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Alexis
Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
Born(1829-09-13)13 September 1829
Burgsteinfurt
Died16 August 1905(1905-08-16) (aged 75)
Herleshausen
SpousePrincess Louise of Prussia
FatherCharles, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
MotherPrincess Sophie of Bentheim and Steinfurt

Alexis William Ernest Philip of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (Template:Lang-de; 13 September 1829 in Burgsteinfurt – 16 August 1905 in Herleshausen) was the last ruling Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld.

Life

Alexis was a son of the Landgrave Charles of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (1784-1854) from his second marriage to Sophie (1794-1873), the daughter of Louis William Geldricus Ernest, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt. He succeeded his father in 1854 as Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld.

Alexis was a Prussian General of the Cavalry à la suite. From 1866, he was a member of the Prussian House of Lords and a Knight of the Prussian Order of the Black Eagle.

Prussia annexed the Electorate of Hesse, including Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld, in 1866. From 1880, Alexis and Ernest of Hesse-Philippsthal together received, as heirs of the Landgraves of Philippsthal, a pension of 300000Mark from the Electorate of Hesse Trust Fund. They were also given three castles: the City Castle in Hanau, Rotenburg Castle and Schönfeld Castle in Kassel.

On 17 June 1854, Alexis married at Charlottenburg Palace to Louise (1829-1901), the daughter of Prince Charles of Prussia. The marriage remained childless and ended with a divorce on 6 March 1861.

Alexis died on 16 August 1905. He was succeeded as titular Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld by his nephew Chlodwig (1876-1954), the son of his brother William (1831-1890).

Ancestors

Family of Alexis, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
16. Philip, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal
8. William, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
17. Catherine Amalie of Solms-Laubach
4. Adolph, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
18. Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym
9. Charlotte Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
19. Baroness Eberhardine Jacobine Wilhelmine of Weede
2. Charles, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
20. Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
10. Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
21. Elisabeth Eleonore of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
5. Princess Louise of Saxe-Meiningen
22. Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal
11. Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal
23. Christina of Saxe-Eisenach
1. Alexis, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
24. Fredrick Begicus Charles, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt
12. Charles Paul Ernest, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt
25. Franciska Charlotte of Lippe-Detmold
6. Louis William Geldricus Ernest of Bentheim and Steinfurt
26. Frederick William II, Prince of Nassau-Siegen
13. Charlotte Sophie of Nassau-Siegen
27. Sophia of Sayn-Wittgenstein
3. Sophie of Bentheim-Steinfurt
28. Philip Ernest, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
14. Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
29. Christiane of Saxe-Eisenberg
7. Juliane Wilhelmine of Schleswig-Holstein-Glücksburg
30. Simon Henry Adolph, Count of Lippe-Detmold
15. Henriette Auguste of Lippe-Detmold
31. Johanna Wilhelmina of Nassau-Idstein

References

Alexis, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
Born: 13 September 1829 Died: 16 August 1905
German nobility
Preceded by Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
1854-1866 		Hesse-Kassel annexed by Prussia
Titles in pretence
Loss of title
Hesse-Kassel annexed by Prussia
 — TITULAR —
Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
1866-1905 		Succeeded by


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