House of Hesse

House of Hesse
Parent family	House of Brabant
Country	Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Finland
Founded	1264; 760 years ago (1264)
Founder	Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse
Current head	Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse
Final ruler	Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse
Titles	Landgrave of Hesse (Lower Hesse line, Upper Hesse line, Kassel, Rotenburg, Wanfried, Rheinfels, Philippsthal, Philippsthal-Barchfeld, Marburg, Rheinfels, Darmstadt, Butzbach Homburg, Braubach, Itter) Elector of Hesse Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine King of Sweden King of Finland Prince of Bulgaria
Estate(s)	Hesse
Cadet branches	Hesse-Kassel Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld Hanau-Schaumburg (morganatic) Mountbatten (morganatic) Extinct branches: Hesse-Braubach (extinct) Hesse-Butzbach (extinct) Hesse-Darmstadt (extinct) Hesse-Homburg (extinct) Hesse-Itter (extinct) Hesse-Marburg (extinct) Hesse-Philippsthal (extinct) Hesse-Rheinfels (extinct) Hesse-Rotenburg (extinct) Hesse-Wanfried (extinct) Battenberg (morganatic, extinct)

The House of Hesse is a European dynasty, directly descended from the House of Brabant. They ruled the region of Hesse, one branch as prince-electors until 1866, and another branch as grand dukes until 1918.^[1]