The Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, spelled Hesse-Cassel throughout its existence, was a state of the Holy Roman Empire. It was created in 1567 when the Landgraviate of Hesse was divided on the death of Philip I, and his eldest son William IV inherited the northern half and the capital of Kassel, while his brothers received Hesse-Marburg, Hesse-Rheinfels and Hesse-Darmstadt. It had two votes in the Reichstag, one for itself and one for Hersfeld Abbey. In 1803, during the Napoleonic reorganisation of the Empire, the Landgrave William IX was raised to Elector, which officially ended the Landgraviate.
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