Kurhessen

Japanese: Kurhessen
Kurhessen

…The main force of the British army in the American War of Independence was 17,000 Hessian soldiers. The Landgrave of Hesse became an elector in 1803 (Hesse-Kassel was later called Kurhessen), and after the revolution of 1830, a constitution was promulgated in 1831. However, conflicts between the reactionary monarch, government, and people continued until the country was annexed by Prussia in 1866. On the other hand, Hesse-Darmstadt was not a particularly notable country, except for the literary salon of Landgrave's wife Henriette Caroline Christiane (1721-74) at the end of the 18th century. However, during the Napoleonic era, it became a grand duchy in 1806, and as part of the Confederation of the Rhine, it greatly expanded its territory, and in 1820 it promulgated a constitution, raising the country's status. …

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Japanese:

…アメリカ独立戦争におけるイギリス軍の主力は1万7000のヘッセン兵である。ヘッセン方伯は1803年選帝侯となり(以後ヘッセン・カッセルはクールヘッセンKurhessenと呼ばれる),1830年の革命ののち31年に憲法も発布されたが,その後も反動的な君主,政府と国民の間に紛争が絶えず,それは1866年この国がプロイセンに併合されるまで続いた。 他方,ヘッセン・ダルムシュタットは,18世紀末の方伯妃ヘンリエッテ・カロリーネHenriette Karoline Christiane(1721‐74)の文芸サロンが知られるほかは取りたてて注目されるような国ではなかったが,ナポレオン時代の1806年に大公国となり,〈ライン同盟〉の一つとして領土を大幅に拡大,また20年に憲法も発布して国の地位を高めた。…

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