Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 1567 – 1803

Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel

A state of 1567 – 1803 — 236 years in Europe. It replaced Landgraviate of Hesse and County of Schaumburg. It was replaced by Landgraviate of Hesse-Rotenburg and followed by Electorate of Hesse. The atlas records 31 things within it — people 31. Its line of rulers holds 43 people, 6 with dated terms.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
236 years
1567 – 1803
Rulers
43
the landgrave
Within it
31
recorded rows
Symbols
2
on record, with years

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Landgraviate of Hesse: 1264 – 1567Landgraviate of Hesse-Rotenburg: 1627 – 1834Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel: 1567 – 1803

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

After it

Rulers

The line of landgrave - the office this state names as its head of state.

Philip II of Hesse-Rheinfels · 1567 – 1583 · died in office, manner not recordedGeorge I of Hesse-Darmstadt · 1567 – 1596 · died in office, manner not recordedLouis IV of Hesse-Marburg · 1567 – 1604 · died in office, manner not recordedLouis V of Hesse-Darmstadt · 1596 – 1626 · died in office, manner not recordedGeorge II of Hesse-Darmstadt · 1626 – 1661 · died in office, manner not recordedAdolph, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld · 1777 – 1803 · died in office, manner not recorded16001650170017501800
died in officea second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared throne
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Philip II of Hesse-Rheinfels1567 – 158316 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
George I of Hesse-Darmstadt1567 – 159629 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonesibling
Louis IV of Hesse-Marburg1567 – 160437 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonesibling
Louis V of Hesse-Darmstadt1596 – 162630 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonenephew or niece
George II of Hesse-Darmstadt1626 – 166135 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Adolph, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld1777 – 180326 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone

43 rulers, 6 with terms dated as terms, covering 1567 – 1803. Median reign 29.5 years. 3 of 5 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Flags and arms, in order

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

  • Arms of the house of Hesse-Kassel (1736-1803)
    coat of arms, undatedArms of the house of Hesse-Kassel (1736-1803) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · MostEpic
  • Flag of Hesse
    flag, undatedFlag of Hesse · Public domain

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

1500 – 1599: 7 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 7 other15001600 – 1699: 15 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 15 other16001700 – 1799: 9 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 9 other17001800 – 1899: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other1800

1500 – 15997 rows

1600 – 169915 rows

and 7 more in the atlas.

1700 – 17999 rows

and 1 more in the atlas.

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood236 years

    stood longer than 67% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • Wars recorded per centurynone

    had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

  • How long a reign lasted, at the median30 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 83% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record43

    has more rulers on record than 97% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 3 causes the record names and 2 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

County of Schaumburg · Linked · 1110 – 1640County of SchaumburgLandgraviate of Hesse · Linked · 1264 – 1567Landgraviate of HesseHanau-Münzenberg · Coincidence · 1458 – 1642Hanau-MünzenbergLandgraviate of Hesse-Kassel · 1567 – 1803Landgraviate of Hesse-KasselElectorate of Hesse · Linked · 1803 – 1807Electorate of HesseLandgraviate of Hesse-Rotenburg · Linked · 1627 – 1834Landgraviate of Hesse-Rotenburg1200140016001800
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Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q168651 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.