The Hessians

[HeyItsFritz]

My ancestors came from Prussia, but from the other side of my family we found a Hessian soldier from hundreds of years ago, he was married at Blessenbach castle and he died in Bayern!

[mcgge7]

Just found out my great great great grandpa was born hesse and was like. HELL YEAH!

[Krizarmax1]

hi i am from Mexico and my last name is Landgrave, I say the name came to Mexico by the year 1860.

[TheBoogieman7]

@Krizarmax1 Hello: My Mother's mother was named Schwartz (probably spelled differently in German.) I was told they came over to fight as Mercenaries. It means  Black in German.

[Varyalover]

wouldnt some soldiers be from prussia to aid britain in the revolutionary war?

[DamianNixon]

@Varyalover ....from Prussia and Russia and anywhere else they could impress men, convicts or ne'er do wells. There were only a few conscripts.

[papoocanada]

in Germany the law states that the princely titles are an integral part of one's name; hence Philip Prinz von Hessen, for example. Most of them survive: THURN,BADEN,HOHENZOLERN, ZEIL, HOHENLOHE, WIETELSBACH, WURTEMBERG, SAXE-COBURG, REUSS, OLDENBURG, NASSAU, LIPPE, etc,,,,,,to name a few..

[papoocanada]

the grand ducal House of Hesse & Rhine is sadly extinct

[musicologo1able]

All noble houses in Germany are suppose to be extinct.The Weimar constitution of 1919 abolished all nobility titles.

[tresckow]

@musicologo1able

to abolish a title doesnt extinct the family does it? and the blood stays the same

[SuperTravis898]

@tresckow to abolish the title by no means make shte fmaily extinct most noble or royal families have von by there name. mine is Von Volland from bruanfels Hesse, conected to the House of soms-Nassau, so House of Volland-Soms-Nassau would be my house.

[timujin02]

Vielen Dank! Interessantes Video.

[MadMonarchist]

Danke schoen mein herr!

[papoocanada]

@MadMonarchist

nein, nein ! nobles houses of Germany are far from being extinct

[MadMonarchist]

@papoocanada reply to the one who said it -I certainly didn't.