georg II




1661-1678: Ludwig VI


1678: Ludwig VII


1678-1739: Ernst Ludwig

1739-1768: Ludwig VIII



1768-1790: Ludwig IX


1790-1830: Ludwig X (Ludwig I)


1830-1848: Ludwig II

1848-1877: Ludwig III



1877-1892: Ludwig IV



1892-1918: Ernst Ludwig

HESSE-ESCHWEGE


1627-1655: Friedrich

HESSE-HOMBURG


1596-1638: Friedrich I

1638-1643: Ludwig I Philipp
1638-1648: Margaretha Elisabetha von Leiningen-Westerburg-Schaumburg, regent


1643-1669: Wilhelm Christoph


1669-1671: Georg Christian



1680-1708: Friedrich II

1708-1748: Friedrich III Jakob
1748-1751: Friedrich IV Karl


1751-1806: Friedrich V Ludwig

1751-1766: Louise Ulrike von Solms-Braunfels, regent
1815-1820: Friedrich V Ludwig (restored)

1820-1829: Friedrich VI Joseph

1829-1839: Ludwig II
1839-1846: Philipp
1846-1848: Gustav



1848-1866: Ferdinand

Hesse-Marburg
1458-1483: Heinrich III the Rich
1483-1500: Wilhelm II the Younger
1567-1604: Ludwig IV

Hesse-Rheinfels
1567-1583: Philipp II


1627-1693: Ernst I

Hesse-Rheinfels-Rothenburg
1693-1725: Wilhelm
1725-1749: Ernst Leopold
1749-1778: Constantine
1778-1812: Karl Emmanuel


1812-1834: Viktor Amadeus

Hesse-Rothenburg
1627-1658: Hermann

Hesse-Wanfried-Eschwege
1693-1711: Karl
1711-1731: Wilhelm (in Wanfried)
1711-1755: Christian (in Eschwege)

References

Bad Homburg
Family Tree: Hesse (Ger.)
Genealogy of Hesse Grand Duchy of Hesse and By-the-Rhine in Almanach de Gotha
History of Hesse-Kassel
Rulers of Hesse (Summary)
Rulers of Hesse-Kassel (Ger)

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