Back لاندغريفية هسن دارمشتات Arabic Hessen-Darmştadt AZ Гесэн-Дармштат BE Хесен-Дармщат Bulgarian Landgraviezh Hessen-Darmstadt BR Hesensko-Darmstadtsko Czech Landgrevskabet Hessen-Darmstadt Danish Landgrafschaft Hessen-Darmstadt German Hessen-Darmstadti maakrahvkond ET Landgraviat de Hesse-Darmstadt French
Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt Landgrafschaft Hessen-Darmstadt (German) | |||||||||
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| 1567–1806 | |||||||||
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 Hesse-Darmstadt (HD) and Hesse-Kassel (HK) in 1789 | |||||||||
| Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||
| Capital | Darmstadt | ||||||||
| Common languages | Hessian | ||||||||
| Religion | Lutheran | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt | |||||||||
• 1567–1596 | George I | ||||||||
• 1596–1626 | Louis V | ||||||||
• 1626–1661 | George II | ||||||||
• 1661–1678 | Louis VI | ||||||||
• 1678 | Louis VII | ||||||||
• 1678–1739 | Ernest Louis | ||||||||
• 1739–1768 | Louis VIII | ||||||||
• 1768–1790 | Louis IX | ||||||||
• 1790–1806 | Louis X | ||||||||
| Historical era | Napoleonic Wars | ||||||||
• Established | 1567 | ||||||||
| 1806 | |||||||||
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The Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt (German: Landgrafschaft Hessen-Darmstadt) was a State of the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by a younger branch of the House of Hesse. It was formed in 1567 following the division of the 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 the Napoleonic Wars, the landgraviate was elevated to the Grand Duchy of Hesse following the Empire's dissolution in 1806.