Hesse-Rheinfels

The older Hesse- Rhine rock with the lower county Katzenelenbogen, the area around St. Goar ( left bank ) and Reichenberg, Hohenstein and Braubach ( right bank ), governed by a collateral line of the House of Hesse, was in the division of the country county of Hesse after the death of Landgrave Philip I the Magnanimous († 1567). Philip's eldest son, William IV, was Hesse -Kassel with about half of the entire territory, Hesse - Marburg came with about a quarter of the total territory to Louis IV, George I received Hesse -Darmstadt (essentially the former Obergrafschaft Katzenelenbogen ), and Philip II got Hessen- Rhein rock.

This first sub- Hessen- Rhein rock died already in 1583 the childless Philip II of. The lower county Katzenelenbogen or extinct Hesse- Rhine rock was divided between Hesse -Kassel, which was the main part, and Hesse -Darmstadt and Hesse - Marburg.

For the (second) younger Hesse- Rhine rock and the Hesse- Rhine rock -Rotenburg see Hesse -Rotenburg.

Family members

  • Philip II (Hessen Rhein - rock ) ( Philip the Younger, 1541-1583 ), the first and only Landgrave of Hesse - Rheinfels
  • Victor Amadeus ( Hesse -Rotenburg ) ( 1779-1834 ), the last Landgrave of Hesse -Rotenburg from 1812, from 1815 Prince of Corvey and in 1821 Duke of Ratibor
  • Empire County
  • House of Hesse
Landgraviate of Hesse William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel Hesse-Marburg Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt Philip II, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels Victor Amadeus, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg
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