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Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg Landgrafschaft Hessen-Homburg | |||||||||||
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1622–1866 | |||||||||||
Capital | Bad Homburg | ||||||||||
Common languages | German | ||||||||||
Government | Landgraviate | ||||||||||
Landgrave | |||||||||||
• 1622–1638 | Frederick I (first) | ||||||||||
• 1848–1866 | Ferdinand (last) | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1622 | ||||||||||
• Ceded by Darmstadt | 1668 | ||||||||||
• Ceded to Darmstadt | 1806 | ||||||||||
1815 | |||||||||||
• Inherited by Grand Duchy of Hesse1 | 1866 | ||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||
• Total | 430 km2 (170 sq mi) | ||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||
• 1848 | 22,800 | ||||||||||
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Hesse-Homburg was a state of the Holy Roman Empire and a sovereign member of the German Confederation. It was formed into a separate landgraviate in 1622 by the landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt; it was to be ruled by his son, although it did not become independent of Hesse-Darmstadt until 1668. It was briefly divided into Hesse-Homburg and Hesse-Homburg-Bingenheim; but these parts were reunited in 1681.