Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse
| Moritz of Hesse | |
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| Prince and Landgrave of Hesse | |
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| Landgrave Moritz at Kronberg Castle in November 2010 | |
| Spouse | Princess Tatiana of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg |
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| Princess Mafalda Prince Donatus Princess Elena Prince Philipp |
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| House | House of Hesse |
| Father | Prince Philipp of Hesse |
| Mother | Princess Mafalda of Savoy |
| Born | 6 August 1926 Castle of Racconigi, Cuneo, Italy |
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Moritz, Prince and Landgrave of Hesse (full name: Moritz Friedrich Karl Emanuel Humbert[1] born 6 August 1926) is the son of Prince Philip, Landgrave of Hesse and the head of the House of Brabant and the German House of Hesse.
[edit] Life
Landgrave Moritz was born at Racconigi Castle, in Italy. During the Second World War, Moritz's mother, Princess Mafalda of Savoy, was injured during an Allied bombardment in 1944, and she later died from her injuries.
Prince Louis of Hesse and by Rhine, the last head of the Hesse-Darmstadt line, died in 1968, at which time Moritz's father succeeded him as head of the house. He has been the head of the House of Hesse since the death of his father Philip on 25 October 1980. He is also the semi-salic heir of Charlemagne. Louis of Lower Lorraine, the last legitimate agnatic descendant of Charlemagne, had a younger sister Gerberga of Lower Lorraine, and Moritz is the most senior non-morganatic agnatic descendant of her son Lambert II, Count of Leuven.[citation needed]
Moritz is a world-famous art collector.[2][3]
[edit] Marriage and children
Moritz married Princess Tatjana of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg. Their marriage took place in the summer of 1964 in Giessen and ended in divorce in 1974. They had four children:
- H.H. Princess Mafalda Margarethe of Hesse (born 6 July 1965). Married 1st, Enrico dei Conti Marone Cinzano (born 5 April 1963 Turin) on 8 July 1989 (div. 1990), no issue. Married 2nd, Carlo Galdo (born 26 March 1954, Naples) on 19 December 1991 (div. 1999) and had two daughters, Tatiana Marie Galdo (born 20 January 1992) and Polissena Galdo (born 30 September 1993). Married 3rd Ferdinando dei Conti Brachetti-Peretti (born 13 January 1960, Rome) on 14 July 2000 in Rome, and had two sons, Cosmo Maria Tebaldo Maurizio Enrico Brachetti-Peretti (born 11 January 2000) and Briano Maria Tebaldo Brachetti-Peretti (born 16 April 2002).
- H.R.H. Hereditary Prince Heinrich Donatus Philipp Umberto of Hesse (born 17 October 1966). Married Countess Floria of Faber-Castell (born 14 October 1974, Düsseldorf, Germany) in 2003 and has a daughter and a son, Princess Paulina and Prince Moritz (twins, born 26 March 2007, Frankfurt am Main, Germany).
- H.H. Princess Elena Elisabeth Madeleine of Hesse (born 8 November 1967). She has an illegitimate daughter with Massimo Caiazzo (born 1976), Madeleine Immacolata Tatiana Theresa Caiazzo (born 29 November 1999).
- H.H. Prince Philip Robin of Hesse (born 17 September 1970). Married Laetitia Bechtolf (born 5 May 1978, Wedel, Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) on 5 May 2006 (civil wedding) and 10 June 2006 (religious wedding), and has a daughter, Princess Elena Margherita Lotti Christiane Elisabeth (born 5 December 2006), and a son, Prince Tito. (born 24 August 2008)
[edit] References
- ^ Burke's Royal Families of the World I; ISBN 0 85011 023 8, pg. 208
- ^ Dobrzynski, Judith (2005-11-02). "German Princely Treasures Land on These Shores", The New York Times.
- ^ Petty, Terrence (2005-12-23). "An adoration of art", St. Petersburg Times.
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Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse
Born: 6 August 1926 |
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| Preceded by Prince Philipp of Hesse |
— TITULAR — Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine 25 October 1980 – present Reason for succession failure: Grand Duchy abolished in 1918 |
Incumbent |
| — TITULAR — Elector of Hesse 25 October 1980 – present Reason for succession failure: Landgraviate/electorate annexed by Prussia in 1866 |
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| British royalty | ||
| Preceded by Alexia Brandram |
Line of succession to the British Throne | Succeeded by Prince Donatus of Hesse |
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