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Donatus's father became the head of the Hesse-Cassel line on the death of his own father, Landgrave Philipp in 1980. Having also been the adopted son and heir of his distant cousin, Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine , [5] the latter's death in 1968 as the last male of the Hesse-Darmstadt branch left Moritz head of the entire House of Hesse, to which Donatus is the successor.
Added: Jul 26, 2016. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 167440739. Source citation. Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel was the third son of the Landgrave and Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel. He married Princess Mafalda of Savoy on September 23, 1925 in Turin, Italy. Philipp died on October 25, 1980 in Rome, Italy at the age of eighty-three.
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 ...
Praise for Philipp of Hesse “A fascinating and multifaceted biographical study.” —Kurt K. Hendel, Bernard, Fischer, Westberg Distinguished Ministry Professor Emeritus of Reformation History, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago “John Helmke has found a hole in the record concerning one of that century’s major players, Philipp of Hesse.
Hesse was re-unified under Landgrave William II in 1500. The Landgraviate rose to primary importance under his son Philip I , also called Philip the Magnanimous, who embraced Protestantism following the 1526 Synod of Homberg and then took steps to create a protective alliance of Protestant princes and powers against the Catholic emperor Charles V .
Philipp, titular Landgrave 1940–80, head of entire House 1968 on extinction of Hesse-Darmstadt line (1896–1980) Moritz , titular Landgrave and Head of House 1980–2013 (1926–2013) Heinrich Donatus titular Landgrave and Head of House 2013–present (born 1966)
Philip II of Hesse-Rheinfels (1541, Marburg – 1583), also called Philip the Younger, was the first Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels . Philip was the third son of Landgrave Philip the Magnanimous and Christine of Saxony (1505–1549). After his father's death in 1567, the Landgraviate of Hesse was divided among the four sons from the late ...
