VIII Army Corps (German Confederation)
The VIII Army Corps was a mixed corps of the army of the German Confederation, which was made up of contingents from Württemberg, Baden and Hesse. Until 1830 contingents from Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Hohenzollern-Hechingen and Liechtenstein also belonged to this corps.
1st (Württ.) Division of the VIII Army Corps in 1866
2. (Bad.) Division of the VIII Army Corps in 1866
3rd (Hess.) Division of the VIII Army Corps in 1866
4th (Combined) Division of the VIII Army Corps in 1866
The Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine was a grand duchy in western Germany that existed from 1806 to 1918. The grand duchy originally formed from the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt in 1806 as the Grand Duchy of Hesse. It assumed the name Hesse und bei Rhein in 1816 to distinguish itself from the Electorate of Hesse, which had formed from neighbouring Hesse-Kassel. Colloquially, the grand duchy continued to be known by its former name of Hesse-Darmstadt.
Louis I depicted with Hessian Constitution in his right hand on the Ludwigsmonument [de] in Darmstadt
Title page of The Hessian Courier.
Karl du Thil [de], President of the Council of Ministers, 1829–1848
Heinrich von Gagern, chief minister during the Revolution of 1848 (lithograph by Eduard von Heuss)
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