Princess Johanna of Hesse and by Rhine
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| File:Princessjohana.jpg Princess Johanna of Hesse and by Rhine in 1939 | |
| Born | 20 September 1936 Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany |
| Died | 14 June 1939 (aged 2) Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany |
| Burial | Rosenhöhe, Darmstadt |
| House | Hesse-Darmstadt |
| Father | Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse |
| Mother | Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark |
| Religion | Baptised in the Lutheran Church |
| Grand Ducal Family of Hesse and by Rhine |
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Princess Johanna Marina Eleonore of Hesse and by Rhine (German: Prinzessin Johanna Marina Eleonore von Hessen und bei Rhein; 20 September 1936 – 14 June 1939) was the third child and only daughter of Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse, and Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark. She was orphaned at the age of fourteen months when her parents, older brothers Ludwig and Alexander and paternal grandmother Eleonore were killed in a plane crash on their way to a family wedding in London.[1]
After the accident, her uncle Ludwig married his bride Margaret Geddes. The couple adopted Johanna, their orphaned niece, and planned to raise her as their own daughter, but she developed meningitis and died twenty months later at the age of two and a half.[1] Her maternal grandmother, Princess Alice of Battenberg, said later that the unconscious Johanna so closely resembled her mother at the same age that it felt like losing her daughter Cecilie all over again.[2] Following Johanna's death, she was buried with her parents and brothers at the Rosenhöhe.
Titles and styles in pretense
Her Grand Ducal Highness Princess Johanna Marina Eleonore of Hesse and by Rhine (Grand Duchy of Hesse abolished in 1918)
Patrilineal descent
- Gilbert I, Count of the Maasgau, d. 842
- Gilbert II, Count of the Maasgau, 825–875
- Reginar, Duke of Lorraine, 850–915
- Reginar II, Count of Hainaut, 890–932
- Reginar III, Count of Hainaut, 920–973
- Lambert I, Count of Leuven, 950–1015
- Lambert II, Count of Leuven, d. 1054
- Henry II, Count of Leuven, 1020–1078
- Godfrey I, Count of Leuven, 1060–1139
- Godfrey II, Count of Leuven, 1187–1226
- Godfrey III, Count of Leuven, 1140–1190
- Henry I, Duke of Brabant, 1165–1235
- Henry II, Duke of Brabant, 1207–1248
- Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse, 1244–1308
- Otto I, Landgrave of Hesse, 1272–1328
- Louis the Junker of Hesse, 1305–1345
- Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse, 1341–1413
- Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse, 1402–1458
- Louis II, Landgrave of Hesse, 1438–1471
- William II, Landgrave of Hesse, 1469–1509
- Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, 1504–1567
- George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, 1547–1596
- Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, 1577–1626
- George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, 1605–1661
- Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, 1630–1678
- Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, 1667–1739
- Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, 1691–1768
- Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, 1719–1790
- Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse, 1753–1830
- Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, 1777–1848
- Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine, 1809–1877
- Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse, 1868–1937
- Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse, 1906–1937
- Princess Johanna of Hesse and by Rhine, 1936–1939
Ancestry
Notes
References
- Duff, David (1967). Hessian Tapestry. London, Frederick Muller.
- Vickers, Hugo (2003). Alice: Princess Andrew of Greece. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0-312-30239-8