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part of all the pofleffions prefent or future ; and by virtue of this thev account
themfelves among the reigning Princes ; yet does Hejfe-Cajfelhdid. the
fovereignty over the places and territories of the Princes of Rothenburg, and
alfo garrifons the forts' of Rhcinfels, which had given rife to vehement
contefts, till, in the year 1754, an agreement was entered into that the
Landgrave of He£c-Rothenbiirg fhould, for himfelf and his heirs, renounce
all claim to the garrifoning of Rheinfels fort, and refign it to Hefjc-Cajjel^
and alfo recede from all pretenfions with refpect to the prlmo^eniture-
(iocument obtained of the aulic council. On the other hand, HeJJe-CaJfel
confented that the Landgrave of Heffe-Rothcnbi^rg for the advantage of one
of his fons then living, might, with or without the Emperor's approbation,
make a paternal ordinance and divilion among his children, by which the
joint inheritance hitherto cuftomary in the Hejiafi Vnkjerjal-quart fliould
fet afide, and the territories concenter in the faid Prince, leaving to the
other Princes a fixed fum not under 3000 rixdoUars; but fuch ordinance
not to be conftrued as a right of primogeniture. The Landgraves of
Rothenburg, or Rheinfeh, are again fubdivided into two houfes, one of which
refides at Rothenbwg, the other at Efchivege, The latter family is alfo
named Wanfrid.
2. The only appenage belonging to Hejfe-Darmßadt is HeJJe-Hamburg^
deriving its name from the town of Hamburg, vor der hohe, but its defcent
from Frederick, fon to the Landgrave George L Among other rights
the Landgraves of Hamburg are always chief rangers in
the Marcs of Seulburg
and Upper Rrlenbach.
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3. The arms of HejJ'e are a fliield twice longitudinally divided and three
times tranfverfally with a fcutcheon Qi^xtX.^^Qz,faphire ; the Heßan lion, pearl,
and three diadems ruby. In the firft dexter Ihield, argent, is a patriarchal
crofs, ruby, for the Principality of Hersfeld. In the fecond Ihield, party per
fefs, diamond and topaz, with a ftar, pearl, denoting the county of Ziegenbayn.
The third field has a lion-rampant, ruby, crowned faphire, for Katzenellnbogen.
The fourth field ruby, two Xxom pajfant , topaz, for the county
of Dietz. The fifth field, party per fefs, topaz and diamond, two ftars with
eight points, pearl, for the county of Nidda. The fixth field, alfo party
per bend, ruby and pearl, within a nettle-leaf on three fegments, in each of
which is a carnation, pearl, for the Schaumburg arms. The I/andgrave,
William added the Ha)mu fhield, which is quarterly j in the firft and fourth
fields, topaz, three cherrans, ruby, for the county of Hanau ; but, in the
fecond and third field, topaz, three bends, ruby, for the county of Reineck ;
likewife a fcutcheon of pretence, party per fefs, topaz and pearl, for the lordfliip
of Munzenberg. The Landgraves of HeJJe-Darmßadt alfo add to the
arms of Tjenbwgh and Büdingen a (hield, argerit, two bcndelets, diatnond.
The two collateral Princes of Hejfe-Caßel bear the Heßian fliield alone, but
thofe
of the Darmßadt line add to it the aims of Ifenburg.
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