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Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel Landgrafschaft Hessen-Kassel House of Lorraine-Brabant The Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel (German: Landgrafschaft
Hessen-Kassel) was a state in the Holy Roman Empire under Imperial immediacy that came into existence when the Landgraviate
of Hesse was divided in 1567 upon the death of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse. His eldest son William IV inherited the northern
half and the capital of Kassel. The other sons received the Landgraviate of Hesse-Marburg, the Landgraviate of Hesse-Rheinfels
and the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt. The Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel was elevated to Prince-elector during the reorganization
of the Empire in 1803, in the midst of the Napoleonic wars, and later occupied by French troops and became part of the Kingdom
of Westphalia, which was a French satellite state. History of Hesse-Kassel
The line of Landgraves was founded by William IV, surnamed the Wise,
eldest son of Philip I. On his father's death in 1567 he received one half of the Landgraviate of Hesse, with Kassel as his
capital; and this formed the Landgraviate. In 1604 additions were made when Maurice, inherited the Landgraviate of Hesse-Marburg
from his childless uncle, Louis IV. In 1605 turned Protestant, became involved later in the Thirty Years' War, and, after
being forced to cede some of his territories to the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, abdicated in favour of his son William
V, his younger sons receiving apanages which created several cadet lines of the house, of which that of the Landgraviate of
Hesse-Rotenburg survived till 1834. On the death of William V, whose territories had been conquered by the Imperial Army of
the Holy Roman Empire, his widow Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, as regent for her son William VI, reconquered
the country and, with the aid of the French and Swedes, held it, together with part of Westphalia. At the Peace of Westphalia,
accordingly, Hesse-Kassel was augmented by the larger part of the County of Schaumburg and by the Hersfeld Abbey, secularized
as a principality of the Empire. The Landgravine Elisabeth
Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt introduced the rule of primogeniture. William VI, who came of age in 1650, was an enlightened patron
of learning and the arts. He was succeeded by his son William VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, an infant, who died in 1670,
and was succeeded by his brother Charles I. Charles's, chief claim to remembrance is that he was the first ruler to adopt
the system of hiring his soldiers out to foreign powers as mercenaries, as a means of improving the national finances. Frederick
I of Sweden, the next landgrave, had become by marriage King of Sweden, and on his death was succeeded in the landgraviate
by his brother William VIII, who fought as an ally of Kingdom of Great Britain during the Seven Years' War. From his successor
Frederick II, who had become a Catholic, 22,000 Hessian troops were hired by Kingdom of Great Britain for about £3,191,000,
to assist in the war against the Thirteen Colonies. This action, often bitterly criticized, has of late years found apologists
. It is argued that the troops were in any case mercenary, and that the practice was quite common. Whatever opinion may be
held as to this, it is certain that Frederick II spent the money well: he did much for the development of the economic and
intellectual improvement of the country. Since the
early years of the Reformation the House of Hesse was clearly Protestant, with only a few exceptions. Landgraves Philip I,
William V, and Maurice married descendants of King George of Bohemia. From William VI onwards, mothers of the heads of Hesse-Kassel
were always descended from William the Silent, the leader of the Dutch to independence on basis of Calvinism. The Landgraviate
of Hesse-Kassel expanded in 1604 when Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, inherited the Landgraviate of Hesse-Marburg from
his childless uncle, Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg (1537-1604). During the Thirty Years' War, Calvinist Hesse-Kassel
proved to be Sweden's most loyal German ally. Landgrave William V and, after his death in 1637, his widow Amelia of Hanau,
a granddaughter of William the Silent, as regent supported the Protestant cause and the French and Swedes throughout the
war and maintained an army, garrisoning many strongholds, while Hesse-Kassel itself was occupied by Imperial troops. William V was succeeded by Landgraves William VI and William VII. Under King Frederick
I of Sweden, Hesse-Kassel was in personal union with Sweden from 1730-51. But in fact the King's younger brother, Prince William,
ruled in Kassel as regent until he succeeded his brother, reigning as William VIII until 1760. Although it was a fairly widespread
practice at the time to rent out troops to other princes, it was the Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel who became infamous for
hiring out contingents of their army as mercenaries during the 17th and 18th centuries. Hesse-Kassel maintained 7% of its
entire population under arms throughout the eighteenth century. This force served as a source of mercenaries for other European
states. Frederick II, notably, hired out so many troops to his nephew King George III of Great Britain for use
in the American War of Independence, that "Hessian" has become an American slang term for all German soldiers deployed
by the British in the War. One of these regiments that saw service in America was the Musketeer Regiment Prinz Carl.
During the 17th century, the landgraviate was internally divided for dynastic
purposes, without allodial rights, into: - the
Landgraviate of Hesse-Rotenburg (1627-1834)
- the Landgraviate
of Hesse-Wanfried-(Rheinfels) (1649-1755)
- the Landgraviate
of Hesse-Philippsthal
- Landgraviate of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
These were reunited with the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel when each particular
branch died out without issue. Aftermath Following the reorganization of the German states during the
German mediatisation of 1803, the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel was raised to the Electorate of Hesse and Landgrave William IX was elevated to Imperial Elector, taking the title William I, Elector of Hesse. The principality
thus became known as Kurhessen, although still usually referred to as Hesse-Kassel. In 1806, William I was dispossessed by Napoleon Bonaparte for his support of the
Kingdom of Prussia, and Kassel became the capital of a new Kingdom of Westphalia with Napoleon's brother Jérôme
Bonaparte as king. The elector was restored following Napoleon's defeat in 1813, and although the Holy Roman Empire was now
defunct, William retained his title of Elector, as it gave him pre-eminence over his cousin, the Grand Duke of Hesse. From
1813 onwards, the Electorate of Hesse was an independent country and, after 1815, a member of the German Confederation. William's grandson, Elector Frederick William, sided with the
Austrian Empire in the Austro-Prussian War, and after the Prussian victory his lands were annexed by Prussia in 1866. Along
with the annexed Duchy of Nassau and Free City of Frankfurt, Hesse-Kassel became part of the new Province of Hesse-Nassau
of the Kingdom of Prussia. In 1918, Hesse-Nassau became part of the Free State of Prussia until 1944. From 1944-45 as part
of Nazi Germany, it was divided into the Prussian provinces of Kurhessen and Nassau. From 1945-46, it was renamed Greater
Hesse (German: Großhessen) and was part of the US occupation zone in Germany. From 1946 onwards, it was reorganised
into the State of Hesse, a federal state of West Germany. In 1918, Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, younger brother of the head of the house and a brother-in-law
of Emperor William II, was elected by the pro-German Finnish government to be King of Finland, but he never reigned. In 1968,
the head of the House of Hesse-Kassel became the head of the entire House of Hesse due to the extinction of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt. 
History of the House of Hesse
The House of Hesse is a European
royal dynasty from the region of Hesse, originally and still formally the House of Brabant,The
origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis
IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry II, Duke of Brabant from the House
of Reginar. Sophie was the heiress of Hesse which she passed on to her son, Henry upon her retention of the
territory following her partial victory in the War of the Thuringian Succession in which she was one of the
belligerents. Originally the western
part of the Landgraviate of Thuringia, in the mid 13th century it was inherited by the younger
son of Henry II, Duke of Brabant, and became a distinct political entity. From the late 16th century
it was generally divided into several branches, the most important of which were those of Hesse-Kassel
(or Hesse-Cassel) and Hesse-Darmstadt. In the early 19th century the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel was elevated
to Elector of Hesse (1803), while the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt became the Grand Duke of Hesse (1806),
later Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine. Electoral Hesse (Hesse-Kassel) was annexed by Prussia
in 1866, while Grand Ducal Hesse (Hesse-Darmstadt) as lasted until the end of the German monarchies
in 1918. Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse is the current (2012) head of the house. The Branches of the House of Hesse Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, died in 1567. Hesse was
divided between his four sons, four new lines which arose: Hesse-Darmstadt, Hesse-Kassel, Hesse-Marburg and Hesse-Rheinfels.
The line of Hesse-Darmstadt was also part of the morganatic line of the Battenberg family when
Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine married to Countess Julia Hauke. The Battenbergs who later
settled in England changed that name to Mountbatten after World War I. - House of Brabant
- Hesse (1264-1567)
- Hesse-Darmstadt
(1567-1918), became Grand Duchy of Hesse in 1806
- Hesse-Butzbach
(1609-1642)
- Hesse-Braubach (1609-1651)
- Hesse-Homburg (1622-1866)
- Hesse-Itter
(1661-1676)
- Battenberg (1858,
morganatic line. Mountbatten since 1917)
- Hesse-Kassel (1567-1866), became Electorate of Hesse in 1803
- Hesse-Rotenburg (1627-1834)
- Hesse-Wanfried (1627-1755)
- Hesse-Rheinfels (1627-1754)
- Hesse-Philippsthal
(1685-1866)
- Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (1721-1866)
- Hesse-Marburg (1567, divided in 1604 between Hesse-Darmstadt
and Hesse-Kassel)
- Hesse-Rheinfels (1567, divided in
1583 between Hesse-Darmstadt, Hesse-Kassel and Hesse-Marburg)
Hesse-Kassel and its junior lines were annexed
by Prussia in 1866; Hesse-Darmstadt became the People's State of Hesse when the monarchy was
abolished in 1918. Hesse-Philippsthal died out in the male line in 1925; Hesse-Darmstadt in
1968. Descendants of Hesse-Kassel and Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld are alive to this day. The List of the Princes and Electors of Hesse-Kassel
Hesse-Kassel since 1866
- Frederick William I, the former Elector, 1866-1875
- Landgrave Frederick William II of Hesse-Kassel, 1875-1884, son of Prince William
of Hesse-Kassel.
- Landgrave Frederick William III of
Hesse, 1884-1888
- Landgrave Alexander Frederick, 1888-1925
(abdicated, d. 1945)
- Landgrave Frederick Charles, 1925-1940,
elected King of Finland with the name Fredrik Kaarle I in 1918 but renounced the throne the same year
- Landgrave Philip, 1940-1980
- Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse (born 1926), 1980-present
The Family Titles and Styles
The present members of this line of the family bear the title Prince Princess
of Hesse, together with the formal appellation of His or Her Highness, except the head and his heir hold the formal appellation
of Royal Highness. The Genealogy of the Princely House FRIEDRICH II, Landgrave
of Hesse-Kassel on the death of his father 1 Feb 1760 (Kassel 14 Aug 1720-Schloß Weissenstein 31 Oct 1785); m.1st Kassel
28 Jun 1740 Mary Pss of Great Britain, Ireland and Hannover (Leicester House 22 Feb 1723-Hanau 14 Jan 1772); m.2d Berlin 10
Jan 1773 Philippine Margravine of Brandenburg-Schwedt (Schwedt 10 Oct 1745-Berlin 1 May 1800)
1a) Wilhelm (Kassel
25 Dec 1741-Kassel 1 Jul 1742)
2a) Wilhelm IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Elector WILHELM I of Hesse 1803 (Kassel
3 Jun 1743-Kassel 27 Feb 1821); m.Copenhagen 1 Sep 1764 Pss Caroline of Denmark (Copenhagen 10 Jul 1747-Kassel 14 Jan 1820)
1b) Marie Friederike (Hanau 14 Sep 1768-Hanau 17 Apr 1839); m.Kassel 29 Nov 1794 (div 1817) Alexis Pr von Anhalt-Bernburg
(Ballenstedt 12 Jun 1767-Ballenstedt 24 Mar 1834)
2b) Karoline Amalie (Hanau 11 Jul 1771-Gotha 22 Feb 1848); m.Kassel
24 Apr 1802 Duke August of Saxe-Gotha (Gotha 23 Nov 1772-Gotha 27 May 1822)
3b) Friedrich (Hanau 8 Aug 1772-Hanau
20 Jul 1784)
4b) WILHELM II, Elector of Hesse (Hanau 28 Jul 1777-Frankfurt 20 Nov 1847); m.1st Berlin 13 Feb 1797
Auguste Pss of Prussia (Potsdam 1 May 1780-Kassel 19 Feb 1841); m.2d (morganatically) Schloß Bisenz, Moravia 8 Jul 1841
Emilie Ortlöpp, cr 1821 "Gfn von Reichenbach-Lessonitz" (Berlin 13 May 1791-Frankfurt 12 Feb 1843); there were
8 children born of this marriage before the marriage itself occurred, and they were apparently subsequently legitimated; these
children of the second marriage bore the title Graf/Gräfin von Reichenbach-Lessonitz; m.3d (morganatically) Wilhelmsbad
28 Aug 1843 Caroline Frn von Berlepsch, cr Frfrau von Bergen 1844 and Gfn von Bergen 1846 (Hersfeld 9 Jan 1820-Knauthayn 21
Feb 1877)
1c) Wilhelm Friedrich Karl Ludwig (Hanau 9 Apr 1798-Hanau 25 Oct 1802)
2c) Karoline Friederike
Wilhelmine (Philippsruhe 29 Jul 1799-Kassel 28 Nov 1854)
3c) Luise Friederike (Hanau 3 Apr 1801-Philippsruhe 28
Sep 1803)
4c) FRIEDRICH WILHELM, Elector of Hesse (Philippsruhe 20 Aug 1802-Prague 6 Jun 1875); m.(morganatically)
Rellingshausen 26 Jun 1831 Gertrud Falkenstein, cr Gfn von Schaumburg 1831 and Pss von Hanau und zu Horowitz (Serene Highness)
1862 (Bonn 18 May 1803-Prague 9 Jul 1882); their issue bore the titles Prince[ss] von Hanau u.zu Horowitz, Graf/Gräfin
von Schaumburg; the head of this line was Fst von Hanau, but the eldest son, Friedrich Wilhelm, and his issue were bypassed
until all other sons and their issue male had died
1d) Pss Auguste Marie Gertrud (Niederdorfelden 21 Sep 1829-Halle
an der Saale 18 Sep 1887); m.Wilhelmshohe 17 Jul 1849 Ferdinand Maximilian III Fst zu Isenburg-Büdingen in Wächtersbach
(Wächtersbach 24 Oct 1824-Wächtersbach 5 Jun 1903)
2d) Pss Alexandrine Friederike Wilhelmine (Fulda
22 Dec 1830-Lindau 20 Dec 1871); m.Kassel 12 Jun 1851 Felix Pr zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen (Oehringen 1 Mar 1818-Asnières
8 Sep 1900)
3d) Pr Friedrich Wilhelm von Hanau (Schloß Wilhelmshöhe 18 Nov 1832-Horowitz 14 May 1889);
m.1st London 23 Sep 1856 (div) Auguste Birnbaum (Kassel 9 Nov 1837-Cannstatt 29 Jun 1862); m.2d Vienna 8 Apr 1875 Ludowika
Gloede (Hamburg 6 May 1840-Munich 20 Apr 1912)
1e) Pr Friedrich August (Wiesbaden 14 Apr 1864-Brünn 26 Apr
1940); m.1st Vienna 6 Jul 1899 (div 1922) Hildegard Gfn Almásy de Zsadány et Török-Szent-Miklós
(Zsadány, Hungary 10 Mar 1879-Augsburg 1 Feb 1933); m.2d Munich 12 Dec 1932 Christine-Ernestine Detzer (Munich 29 Jan
1894-Munich 10 Jan 1978)
1f) Friedrich Wilhelm Tassilo Ludwig Hubertus Heinrich, succeeded Fst Heinrich (d.1917)
as 5th Fst von Hanau (Söcking bei Starnberg 27 Dec 1900-Munich 12 Oct 1971); m.Babenhausen 1 Aug 1921 Maria Theresia
Gfn Fugger von Babenhausen (Vienna 1 Mar 1899-Starnberg 28 Jun 1994)
1g) Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Heinrich Fst von
Hanau (Vienna 27 Apr 1923-Starnberg 16 Feb 1998); m.Friedberg bei Volders, Tyrol 15 Jun 1948 MariaAntonia Gfn Strachwitz von
Gross-Zauche und Camminetz (Baden bei Wien 3 Sep 1922-Percha 17 Nov 2005)
1h) Pss Franziska Elisabeth Maria Antonia
(b.Munich 27 Oct 1954); m.1st Söcking bei Starnberg 5 Oct 1974 (div 1986) Rupert Gf Strachwitz von Gross-Zauche und Camminetz
(b.Luzern 30 Apr 1947); m.2d London 14 Mar 1988 (div 1996) John Scarisbrick (b.Rome 3 Nov 1948)
2h) Friedrich
Wilhelm Philipp Georg Heinrich Jakob Fst von Hanau (b.Munich 26 Jun 1959); m.Aufkirchen 30 May 1987 Julia Schelkopf (b.Munich
15 Sep 1962)
1i) Pr Tassilo Hubertus Heinrich Antonius (b.Starnberg 8 Nov 1987)
2i) Pss Philippa Maria
Theresia (b.Starnberg 15 Jan 1989)
3i) Pr Thaddäus Carl Heinrich (b.Starnberg 16 Jun 1995)
2g)
Pr Friedrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Leopold Tassilo (Vienna 7 May 1924-Vienna 11 May 1997); m.Vienna 17 Dec 1949 Marie Alice Frn
von Loudon (Bistritz am Hostein, Moravia 7 Jul 1919-Vienna 20 May 1985)
1h) Pss Friederike Wilhelmine Elisabeth
Viktoria Maria (b.Vienna 23 Dec 1953); m.Vienna 16 May 1981 Manfred Leo Ritter Mautner von Markhof (b.Vienna 2 Sep 1952)
2h) Pr Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Antonius (b.Vienna 28 Feb 1956); m.Las Vegas, NV 8 Aug 1980 (div 1988) Bianca Kyd
von Rebenburg (b.Graz 24 Mar 1953)
1i) Pss Marie Sophie Bianca Johanna Theresa Marie Alice (b.Marbella, Spain
19 Jun 1981)
3g) Pss Eleonore Marie Elisabeth Hildegarde (Horowitz 16 May 1925-Hamburg 13 Apr 1997); m.1st Hinterhör
15 Jan 1946 (div 1954) Bela Spanyi (Klagenfurt 23 Feb 1921-Hinterstoder, Austria 14 Feb 1997); m.2d Munich 26 May 1959 (div
1976) Herbert Joost (Hamburg 30 Apr 1908-Hamburg 16 Nov 2001)
4g) Pr Friedrich Wilhelm (b.Horowitz 3 Dec 1927);
m.San Antonio, Texas 5 Jun 1954 Maria von Kossaczky (b.Budapest 9 Dec 1924)
1h) Pr Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich
Christoph (b.San Antonio 5 Jun 1956); m.Riverside 13 Jun 1987 Candace McDonnell (b.Zürich 26 Oct 1954)
1i)
Pss Victoria Marie Therese (b.New York 1 May 1990)
2i) Pr Friedrich Wilhelm Maximilian Kenneth (b.New York 3 Jul
1993)
2f) Pr Tassilo Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Antonius Hubertus (Söcking 21 Dec 1901-k.in air crash at Klecany,
nr Prague 16 May 1932)
3f) Pss Hildegard Marie Ludovika Mathilde Anna (Söcking bei Starnberg 12 Mar 1903-Munich
12 Apr 1990); m.1st Salzburg 10 Jan 1922 (div 1928) Karl Max Gf von Sandizell (Sandizell 4 Oct 1895-Sandizell 21 May 1962);
m.2d Munich 22 Jun 1928 (div 1941) Wulf-Diether Gf zu Castell-Rüdenhausen (Berlin 20 Nov 1905-Munich 1 Jul 1980)
4f) Pss Emmerentiana Philippine Ernestine Anna Marie (Munich 22 Apr 1913-Tutzing 8 Sep 1986); m.Horowitz 5 Oct 1933
LudwigGf von Montgelas (Munich 15 Dec 1907-Mühldorf 12 Nov 1982)
2e) Pr Ludwig Cäcilius Felix (Hamburg
19 May 1872-Munich 8 Jan 1940)
4d) Moritz Philipp Heinrich Fst von Hanau (Schloß Wilhelmshöhe 4 May
1834-Horowitz 30 Mar 1889); m.Freiburg 15 Apr 1875 Anne von Lossberg (Kassel 14 Aug 1829-Horowitz 27 Oct 1876)
5d)
Wilhelm 2nd Fst von Hanau (Kassel 19 Dec 1836-Horowitz 3 Jun 1902); m.1st Frankfurt 30 Jan 1866 (div 1868) Pss Elisabeth zuSchaumburg-Lippe
(Bückeburg 5 Mar 1841-Wiesbaden 30 Nov 1926); m.2d Doberitz 12 May 1890 Elisabeth Gfn zur Lippe-Weissenfeld (Dresden
1 Jul 1868-Schweinfurt 24 Oct 1952)
6d) Pss Marie Auguste von Hanau, cr Pss von Ardeck 28 Jul 1876 (Wilhelmshöhe
22 Aug 1839-Bonn 26 Mar 1917); m.Kassel 27 Dec 1857 (div 1872) Pr Wilhelm Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (Burgsteinfurt 3 Oct
1831-Rotenburg 17 Jan 1890)
7d) Karl 3rd Fst von Hanau (Kassel 29 Nov 1840-Kassel 27 Jan 1905); m.Hannover 11
Nov 1882 Hermine Gfn Grote (Hannover 8 Oct 1859-Münchhagen 31 Mar 1939)
8d) Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Ludwig
4th Fst von Hanau (Kassel 8 Dec 1842-Prague 15 Jul 1917); m.Prague 5 Jun 1917 Martha Riegel (Bischofsburg, East Prussia 26
Oct 1876-Prague 10 Mar 1943)
9d) Pr Friedrich Wilhelm Philipp (Kassel 29 Dec 1844-Oberurf 28 Aug 1914); m.Vienna
29 Mar 1875 Albertine Hubatschek-Stauber (Semlin 7 Dec 1840-Gratsch nr Meran 11 Apr 1912); their children were "Grafen
von Schaumburg"
1e) Philipp Gf von Schaumburg (Purkersdorf 17 Apr 1868-Berlin 19 Sep 1890)
2e)
Friedrich Wilhelm August Gf von Schaumburg (Eaux Vives, nr Geneva 18 Dec 1875-Leipzig 26 Dec 1898)
3e) Karl August
Friedrich Felix Gf von Schaumburg (Oberurf 10 Aug 1878-Lehrbach 2 Dec 1905); m.Oberurf 28 Sep 1901 Anna von Trott zu Solz
(Diez 27 Dec 1870-Zimmersrode 15 Oct 1942)
1f) Albertine Gfn von Schaumburg (Lehrbach 23 Aug 1902-Höchst-am-Main
29 Aug 1935); m.Oberurf 16 Sep 1922 Edwin Gf von Rothkirch und Trach (Militsch 1 Nov 1888-Rettershof 29 Jul 1980)
2f) Marie Luise Gfn von Schaumburg (Lehrbach 17 Dec 1903-30 Jun 1975); m.Oberurff 2 Jun 1927 Hans Treusch Frhr von Buttlar-Brandenfels
(Berlin 5 May 1885-Oberurff 29 Jul 1946); note: I received this information from a correspondent: "I have recently visited
the village Oberurff (with double f !) in Northern Hesse and took the chance also to visit the graveyard.... I did find one
grave in the field of the Counts of Schaumburg were obviously the following person was buried: Marie Luise Gfn von Schaumburg
(b.Lehrbach 17 Dec 1903). The gravestone gave as the date of her death the following information: 30th June 1975. Her husbands
date of death was given as 29th July 1946 (and not the 27th as noted on your file)."
5c) Marie Friederike
Wilhelmine Christine (Kassel 6 Sep 1804-Meiningen 1 Jan 1888); m.Kassel 23 Mar 1825 Duke Bernhard II of Saxe-Meiningen (Meiningen
17 Dec 1800-Meiningen 3 Dec 1882)
6c) Friedrich Wilhelm Ferdinand (Berlin 9 Oct 1806-Berlin 21 Nov 1806)
7c) Luise Wilhelmine Emilie Gfn von Reichenbach-Lessonitz (Berlin 26 Feb 1813-Baden-Baden 3 Oct 1883); m.Baden-Baden
15 May 1845 Karl Gf von Bose (7 Nov 1814-Baden-Baden 25 Dec 1887)
8c) Julius Wilhelm Albrecht Gf von Reichenbach-Lessonitz
(Kassel 4 Oct 1815-Kassel 15 Jan 1822)
9c) Amalie Wilhelmine Emilie Gfn von Reichenbach-Lessonitz (Kassel 21 Dec
1816-Dresden 28 Dec 1858); m.1st Dresden 3 Oct 1836 (div) Wilhelm Gf von Luckner (29 Jan 1805-19 Feb 1865); m.2d Dresden 7
Apr 1840 Karl Frhr von Watzdorf (Dresden 9 Mar 1807-Dresden 5 Dec 1846); m.3d 21 Dec 1847 her 1st husband
10c)
Gustav Karl Gf von Reichenbach-Lessonitz (Kassel 24 Aug 1818-Prague 26 Sep 1861); m.Prague 20 Dec 1861 Clementine Richter
(Prague 28 Aug 1840-Bad Ischl 13 Jul 1908)
11c) Emilie Gfn von Reichenbach-Lessonitz (Kassel 8 Jun 1820-Budapest
30 Jan 1891); m.10 Mar 1839 Felix Gf Zichy-Ferraris (20 Nov 1810-8 Sep 1885)
12c) Friederike Gfn von Reichenbach-Lessonitz
(Kassel 16 Dec 1821-Weilburg 23 Feb 1898); m.3 Nov 1841 Wilhelm Frhr von Dungern (Weilburg 20 Jun 1809-Wildbad 3 Jul 1874)
13c) Wilhelm Gf von Reichenbach-Lessonitz (Kassel 29 Jun 1824-Neufchâtel, Switzerland 19 Jan 1866); m.Karlsruhe
19 Mar 1857 Helene Amelie Frn Goeler von Ravensburg (Karlsruhe 27 Apr 1838-Frankfurt 14 Mar 1912)
1d) Pauline
Victoria Caroline Wilhelmine Emilie Gfn von Reichenbach-Lessonitz (Frankfurt 6 May 1858-Langenzell 21 Oct 1927); m.Frankfurt
9 Feb 1880 Alfred Fst zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (Siebleben 19 Oct 1855-Langenzell 20 Apr 1925)
2d)
Karoline Amalie Gfn von Reichenbach-Lessonitz (Frankfurt 23 May 1860-Stuttgart 28 Apr 1874)
14c) Helene Gfn von
Reichenbach-Lessonitz (Wilhelmshöhe 8 Aug 1825-Munich 14 Mar 1898); m.Dresden Jan 1843 Oswald Frhr von Fabrice (Bonn
8 Jan 1820-Munich 3 Jun 1898)
3a) Karl (Kassel 19 Dec 1744-Luisenlund 17 Aug 1836); m.Copenhagen 30 Aug 1766
Pss Lovisa of Denmark (Christiansborg 30 Jan 1750-Gottorp 12 Jan 1831)
1b) Marie Sophie Friederike (Hanau 28 Oct
1767-Copenhagen 21 Mar 1852); m.Gottorp 31 Jul 1790 King Frederik VI of Denmark (Copenhagen 28 Jan 1768-Copenhagen 3 Dec 1839)
2b) Wilhelm (Hanau 26 Jan 1769-Hanau 14 Jul 1772)
3b) Friedrich (Gottorp 24 May 1771-Panker 24 Feb
1845); m.in Norway 21 May 1813 Klara von Brockdorff (Rohlstorff 16 Jan 1778-Rendsborg 24 Aug 1836)
4b) Juliane
Luise Amalie (Copenhagen 19 Jan 1773-Itzehoe 11 Mar 1860)
5b) Christian (Gottorp 14 Aug 1776-Odense 14 Nov 1814)
6b) Luise Caroline (Gottorp 28 Sep 1789-Ballenstedt 13 Mar 1867); m.Gottorp 28 Jan 1810 Duke Wilhelm of Schleswig-Holstein-Glücksburg
(Lindenau, nr Königsberg 4 Jan 1785-Gottorp 27 Feb 1831)
4a) Friedrich (Kassel 11 Sep 1747-Frankfurt 20
May 1837); m.Biebrich 2 Dec 1786 Pss Karoline of Nassau-Usingen (Biebrich 4 Apr 1762-Schloß Rumpenheim 17 Aug 1823)
1b) Wilhelm (Biebrich 24 Dec 1787-Copenhagen 5 Sep 1867); m.Copenhagen 10 Nov 1810 Charlotte Pss of Denmark (Copenhagen
30 Oct 1789-Copenhagen 28 Mar 1864)
1c) Karoline Friederike Marie Wilhelmine (Copenhagen 15 Aug 1811-Copenhagen
10 May 1829)
2c) Marie Luise Charlotte (Copenhagen 9 May 1814-Schloß Hohenberg 28 Jul 1895); m.Schloß
Rumpenheim 11 Sep 1832 Friedrich Pr of Anhalt-Dessau (Dessau 23 Sep 1799-Dessau 4 Dec 1864)
3c) Luise Wilhelmine
Friederike Caroline Auguste Julie (Kassel 7 Sep 1817-Bernstorff 29 Sep 1898); m.Amalienborg 26 May 1842 King Christian IX
of Denmark (Gottorp 8 Apr 1818-Amalienborg 29 Jan 1906)
4c) FRIEDRICH Wilhelm Georg Adolf, Landgrave of Hesse
(Kassel 26 Nov 1820-Frankfurt 14 Oct 1884); m.1st St.Petersburg 28 Jan 1844 Alexandra Grand Dss of Russia (St.Petersburg 24
Jun 1825-Tsarskoie Selo 10 Aug 1844); m.2d Charlottenburg 16 May 1853 Anne Pss of Prussia (Berlin 17 May 1836-Frankfurt 12
Jun 1918)
1d) Wilhelm (b.and d.Tsarskoie Selo 10 Aug 1844)
2d) FRIEDRICH WILHELM Nikolaus Karl (Copenhagen
15 Oct 1854-d.at sea en route from Batavia to Singapore 14 Oct 1888)
3d) Elisabeth Alexandra Maria Charlotte Luise
(Copenhagen 13 Jun 1861-Dessau 1 Jan 1955); m.Philippsruhe 26 May 1884 Pr Leopold of Anhalt-Dessau (Dessau 18 Jul 1855-Cannes
2 Feb 1886)
4d) ALEXANDER FRIEDRICH Wilhelm Albrecht Georg; he renounced his rights as head of the Electoral House
of Hesse 15 Mar 1925 (Copenhagen 25 Jan 1863-Fronhausen an der Lahn 26 Mar 1945); m.Frankfurt 25 Mar 1925 Gisela Frn Stockhorner
von Starein (Mannheim 17 Jan 1884-Freiburg im Breisgau 22 Jun 1965)
5d) FRIEDRICH KARL Ludwig Konstantin, Landgrave
of Hesse, head of the Electoral House of Hesse from 15 Mar 1925 (Schloß Panker, Holstein 1 May 1868-Kassel 28 May 1940);
m.Berlin 25 Jan 1893 Margarethe Pss of Prussia (Neues Palais, nr Potsdam 22 Apr 1872-Schönberg bei Kronberg, Taunus 22
Jan 1954)
1e) Friedrich Wilhelm Sigismund Viktor (Frankfurt 23 Nov 1893-k.a.Kara Orman, Romania 12/13 Sep 1916)
2e) Maximilian Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Eduard (Schloß Rumpenheim 20 Oct 1894-k.a.St.Jean-Chapelle 13 Oct 1914)
3e) PHILIPP, Landgrave of Hesse, became head of all the House of Hesse 30 May 1968 (Schloß Rumpenheim 6 Nov
1896-Rome 25 Oct 1980); m.Racconigi 23 Sep 1925 Mafalda Pss of Savoy (Rome 19 Nov 1902-d.in Buchenwald concentration camp
28 Aug 1944)
1f) MORITZ Friedrich Karl Emmanuel Humbert, Landgrave of Hesse, b.Racconigi 6 Aug 1926; m.Kronberg
(civ) 1 Jun 1964 (rel) 3 Jun 1964 (div 1974) Tatiana Pss zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (b.Gießen 31 Jul 1940)
1g) Mafalda Margarethe, b.Kiel 6 Jul 1965; m.1st Kronberg 6 Jul 1989 (div 1991) Enrico dei Conti Marone Cinzano (b.Turin
5 Apr 1963); m.2d Lütjenburg 19 Dec 1991 (div 1999) Carlo Galdo (b.Naples 26 Mar 1954); m.3d Rome 14 Jul 2000 (rel) Palazzo
Grotta Pallotta 28 Sep 2000 Ferdinando dei Conti Brachetti-Peretti (b.Rome 13 Jan 1960)
2g) Heinrich Donatus Philipp
Umberto, Hereditary Pr of Hesse, b.Kiel 17 Oct 1966; m.Wiesbaden 25 Apr 2003 (rel) Kronberg 17 May 2003 Floria-Franziska Gfn
von Faber-Castell (b.Düsseldorf 14 Oct 1974)
1h) Paulina Elisabeth Adelheid Tatiana Suzanne, b.Frankfurt
26 Mar 2007
2h) Moritz Ludwig Georg Wolf, b.Frankfurt 26 Mar 2007
3g) Elena Elisabeth Madeleine, b.Kiel
8 Nov 1967
4g) Philipp Robin, b.Kiel 17 Sep 1970; m.Hamburg 5 May 2006 (rel) Panker 10 Jun 2006 Laetitia Bechtolf
(b.Wedel 5 May 1978)
1h) Elena Margherita Lotti Christiane Elizabeth, b.Hamburg 5 Dec 2006
2h) Tito
Friedrich Hans Andreas Alnwick (b.Hamburg 24 Aug 2008)
2f) Heinrich Wilhelm Konstantin Victor Franz (Rome 30 Oct
1927-Langen, Hessen 18 Nov 1999)
3f) Otto Adolf (Rome 3 Jun 1937-Hannover 3 Jan 1998); m.1st (morganatically)
(civ) Munich 5 Apr 1965 (rel) Trostberg, Upper Bavaria 6 Apr 1965 (div 1969) Angela von Doering (Goslar 12 Aug 1940-Hannover
11 Apr 1991); m.2d (morganatically) Latrup-Matrum 28 Dec 1988 (div 1994) Elisabeth Bönker (b.Rumburg, Czechoslovakia
31 Jan 1944)
4f) Elisabeth Margarethe Elena Johanna Maria Jolanda Polyxene, b.Rome 8 Oct 1940; m.Frankfurt (civ)
26 Feb 1962 (rel) 28 Feb 1962 Friedrich Carl Gf von Oppersdorff (Oberglogau 30 Jan 1925-Gravenbruch 11 Jan 1985)
4e) Wolfgang Moritz (Schloß Rumpenheim 6 Nov 1896-Kronberg, Taunus 12 Jul 1989); m.1st Salem 17 Sep 1924 Marie Alexandra
Pss of Baden (Salem 1 Aug 1902-k.in air raid at Frankfurt 29 Jan 1944); m.2d Frankfurt 7 Sep 1948 Ottilie Moeller (Frankfurt
24 Jun 1903-Kronberg 4 Nov 1991)
5e) Richard Wilhelm Leopold (Frankfurt 14 May 1901-Frankfurt 11 Feb 1969)
6e) Christoph Ernst August (Frankfurt 14 May 1901-k.a.in the Apennines 7 Oct 1943); m.Kronberg 15 Dec 1930 Sophie
Pss of Greece and Denmark (Corfu 26 Jun 1914-Neuhaus bei Schliersee 24 Nov 2001)
1f) Christina Margarethe (Kronberg
10 Jan 1933-Gersau 21 Nov 2011); m.1st Kronberg 2 Aug 1956 (div 1962) Andreas Pr of Yugoslavia (Veldes, Krain 28 Jun 1929-Irvine,
California 7 May 1990); m.2d London 3 Dec 1962 (div 1986) Robert van Eyck (The Hague 3 May 1916-Ashford 19 Dec 1991)
2f) Dorothea Charlotte Karin, b.Schloß Panker 24 Jul 1934; m.(civ) Schliersee, Upper Bavaria 31 Mar 1959 (rel)
Munich 1 Apr 1959 Friedrich Pr zu Windisch-Grätz (Heiligenberg, Baden 7 Jul 1917-Gersau 29 May 2002)
3f)
Karl Adolf Andreas, b.Berlin 26 Mar 1937; m.The Hague (civ) 26 Mar 1966 (rel) 18 Apr 1966 Yvonne Gfn Szapáry von Muraszombath,
Széchysziget u.Szapár (b.Budapest 4 Apr 1944)
1g) Christoph, b.Munich 18 Jun 1969
2g)
Irina Verena, b.Munich 1 Apr 1971; m.(civ) Berlin 30 Apr 1999 (rel) Heusenstamm 29 May 1999 Alexander Gf von Schönburg-Glauchau
(b.Mogadishu, Somalia 15 Aug 1969)
4f) Rainer Christoph Friedrich, b.Kronberg 18 Nov 1939
5f) Clarissa
Alice, b.Kronberg 6 Feb 1944; m.Paris 20 Jul 1971 (div 1976) Claude Jean Derrien (b.Boulogne-sur-Seine 12 Mar 1948)
6d) Marie Polyxene Olga Viktoria Dagmar Anna (Schloß Panker 29 Apr 1872-Kiel 16 Aug 1882)
7d) Sibylle
Margaretha Christa Thyra Hedwig Catharina (Schloß Panker 3 Jun 1877-Wiesbaden 11 Feb 1953); m.Frankfurt 3 Sep 1898
(div 1923) Friedrich Frhr von Vincke (Zeesen 24 Jul 1867-Wiesbaden 31 Dec 1925)
5c) Auguste Sophie Friederike
Marie Caroline Julie (Copenhagen 30 Oct 1823-Copenhagen 17 Jul 1889); m.Schloß Panker 28 May 1854 Baron Karl Friedrich
von Blixen-Fineke (Dallund 15 Aug 1822-Baden-Baden 6 Jan 1873)
6c) Sophie (Copenhagen 18 Jan 1827-Copenhagen
20 Dec 1827)
2b) Karl Friedrich (Maastricht 8 Mar 1789-Schloß Rumpenheim 10 Sep 1802)
3b) Friedrich
Wilhelm (Maastricht 24 Apr 1790-Schloß Rumpenheim 25 Oct 1876)
4b) Ludwig Karl (Biebrich 12 Nov 1791-Schloß
Rumpenheim 12 May 1800)
5b) Georg Karl (Maastricht 14 Jan 1793-Frankfurt 4 Mar 1881)
6b) Luise Caroline
Marie Friederike (Maastricht 9 Apr 1794-Frankfurt 16 Mar 1881); m.Gotha 4 Apr 1833 Georg Frhr von der Decken (23 Nov 1787-Schloß
Rumpenheim 20 Aug 1859)
7b) Marie Wilhelmine Friederike (Hanau 21 Jan 1796-Neustrelitz 30 Dec 1880); m.Kassel
12 Aug 1817 Georg, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Hannover 12 Aug 1779-Schweizerhaus, nr Neustrelitz 6 Sep 1860)
8b) Augusta Wilhelmine Luise (Schloß Rumpenheim 25 Jul 1797-St.James' Palace 6 Apr 1889); m.Kassel 7 May 1818
and at the Queen's House, St.James's, 1 Jun 1818 Adolphus Pr of Great Britain, Ireland and Hannover, Duke of Cambridge (Buckingham
House 24 Feb 1774-Cambridge House 8 Jul 1850)
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