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Grand Duchy of Hesse · Alexandria

Event · 1806 CE – 1918 CE

Grand Duchy of Hesse

Also known as

Archddugiaeth Hessen
Ard-Diúcacht Hesse
Dugelezh-veur Hessen
Gran Ducado de Hesse
Gran Ducado de Hesse
Gran Ducado de Hesse y el Rin

Image illustrating Grand Duchy of Hesse — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Grand Duchy of Hessesee Wikimedia Commons

This entry is a stub. The Library is awakening — a longer account is being written.

Connected to

in country · located inGerman Reich1871 CE
had as citizenAdolph Strecker1822 CE
had as citizenAlexander Büchner1827 CE
had as citizenChristian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck1776 CE
had as citizen

¶ Auctoritates · sources

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Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine

1868 CE

had as citizenFerdinand Adolf Kehrer1837 CE

had as citizenFriedrich Wilhelm Schulz1797 CE

had as citizenGrigory Langsdorff1774 CE

had as citizenGustav Jacob Canton1813 CE

had as citizenHeinrich Hofmann1824 CE

had as citizenHermann zu Solms-Laubach1842 CE

+ 7 further connections to entries not yet ingested