Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse

Moritz of Hesse
Prince and Landgrave of Hesse
Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
Pretendence	30 May 1968 - present
Predecessor	Prince Louis
Spouse	Princess Tatiana of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
Issue	Princess Mafalda Prince Donatus Princess Elena Prince Philipp
House	House of Hesse
Father	Prince Philipp of Hesse
Mother	Princess Mafalda of Savoy

Moritz, Prince and Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (full name: Moritz Friedrich Karl Emanuel Humbert Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel, Italian: Maurizio d'Assia, English Maurice Frederick Charles Emmanuel Humbert; born 6 August 1926) is the son of Prince Philip, Landgrave of Hesse and the head of the House of Hesse.

Life

Landgrave Moritz was born in Racconigi Castle.

During the Second World War, Moritz's father was arrested by the Gestapo and his mother, Princess Mafalda of Savoy, was detained and imprisoned in Buchenwald concentration camp where she was killed by Allies' bombardments in 1944. Following his adoption by Prince Louis of Hesse and by Rhine, the last head of the Hesse-Darmstadt line, in 1961 he inherited the claim to the title of Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine. He married Princess Tatjana of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg. Their marriage took place in the summer of 1964 in Giessen and ended in divorce in 1974. Moritz became the head of the Hesse-Kassel line on the death of his father Philip on 25 October 1980, thus becoming head of the entire House of Hesse.

Children

Maurice and Tatiana 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) in 2003 and has a daughter and a son, Princess Paulina and Prince Moritz (twins, born 26 March 2007).
• 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) on 5 May 2006 (civil wedding) and 10 June 2006 (religious wedding), and has a daughter, Princess Elena Margherita Lotti Christiane Elisabeth (born 5 Dec 2006), and a son, Prince Tito. (born in 2008)

Ancestry

Family of Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse

16. Landgrave William of Hesse-Kassel 8. Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel 17. Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark 4. Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse 18. Prince Charles of Prussia 9. Princess Anna of Prussia 19. Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar 2. Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse 20. Wilhelm I, German Emperor 10. Frederick III, German Emperor 21. Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar 5. Princess Margaret of Prussia 22. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 11. Victoria, Princess Royal 23. Victoria of the United Kingdom 1. Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse 24. Victor Emmanuel II of Italy 12. Umberto I of Italy 25. Archduchess Maria Adelaide of Austria 6. Victor Emmanuel III of Italy 26. Ferdinand, 1st Duke of Genoa 13. Princess Margherita of Savoy 27. Princess Elisabeth of Saxony 3. Princess Mafalda of Savoy 28. Mirko Petrović-Njegoš 14. Nicholas I of Montenegro 29. Anastasija Martinović 7. Princess Elena of Montenegro 30. Petar Vukotić 15. Milena Vukotić 31. Jelena Voivodić

Patrilineal descent

Descent before Gilbert I, Count of the Maasgau is taken from [1] and may be inaccurate.

1. Brunulf I, Neustrian Nobleman, Count
2. Aubri I, Neustrian Nobleman, Count
3. Walter I, Neustrian Nobleman, Count
4. Walter II, Neustrian Nobleman, Count
5. Albo, Neustrian Nobleman, Count
6. Mainer, Count of Sens, d. 800
7. Gainfroi, Count of the Maasgau,
8. Gilbert I, Count of the Maasgau, d. 842
9. Gilbert II, Count of the Maasgau, 825–875
10. Reginar, Duke of Lorraine, 850–915
11. Reginar II, Count of Hainaut, 890–932
12. Reginar III, Count of Hainaut, 920–973
13. Lambert I, Count of Leuven, 950–1015
14. Lambert II, Count of Leuven, d. 1054
15. Henry II, Count of Leuven, 1020–1078
16. Godfrey I, Count of Leuven, 1060–1139
17. Godfrey II, Count of Leuven, 1187–1226
18. Godfrey III, Count of Leuven, 1140–1190
19. Henry I, Duke of Brabant, 1165–1235
20. Henry II, Duke of Brabant, 1207–1248
21. Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse, 1244–1308
22. Otto I, Landgrave of Hesse, 1272–1328
23. Louis the Junker, Landgrave of Hesse, 1305–1345
24. Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse, 1341–1413
25. Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse, 1402–1458
26. Louis II, Landgrave of Hesse, 1438–1471
27. William II, Landgrave of Hesse, 1469–1509
28. Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, 1504–1567
29. William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, 1532–1592
30. Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, 1572–1632
31. William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, 1602–1637
32. William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, 1629–1663
33. Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, 1654–1730
34. William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, 1682–1760
35. Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, 1720–1785
36. Landgrave Frederick of Hesse-Kassel, 1747–1837
37. Landgrave William of Hesse-Kassel, 1787–1867
38. Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel, 1820–1884
39. Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, 1868–1940
40. Philipp, Prince and Landgrave of Hesse, 1896–1980
41. Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, b. 1926