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'''Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse''' (''Moritz Friedrich Karl Emanuel Humbert''<ref>''[[Burke's Peerage|Burke's]] Royal Families of the World I''; {{ISBN|0-85011-023-8}}, p. 208.</ref> 6 August 1926 &ndash; 23 May 2013)<ref>[http://www.regiomelder-suedhessen.de/detailansicht/news/2013/mai/aktuell-landgraf-moritz-von-hessen-ist-tot-lungenleiden.html Notice of death, in German]</ref> was the son of [[Prince Philipp of Hesse|Prince Philip, Landgrave of Hesse]], and the head of the [[House of Brabant]]<ref>''[[Burke's Peerage|Burke's]] Royal Families of the World'' {{ISBN|0-85011-023-8}}, p. 202.</ref> and the [[Germans|German]] [[House of Hesse]].
'''Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse''' (''Moritz Friedrich Karl Emanuel Humbert''<ref>''[[Burke's Peerage|Burke's]] Royal Families of the World I''; {{ISBN|0-85011-023-8}}, p. 208.</ref> 6 August 1926 &ndash; 23 May 2013)<ref>[http://www.regiomelder-suedhessen.de/detailansicht/news/2013/mai/aktuell-landgraf-moritz-von-hessen-ist-tot-lungenleiden.html Notice of death, in German]</ref> was the son of [[Prince Philipp of Hesse|Prince Philip, Landgrave of Hesse]], and the head of the [[House of Brabant]]<ref>''[[Burke's Peerage|Burke's]] Royal Families of the World'' {{ISBN|0-85011-023-8}}, p. 202.</ref> and the [[Germans|German]] [[House of Hesse]].


Revision as of 21:23, 3 June 2021

This article is about Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse (1926–2013). For Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1572–1632), see Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.
Moritz
Landgrave of Hesse
Landgrave Moritz at Kronberg Castle in November 2010
Born(1926-08-06)6 August 1926
Castle of Racconigi, Cuneo, Kingdom of Italy
Died23 May 2013(2013-05-23) (aged 86)
Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany
Spouse
Princess Tatiana of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
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​
(m. 1964; div. 1974)​
IssueMafalda von Hessen
Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse
Elena
Philipp von Hessen (born 1970)
HouseHesse
FatherPrince Philipp of Hesse
MotherPrincess Mafalda of Savoy

Moritz, 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

Princess Mafalda with her two sons, Moritz and Heinrich in the 1930s.

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 Nazis for alleged subversive activities and died in the Buchenwald concentration camp in 1944 as a result of a U.S. bombing raid on the camp.

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. Moritz had 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 was also the proprietor of the Kronberg Palace Hotel up until his death.

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

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 Head of the House of Hesse
25 October 1980 – 23 May 2013 		Succeeded by
Titles in pretence
Preceded by — 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
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