Napoleon's German Allies (5) : Hessen-Darmstadt and Hessen-Kassel
Contributors: Bryan Fosten (Illustrator)
Series: Men at Arms Series, 122
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: March 25, 1982
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780850454314
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; European history: c 1750 to c 1900; Military - General; History - Military / War; History: World; Europe; Military - Napoleonic Wars; Military Science; History / Military / General
First sentence: The process of dividing inherited lands between all surviving male beneficiaries, which steadily reduced Germany to a trivial conglomeration of petty principalities over a period of centuries, was responsible for the splitting of Hessen-Kassel and Hessen-Darmstadt in 1567.