HESSE-KASSEL

* Heinrich I "the Child"                               1263 - 1308
* Otto                                                 1308 - 1328
* Johann                                               1298 - 1311
* Ludwig I                                             1328 - 1345
* Herman II "the Learned"                              1367 - 1413
* Ludwig II "the Peaceful"                             1413 - 1458
* Ludwig III                                           1458 - 1471
* Wilhelm I "the Elder"                                1471 - 1493
* Wilhelm II "the Intermediate"                        1493 - 1509
* Philip I "the Magnanimous"                           1509 - 1567
* Wilhelm IV                                           1567 - 1592
* Moritz                                               1592 - 1627
* Wilhelm V                                            1627 - 1637
* Wilhelm VI                                           1637 - 1663
* Wilhelm VII                                          1663 - 1670
* Karl                                                 1670 - 1730
* Friedrich I                                          1730 - 1751
* Wilhelm VIII                                         1751 - 1760
* Friedrich II                                         1760 - 1785
* Wilhelm IX (I after 1803)                            1785 - 1807

To France                                            1807 - 1813

* Wilhelm I (restored)                                 1813 - 1821
* Wilhelm II                                           1821 - 1847
* Friedrich Wilhelm                                    1847 - 1866

HESSE-MARBURG

* Heinrich II "the Iron"                               1328 - 1377
* Heinrich III                                         1458 - 1483
* Wilhelm III "the Younger"                            1483 - 1500

* Ludwig III                                           1567 - 1604

HESSE-NORDECK

* Herman I                                             1328 - 1367

HESSE-BUTZBACH

* Philipp                                              1596 - 1643

HESSE-HOMBURG

* Friedrich I                                          1596 - 1638
* Friedrich II                                         1638 - 1708
* Friedrich III                                        1708 - 1736
* Friedrich IV                                         1736 - 1751
* Friedrich V                                          1751 - 1820
* Friedrich VI                                         1820 - 1829
* Ludwig                                               1829 - 1839
* Philipp                                              1839 - 1846
* Gustav                                               1846 - 1848
* Ferdinand                                            1848 - 1866

HESSE-RHEINFELS

* Philipp II                                           1567 - 1583

HESSE-ROTENBURG

* Herman                                               1627 - 1658

HESSE-ESCHWEGE

* Friedrich                                            1627 - 1655

HESSE-BRAUBACH

* Johann                                               1626 - 1651


HESSE-RHEINFELS-ROTENBURG

* Ernst                                                1683 - 1693

HESSE-PHILIPPSTHAL

* Philipp                                              1663 - 1721
* Karl                                                 1721 - 1770
* Wilhelm                                              1770 - 1810
* Ludwig                                               1810 - 1816
* Ernst Konstantin                                     1810 - 1849
* Karl                                                 1849 - 1866

HESSE-PHILIPPSTHAL-BARCHFELD

* Wilhelm                                              1721 - 1761
* Adolf                                                1761 - 1803
* Karl                                                 1803 - 1854
* Alexis                                               1854 - 1866

To Prussia                                           1866 - 1918

HESSE-DARMSTADT

* Georg I                                              1567 - 1596
* Ludwig V                                             1596 - 1626
* Georg II                                             1626 - 1661
* Ludwig VI                                            1661 - 1678
* Ludwig VII                                           1678
* Ernest Ludwig                                        1678 - 1739
* Ludwig VIII                                          1739 - 1768
* Ludwig IX                                            1768 - 1790
* Ludwig X                                             1790 - 1830, from 1806 Grand Duke
* Ludwig II                                            1830 - 1848
* Ludwig III                                           1848 - 1877
* Ludwig IV                                            1877 - 1892
* Ernest Ludwig                                        1892 - 1918


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Last updated 15th July 2002