Duchy of Hesse-Kassel

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Duchy
gptkbp:area approximately 6,000 km²
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Kassel
gptkbp:coat_of_arms gptkb:Coat_of_arms_of_Hesse-Kassel
gptkbp:cultural_contribution Hessian dialects
Hessian cuisine
Hessian festivals
Hessian folklore
Hessian music
gptkbp:currency Gulden
gptkbp:dissolved 1866
gptkbp:economic_activity gptkb:Agriculture
gptkb:trade
Mining
Textile industry
gptkbp:established 1567
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_Hesse-Kassel
gptkbp:geographical_feature gptkb:Werra_River
gptkb:Fulda_River
gptkb:Eder_River
Kassel Mountains
gptkbp:government_type gptkb:Duchy
gptkbp:historical_documentation gptkb:Treaty_of_Vienna_(1815)
gptkb:Treaty_of_Frankfurt_(1871)
Constitution of Hesse-Kassel (1831)
gptkbp:historical_region gptkb:Hesse
gptkbp:historical_significance Influential in the Thirty Years' War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Duchy of Hesse-Kassel
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Industrial_Revolution
gptkb:Reformation
gptkb:Enlightenment
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:located_in gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:notable_event Annexation by Prussia in 1866
Battle of Kassel (1761)
Hesse-Kassel's involvement in the Napoleonic Wars
gptkbp:notable_person gptkb:Frederick_II,_Landgrave_of_Hesse-Kassel
William I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
William II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Holy_Roman_Empire
gptkbp:population approximately 1,000,000 (in 1866)
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:Landgraviate_of_Hesse
gptkb:Hesse-Kassel
gptkb:Hesse-Darmstadt
Hesse-Homburg
Hesse-Rotenburg
Hesse-Nassau
gptkbp:ruler gptkb:Duke_of_Saxony
gptkbp:succeeded_by Prussian Province of Hesse-Nassau
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:House_of_Palatinate-Zweibrücken
gptkb:Treaty_of_Jülich
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6