Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt: All Data

This page is about the data available for this polity, the chronology of the events of the polity is available here.

When the Landgriave of Hesse, Philip I, died in 1567, Hesse was divided between his four sons from his first marriage. As a result of the Napoleonic Wars, the landgraviate was elevated to the Grand Duchy of Hesse following the Empire's dissolution in 1806.