Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse

Moritz of Hesse
Prince and Landgrave of Hesse

Landgrave Moritz at Kronberg Castle in November 2010
Born (1926-08-06)6 August 1926
Castle of Racconigi, Cuneo, Italy
Died 23 May 2013(2013-05-23) (aged 86)
Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany
Spouse Princess Tatiana of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
(m. 1964; div. 1974)
Issue Princess Mafalda
Prince Donatus
Princess Elena
Prince Philipp
House Hesse
Father Prince Philipp of Hesse
Mother Princess Mafalda of Savoy
Moritz with Emil Eikner (wearing the Swedish Costume of 1778) and Jacob Truedson Demitz at Kronberg in 2010.

Moritz, Prince and Landgrave of Hesse (Moritz Friedrich Karl Emanuel Humbert[1] 6 August 1926 23 May 2013[2]) was the son of Prince Philip, Landgrave of Hesse, and the head of the House of Brabant[3] and the German House of Hesse.

Life

Landgrave Moritz was born at Racconigi Castle, in Italy. During the Second World War, Moritz's mother, Princess Mafalda of Savoy, was arrested by the Nazi for alleged subversive activities and died in the concentration camp of Buchenwald in 1944.

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 entire house. He has been the head of the House of Hesse since the death of his father Philip on 25 October 1980.

Moritz was a world-famous art collector.[4][5]

He died of lung illness in a hospital in Frankfurt, Germany.

Marriage and children

Moritz married Princess Tatiana 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:

Ancestry

Patrilineal descent

Moritz (right) with his mother and brothers
  1. Gilbert I, Count of the Maasgau, d. 842
  2. Gilbert II, Count of the Maasgau, 825875
  3. Reginar, Duke of Lorraine, 850915
  4. Reginar II, Count of Hainaut, 890932
  5. Reginar III, Count of Hainaut, 920973
  6. Lambert I, Count of Leuven, 9501015
  7. Lambert II, Count of Leuven, d. 1054
  8. Henry II, Count of Leuven, 10201078
  9. Godfrey I, Count of Leuven, 10601139
  10. Godfrey II, Count of Leuven, 11101142
  11. Godfrey III, Count of Leuven, 11401190
  12. Henry I, Duke of Brabant, 11651235
  13. Henry II, Duke of Brabant, 12071248
  14. Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse, 12441308
  15. Otto I, Landgrave of Hesse, 12721328
  16. Louis the Junker of Hesse, 13051345
  17. Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse, 13411413
  18. Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse, 14021458
  19. Louis II, Landgrave of Hesse, 14381471
  20. William II, Landgrave of Hesse, 14691509
  21. Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, 15041567
  22. William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, 15321592
  23. Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, 15721632
  24. William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, 16021637
  25. William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, 16291663
  26. Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, 16541730
  27. William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, 16821760
  28. Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, 17201785
  29. Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel, 17471837
  30. Prince William of Hesse-Kassel, 17871867
  31. Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel, 18201884
  32. Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, 18681940
  33. Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse, 18961980
  34. Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, 19262013

References

  1. Burke's Royal Families of the World I; ISBN 0-85011-023-8, p. 208.
  2. Notice of death, in German
  3. Burke's Royal Families of the World ISBN 0-85011-023-8, p. 202.
  4. Dobrzynski, Judith (2005-11-02). "German Princely Treasures Land on These Shores", The New York Times.
  5. Petty, Terrence (2005-12-23). "An adoration of art", St. Petersburg Times.
Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse
Born: 6 August 1926 Died: 23 May 2013
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Prince Philipp of Hesse
Head of the House of Hesse
25 October 1980 – 23 May 2013
Succeeded by
Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Philipp
 TITULAR 
Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
Elector of Hesse

25 October 1980 – 23 May 2013
Reason for succession failure:
Grand Duchy abolished in 1918
Electorate annexed by Prussia in 1866
Succeeded by
Donatus
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