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Landgraviate
of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld Landgrafschaft Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
House of Lorraine-Brabant House of Hesse branch of Hesse-Philippsthal, that was created from the branch of Hesse-Kassel
at the death of William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel in 1663, his younger son Philip was created Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal.
At the death of Landgrave Philip, the branch of Hesse-Philippsthal was again divided into Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld, his
younger son William became the Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld. This two landgraviates were annexed by Prussia in
1866. The main branch (Hesse-Philippsthal) became extinct in the male line in 1925, thus making the Barchfeld branch the only
surviving one of the Hesse-Philippsthal line. 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. Princes of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
- William, son of Philip, 1721-1761
- Frederick, 1761-1772
- Adolph, 1772-1803
- Charles,
1803-1806
- 1806 annexed
by the Kingdom of Westphalia, 1813 restored under the supremacy of the Elector of Hesse
- Charles, 1813-1854 (restored)
- Alexis, 1854-1866
- 1866 annexed by Prussia
Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld since 1866, Hesse-Philippsthal since
the extinction of the main line 1925 - Alexis
the former Landgrave, 1866-1905
- Chlodwig
1905-1954, head of the house of Hesse-Philippsthal since 1925
- Wilhelm 1954-present
The Family Titles and Styles The present members of this family bear the title Prince or Princess and Landgrave or Landgravine
of Hesse, together with the formal appellation of His or Her Highness. The Genealogy of the Princely House ADOLF, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (Ypres 29 Jun 1743-Barchfeld 17 Jul 1803); m.Meiningen 18 Oct 1781
Luise Pss of Saxe-Meiningen (Frankfurt 6 Aug 1752-Kassel 3 Jun 1805)
1a) Friedrich (Barchfeld 31 Dec 1782-Barchfeld
5 Feb 1783)
2a) KARL August Philipp Ludwig, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (Barchfeld 27 Jun 1784-Schloß
Philippsthal 17 Jul 1854); m.1st Öhringen 19 Jul 1816 Auguste Pss zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (Walluf 16 Nov 1793-Herleshausen
8 Jun 1821); m.2d Burgsteinfurt 10 Sep 1823 Sophie Pss zu Bentheim u.Steinfurt (Burgsteinfurt 6 Jan 1794-Herleshausen 6 May
1873)
1b) Bertha Wilhelmine Caroline Luise Marie (Herleshausen 26 Oct 1818-Burgsteinfurt 6 May 1888); m.Schloß
Barchfeld 27 Jun 1839 Ludwig Fst zu Bentheim u.Steinfurt (1 Aug 1812-Burgsteinfurt 28 Sep 1890)
2b) Emilie (Herleshausen
7 Jun 1821-Herleshausen 2 Dec 1836)
3b) Viktor (Herleshausen 3 Dec 1824-Mainz 10 Apr 1846)
4b) Alexander
(Stuttgart 1 Nov 1826-Copenhagen 19 Nov 1841)
5b) ALEXIS Wilhelm Ernst, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
(Burgsteinfurt 13 Sep 1829-Herleshausen 16 Aug 1905); m.Charlottenburg 27 Jun 1854 (div 1861) Luise Pss of Prussia (Berlin
1 Mar 1829-Wiesbaden 10 May 1901)
6b) Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst (Burgsteinfurt 3 Oct 1831-Rotenburg an der Fulda
17 Jan 1890); m.1st (morganatically) Kassel 27 Dec 1857 (div 1872) Marie Pss von Hanau u.zu Horowitz, cr Pss von Ardeck 28
Jul 1876 (1839-1917; see Part 1; their issue bore the title Prince or Princess von Ardeck); m.2d Burgsteinfurt 16 Aug 1873
Juliane Pss zu Bentheim u.Steinfurt (Burgsteinfurt 5 Jan 1842-Burgsteinfurt 29 Apr 1878); m.3d Burgsteinfurt 23 Aug 1879 Adelheid
Pss zu Bentheim u.Steinfurt (Burgsteinfurt 17 May 1840-Bingen 31 Jan 1880); m.4th Schloß Luisenlund 6 Dec 1884 Auguste
Pss of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (Kiel 27 Feb 1844-Rotenburg 16 Sep 1932)
1c) Friedrich Wilhelm
Pr von Ardeck (Offenbach am Main 2 Nov 1858-Wilhelmshöhe 1 Apr 1902); m.Dresden 17 Dec 1890 Anne Hollingsworth-Price
(Wilmington, Delaware 25 Aug 1868-Johannsdorf 24 Apr 1945)
2c) Carl Wilhelm Pr von Ardeck (Fulda 18 May 1861-Niendorf
18 Oct 1938); m.Liège 16 Apr 1891 Anne Elise Strehlow (Berlin 5 Jun 1862-Lübeck 26 Nov 1938)
3c) Sophie
Auguste Elisabeth Pss von Ardeck (Kassel 8 Jun 1864-Ahrweiler 4 Mar 1919); m.Oberurf 11 Oct 1886 Ferdinand Gf zu Ysenburg
u.Büdingen in Philippseich (Meerholz 15 Oct 1841-Philippseich 5 Jan 1920)
4c) Alice Pss von Ardeck (Langenselbold
7 Oct 1867-Langenselbold 23 Nov 1868)
5c) Karoline Luise Pss von Ardeck (Langenselbold 12 Dec 1868-Wiesbaden 21
Nov 1959); m.Dresden 2 Nov 1889 Rudolf Pr zur Lippe (Neudorf 27 Apr 1856-Drogelwitz 21 Jun 1931)
6c) Bertha Luise
(Burgsteinfurt 25 Oct 1874-Detmold 19 Feb 1919); m.Rotenburg 16 Aug 1901 Leopold IV Fst zur Lippe (Oberkassel 30 May 1871-Detmold
30 Dec 1949)
7c) CHLODWIG Alexis Ernst, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld, succeeded his distant cousin
as Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal 22 Dec 1925 (Burgsteinfurt 30 Jul 1876-Bad Hersfeld 17 Nov 1954); m.Lich 26 May 1904 Caroline
Pss zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (Lich 27 May 1877-Berlin 28 Nov 1958)
1d) Wilhelm Ernst Alexis Hermann (Rotenburg
1 Mar 1905-k.a.Gor, Russia 30 Apr 1942); m.Tabarz 30 Jan 1933 Marianne Pss of Prussia (Kamenz 23 Aug 1913-Herleshausen 1 Mar
1983)
1e) WILHELM Chlodwig Friedrich Ernst Hermann Paul Philipp Heinrich, Pr and Landgrave of Hesse (b.Herleshausen
14 Aug 1933); m.Friedrichshausen 5 Aug 1961 Oda-Mathilde von Garmissen (b.Friedrichshausen 12 Feb 1935)
1f) Wilhelm
(b.Munich 1 Jan 1963); m.Radebeul 6 Sep 2002 (rel) Meißen 7 Sep 2002 Susanne Alexandra Margret von Kaufman (b.Toronto
22 Apr 1971)
1g) Wilhelm Ernst Constantin (b.Radebeul 4 Jan 2005)
2g) Philipp August (b.Radebeul 14
Aug 2006)
3g) Konrad (b.2007)
2f) Otto (b.Oldenburg 19 Jan 1965); m.Las Vegas 8 Sep 1998 Carla Blickhäuser
(b.Düren 4 Sep 1974)
1g) Max Ernst-Ludwig (b.Marktredwitz 26 Jan 1999)
2g) Elena Marie-Sophie
(b.Marktredwitz 11 Mar 2000)
3g) Moritz (b.13 Sep 2007)
4g) Leopold Friedrich-Wilhelm (b.2009)
2e) Hermann Ernst Ludwig Joachim Hans Georg Hugo Alexander Wilhelm (b.Herleshausen 21 Aug 1935); m.Kassel 9 May 1962
Monika Gfn Strachwitz von Groß-Zauche u.Camminetz (b.Eisenach 11 Jul 1939)
1f) Verena Tosca Marianne (b.Eschwege
12 Feb 1972); m.Herleshausen 25 Feb 2000 (rel) 15 Apr 2000 Felix von Saucken (b.Hamburg 30 Aug 1970)
2f) Alexis
Wilhelm Manfred (b.Eschwege 5 Mar 1977)
3e) Johanna (b.Herleshausen 22 Nov 1937); m.1st Herleshausen 30 Sep 1957
(div 1961) Alfons Kuhn (b.Salzuflen 10 Dec 1924); m.2d Herleshausen 8 Jun 1963 Bruno Rieck (b.Ahrensburg 19 May 1927)
2d) Ernst Ludwig (Rotenburg 15 Jul 1906-Warmemünde 7 May 1934)
3d) Irene Sibylle Auguste Hermine (Rotenburg
26 Nov 1907-29 Dec 1980); m.1st Philippsthal 20 Oct 1934 (div 1955) Waldemar von Thomsen (Wilhelmshaven 17 Jul 1891-Lindau
27 Oct 1977); m.2d Lindau 12 Oct 1957 her first husband
4d) Alexander Friedrich Ferdinand Ernst Karl Georg Ludwig
Alexis (Herleshausen 8 Jun 1911-Berlin 22 Oct 1939)
5d) Viktoria Cäcilie Marie Adelheid Bertha (Herleshausen
26 Oct 1914-Berlin 25 Nov 1998)
8c) Eduard Ernst Alexis Hermann Philipp (Burgsteinfurt 21 Apr 1878-Burgsteinfurt
5 Jan 1879)
9c) Julian Karl Georg Wilhelm (Burgsteinfurt 21 Apr 1878-1 Sep 1878)
10c) Christian Ludwig
Friedrich Adolf Alexis Wilhelm Ferdinand (Schloß Luisenlund 16 Jun 1887-Geneva 19 Oct 1971); m.1st (morganatically)
Berlin 14 Jan 1915 Elizabeth Reid Rogers, cr 1915 Freifrau von Barchfeld (Jackson, Tennessee 17 Aug 1893-Cannes 2 Feb 1957);
m.2d (morganatically) (civ) Geneva 10 Jun 1958 (rel) Cannes 25 Jun 1958 Ann Pearl Everett (Launeston, Tasmania 23 Aug 1906-Cannes
14 Mar 1972); his children, though morganatic, were accorded the title Prince or Princess of Hesse
1d) Pss Elisabeth
Auguste Eunice Berta Karoline Luise-Christiane (Berlin 2 Nov 1915-Paris 10 May 2003); m.Suresnes 6 Aug 1949 (div 1956) Jacques
Olivetti (b.Paris 25 Jul 1909)
2d) Pr Wilhelm Richard Christian Chlodwig Albert Carl Eduard Alexis (Sully, nr
La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland 14 Oct 1917-Tucson, Arizona 18 Feb 1985); m.Tucson 8 Apr 1953 Maria Lafontaine (b.Hermosilo,
Mexico 15 Oct 1926)
3d) Pr Waldemar Christian Victor Henry Philipp (Sully 20 Sep 1919-Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
17 Mar 2002); m.Houston TX 11 Feb 1952 Ellen Hamilton (Atlanta, Georgia 25 Nov 1922-Bad Homburg vor der Höhe 18 Oct 2003)
1e) Pr Alexander (b.Houston 31 Aug 1956); m.Kronberg, Taunus 9 Oct 1981 Brigitte Göllner (Worms 23 Jan 1950-4
Oct 2009)
1f) Pr Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Johann Waldemar Alexander (b.Frankfurt-Höchst 30 Jul 1984)
2f) Pr Carl-Friedrich Philipp Heinrich Richard Alexander (b.Frankfurt-Höchst 16 Sep 1988)
2e) Pr
Henry Christian (b.Frankfurt 15 Mar 1963)
4d) Pss Marie Louise Olga Elvira Victoria (Paris 30 Dec 1921-Istanbul
14 Jan 1999); m.Lausanne 13 Jun 1952 Michel Savich (b.Constantinople 25 Jul 1924)
3a) Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Ludwig
(Barchfeld 10 Aug 1786-Frederiksberg 22 Aug 1834); m.Copenhagen 22 Aug 1812 Juliane Pss of Denmark (Copenhagen 18 Feb 1788-Copenhagen
9 May 1850)
4a) Georg Ludwig Karl Wilhelm Konstantin Christian (Barchfeld 11 Oct 1787-Barchfeld 27 Apr 1788)
5a) Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Ferdinand Philipp Ludwig (Barchfeld 28 Jan 1789-Herleshausen 19 Apr 1850)
6a) Charlotte Wilhelmine Georgine Ernestine (Barchfeld 22 May 1794-7 Jun 1794)
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