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Name: Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine
Type: Polity
Start: 1817 AD
End: 1871 AD
Nation: hesse-darmstadt
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Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine
This article is about the specific polity Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.
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After the end of the Napoleonic Wars Hesse-Darmstadt changed its name to distinguish itself from the Electorate of Hesse (Hesse-Kassel).
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Chronology
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1. German Unification Wars
Were a series of wars that resulted in the creation of the German Empire under Prussian leadership in 1871.
Was a war between the Kingdom of Prussia and the Austrian Empire over the dominance of the German states. The war resulted in a Prussian victory. The German confederation was abolished and in 1871 Prussia united all the German states but Austria in the German Empire.
1.1.1.Peace Treaties (Austro-Prussian War)
Were a series of treaties that ended the Austro-Prussian War. Prussia annexed the Austro-Prussian condominium of Schleswig and Holstein and several other territories. The German Confederation was dissolved, and a Prussian domained Northern German Confederation, that excluded the southern German states, was created.
Was a war that saw the Second French Empire fight against an alliance of German states led by the Kingdom of Prussia. The war was caused by the struggle over dominance in continental Europe between Prussia and France. The German states were victorious and in 1871 merged to form the German Empire. France was occupied and forced to cede Alsace-Lorraine to Germany.
1.2.1.Unification of Germany (1871)
Was the unification of 25 German states into the German Empire under the leadership of the Kingdom of Prussia, officially proclaimed on 18 January 1871, in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles in France.
