Information
Name: Landgraviate of Hesse-Rheinfels
Type: Polity
Start: 1568
End: 1583
Groups:
Holy Roman Empire
Landgraviate of Hesse-Rheinfels: 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. The Hesse-Rheinfels line became extinct in 1583, and was then incorporated into Hesse-Kassel.