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4 days ago · Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark (Greek: Σοφία, romanized: Sofía; 26 June 1914 – 24 November 2001) was by birth a Greek and Danish princess, as well as Princess of Hesse-Kassel and Princess of Hanover through her successive marriages to Prince Christoph of Hesse and Prince George William of Hanover. An elder sister of Prince Philip ...
Oct 6, 2024 · On 9 October 1937 Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig von Hessen und bei Rhein (of Hesse and by Rhine), who had reigned until 1918, had died at the age of 68. Despite of that the family was to gather in London for the wedding of the Grand Duke’s second son, Prince Ludwig, and the Hon. Margaret Campbell Geddes.
1 day ago · The House of Wittelsbach (German: Haus Wittelsbach) is a former Bavarian dynasty, with branches that have ruled over territories including the Electorate of Bavaria, the Electoral Palatinate, the Electorate of Cologne, Holland, Zeeland, Sweden (with Swedish-ruled Finland), Denmark, Norway, Hungary, Bohemia, and Greece.
2 days ago · The Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel was also elevated to the status of Prince-Elector (Kurfürst), with his state thereby becoming the Electorate of Hesse or Electoral Hesse (German: Kurhessen, Kur being the German-language term for the Empire's College of Electors).
Oct 6, 2024 · The Parliament on 8 October 1918 elected the German Prince Friedrich Karl von Hessen (1868-1940) as the new King of Finland. The first choice had been Prince Oscar of Prussia, a son of Emperor Wilhelm II, but the Emperor didn’t want to send his son to an instable country.
Oct 3, 2024 · After a full day at the fair I head to the nearby Grandhotel Hessischer Hof Hotel, the original city residence of Prince Wolfgang of Hesse, for a late afternoon drink. The bar and Winter Room is bustling with attendees from the fair and the networking continues, with lively conversations, and sips of wine whilst taking in the sunlight streaming ...
Oct 9, 2024 · East and south of Hesse, the Rhine-Main region was a land of great ecclesiastical princes: the archbishops of Mainz, Trier, and Cologne; the bishops of Speyer, Worms, Würzburg, and Bamberg; and the wealthy abbots of Fulda and Lorsch.
