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Prince Christian of Hesse-Darmstadt

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Christian of Hesse-Darmstadt
Born(1763-11-25)25 November 1763
Bouxwiller
Died17 April 1830(1830-04-17) (aged 66)
Darmstadt
HouseHouse of Hesse-Darmstadt
FatherLouis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
MotherCountess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken

Christian of Hessen-Darmstadt (25 November 1763, Bouxwiller - 17 April 1830, Darmstadt) was landgraf of the house of Hesse-Darmstadt and a Dutch general. He was also a keen Freemason, rising to grandmaster.

Life

The youngest son of landgraf Louis IX and his wife Caroline, one of his brothers was grand-duke Louis I. Landgraf Christian studied in Strasbourg and then chose a military career in the service of the Dutch Republic. As lieutenant-general he fought for William V against the French from 1793 to 1794 and was badly wounded in the siege of Menen in April 1794. After the Dutch were defeated in 1795 he went into exile in England and later continued the war against France in the Austrian army. From 1799 he lived in Darmstadt, and is buried in the Alten Friedhof there.

Ancestry

Family of Prince Christian of Hesse-Darmstadt
16. Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
8. Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
17. Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
4. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
18. Albrecht II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
9. Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach
19. Sophie Margaret of Oettingen-Oettingen
2. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
20. Johann Reinhard II of Hanau-Lichtenberg
10. Johann Reinhard III of Hanau-Lichtenberg
21. Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
5. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg
22. Johann Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
11. Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach
23. Johanne Elisabeth of Baden-Durlach
1. Landgrave Christian Hesse-Darmstadt
24. Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld
12. Christian II of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
25. Countess Palatine Magdalene Catherine of Zweibrücken
6. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
26. Johann Jakob, Count of Rappoltstein
13. Katharina Agathe of Rappoltstein
27. Anna Klaudie of Salm
3. Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken
28. Gustav Adolph, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken
14. Louis Crato, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken
29. Eleonore Klare of Hohenlohe
7. Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken
30. Henry Frederick, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
15. Philippine Henriette of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
31. Juliana Dorothea of Castell-Remlingen

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