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REFERENCE TITLE NAME BORN DIED   TITLE NAME BORN DIED COMMENTS
45 Landgrave Friedrich II of Hesse-Cassel 1720 1785 Princess Mary of Great Britain, Ireland and Hannover 1723 1773  
45 Landgrave Friedrich II of Hesse-Cassel 1720 1785 Margravine Philippine of Brandenburg-Schwedt 1745 1800  
45.1 Prince Wilhelm of Hesse-Cassel 1741 1742          
45.2 Landgrave Wilhelm IX of Hesse-Cassel 1743 1821 Princess Caroline of Denmark 1747 1820 Wilhelm was created Elector of Hesse in 1803 as William I
45.3 Prince Karl of Hesse-Cassel 1744 1836 Princess Louisa of Denmark 1750 1831  
45.4 Landgrave Friedrich of Hesse-Cassel 1747 1837 Princess Karoline of Nassau-Usingen 1762 1823  
45.41 Landgrave Wilhelm of Hesse-Cassel 1787 1867 Princess Louise "Charlotte" of Denmark 1789 1864  
45.411 Princess Karoline Friederike of Hesse-Cassel 1811 1829          
45.412 Princess Marie Luise of Hesse-Cassel 1814 1895 Prince Friedrich of Anhalt-Dessau 1799 1864 Friedrich was a brother of Duke Leopold IV Anhalt-Dessau
45.4121 Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Dessau 1833 1916 Grand Duke Adolphe of Luxemburg 1817 1905 See 34 - Adolphe was previously Duke Adolf of Nassau and became Grand Duke of Luxemburg on 23 November 1890 having previously lost his throne of Nassau on 20 September 1866 when it was annexed to Prussia. The Duchy of Luxemburg up until 1890 was ruled by the King of the Netherlands but being subject to Salic Laws it was separated from Netherlands on the death of King Wilhelm III without males heirs
45.4122 Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau 1837 1902 Prince Wilhelm Karl of Schaumburg-Lippe 1834 1906 See 43.7
45.4123 Princess Hilda Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau 1839 1926          
45.413 Princess Luise of Hess-Cassel 1817 1898 King Christian IX of Denmark 1818 1906 See 2 - Christian was formally Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and became King of Denmark on 15 November 1863 following the death of his childless second cousin King Frederik VII of Denmark. For further reading please see Kings and Queens of Denmark.
45.414 Landgrave Friedrich Wilhelm of Hesse-Cassel 1820 1884 Grand Duchess Alexandra of Russia 1825 1844 See 4.95 - Landgrave Friedrich succeeded his second cousin Elector Friedrich Wilhelm I (1802-1875) as representative of the House of Hesse-Cassel. Elector Friedrich Wilhelm I lost his throne on 20 September 1866 when Hesse was annexed to Prussia. The title of Elector ceased to be used following the death of Elector Friedrich Wilhelm I. Grand Duchess Alexandra died shortly after the death of her new born son Wilhelm.
45.414 Landgrave Friedrich Wilhelm of Hesse-Cassel 1820 1884 Princess Anne of Prussia 1836 1918 See 11.53 - Landgrave Friedrich succeeded his second cousin Elector Friedrich Wilhelm (1802-1875) as representative of the House of Hesse-Cassel. Elector Friedrich Wilhelm I lost his throne on 20 September 1866 when Hesse was annexed to Prussia. The title of Elector ceased to be used following the death of Elector Friedrich Wilhelm I.
45.4141 Prince Wilhelm of Hesse-Cassel 1844 1844          
45.4142 Landgrave Friedrich Wilhelm of Hesse-Cassel 1854 1888         Friedrich Wilhelm died at sea en route from Batavia to Singapore
45.4143 Princess Elisabeth of Hesse-Cassel 1861 1955 Hereditary Prince Leopold Friedrich of Anhalt 1855 1886 See 30.L21
45.4144 Landgrave Alexander Friedrich of Hesse-Cassel 1863 1945 Baroness Gisela Stockhorner von Starein 1884 1965 Alexander Friedrich renounced his rights as head of the House of Hesse-Cassel in favour of his brother Friedrich Karl on 15 March 1925 just ten days before his marriage to Gisela
45.4145 Landgrave Friedrich Karl of Hesse-Cassel 1868 1940 Princess Margarete "Mossy" of Prussia 1872 1954 See 11.218 - Landgrave Friedrich Karl was elected King of Finland 9 October in 1918 but withdrew acceptance 2 months later on 20 December 1918. Finland was acquired by Russia from Sweden following the 1808-1809 Russian-Swedish War and organised as an autonomous grand duchy, with the Russian Emperor as grand duke. Finland declared its independence from Russia on 6 December 1917
45.41451 - QVD Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Hesse-Cassel 1893 1916         Friedrich was killed in action in Kara Orman, Roumania
45.41452 - QVD Prince Maximilian of Hesse-Cassel 1894 1914         Maximilian was killed in action in St Jean Chapelle
45.41453 - QVD Landgrave Philipp of Hesse-Cassel 1896 1980 Princess Mafalda of Savoy 1902 1944 See 8.1212 - Landgrave Philipp was arrested by the Gestapo in 1943 and put into solitary confinement for 20 months. He was later arrested by the American Army and was finally freed in 1948. In early September of 1943, Princess Mafalda traveled to Bulgaria to attend the funeral of her brother-n-law, King Boris III. Hitler believed Mafalda was working against the Nazis and the Gestapo ordered her arrest, and on September 23rd she received a telephone call from Karl Hass at the German High Command who informed her there was an important message from her husband. On her arrival at the German embassy she was arrested, ostensibly for her subversive activities, but also as a threat to keep her father, the King of Italy, in line. Mafalda was transported to Munich for questioning, then to Berlin and was finally deported to Buchenwald concentration camp. Mafalda died in Buchenwald concentration camp; she was severely wounded during an Allied bombing raid and had to have an arm amputated and she died the following day. Landgrave Philipp and Prince Wolfgang were twins
45.414531 - QVD Landgrave Moritz of Hesse-Cassel 1926   Princess Tatiania of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg 1940   Landgrave Moritz was adopted in 1960 by Prince Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine and succeeded to the Ducal title of Hess and by Rhine following the death of Prince Ludwig. Princess Tatiana is a sister of Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
45.4145311 - QVD Princess Mafalda of Hesse-Cassel 1965   Count Enrico Marone Cizano 1963   Enrico's father Count Alberto Marone (2nd Count of Marone) is a son of Count Enrico Marone (1st Count of Marone) and his first wife Noemi de Alcosta y Garcia de Mansilla  
45.4145311 - QVD Princess Mafalda of Hesse-Cassel 1965     Carlo Galdo 1954    
45.4145311 - QVD Princess Mafalda of Hesse-Cassel 1965   Count Ferdinando Brachetti-Peretti 1960    
45.41453111 - QVD   Tatiana Galdo 1992            
45.41453112 - QVD   Polissena Galdo 1993            
45.41453113 - QVD   Cosmo Brachetti-Peretti 2000            
45.41453114 - QVD   Breno Brachetti-Peretti 2002            
45.4145312 - QVD Hereditary Prince Heinrich Donatus of Hesse-Cassel 1966   Countess  Floria von Faber-Castell 1974   Floria's ancestry can be traced back to her great grandfather Count Alexander Friedrich of Castell-Rüdenhausen (1866-1928) who married Baroness Ottilie von Faber (of pencil fame) on 28 February 1898. Alexander declared for himself and his descendants from this marriage the name and title of Count/ Countess von Faber-Castell. The company name of Faber was changed to Faber-Castell following this marriage.

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45.41453121 - QVD Princess Paulina of Hesse-Cassel 2007            
45.41453122 - QVD Prince Moritz of Hesse-Cassel 2007            
45.4145313 - QVD Princess Elena of Hesse-Cassel 1967            
45.41453131 - QVD   Madeleine Caiazzo 1999           Madeleine's parents are Princess Elena and Massimo Caiazzo
45.4145314 - QVD Prince Philipp of Hesse-Cassel 1970     Laetitia Bechtolf 1978    
45.41453141 - QVD Princess Elena of Hesse-Cassel 2006            
45.414532 - QVD Prince Heinrich of Hesse-Cassel 1927 1999          
45.414533 - QVD Prince Otto of Hesse-Cassel 1937 1998   Angela von Doering 1940 1991  
45.414533 - QVD Prince Otto of Hesse-Cassel 1937 1998   Elisabeth Bonker 1944    
45.414534 - QVD Princess Elisabeth of Hesse-Cassel 1940   Count Friedrich Karl von Oppersdorff 1925 1985 Friedrich Karl was a brother of Franz Eduard von Oppersdorff 
45.4145341 - QVD Count Friedrich Karl von Oppersdorff 1962            
45.4145342 - QVD Count Alexander von Oppersdorff 1965            
45.41454 - QVD Prince Wolfgang of Hesse-Cassel 1896 1989 Princess Marie Alexandra Louise of Baden 1902 1944 See 32.5521 - Princess Marie was killed in an Allied bombing raid in Frankfurt-am-Main. Landgrave Philipp and Prince Wolfgang were twins
45.41454 - QVD Prince Wolfgang of Hesse-Cassel 1896 1989   Ottilie Moeller 1903 1991 Landgrave Philipp and Prince Wolfgang were twins. Prince Wolfgang adopted his nephew Prince Karl of Hesse-Cassel on 7 July 1952
45.41455 - QVD Prince Richard of Hesse-Cassel 1901 1969         Prince Richard and Prince Christoph were twins. Prince Richard adopted his nephew Prince Rainer of Hesse-Cassel on 7 July 1952 
45.41456 - QVD Prince Christoph of Hesse-Cassel 1901 1943 Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark 1914 2001 See 16.74 - Prince Richard and Prince Christoph were twins. Prince Christoph was killed in an aeroplane accident in the Appenines whilst on active service
45.414561 - QVD Princess Christina of Hesse-Cassel 1933   Prince Andrej of Yugoslavia 1929 1990 See 7.543 - Prince Andrej committed suicide
45.414561 - QVD Princess Christina of Hesse-Cassel 1933     Robert van Eyck 1916 1991  
45.4145611 - QVD   Helen Sophia van Eyck 1963     Roderick Harman 1942    
45.41456111 - QVD   Sascha Alexandra Sophia Harman 1986            
45.41456112 - QVD   Pascale Harman 1989            
45.4145612 - QVD   Mark Nicholas van Eyck 1966     Joanne Green 1961    
45.414562 - QVD Princess Dorothea of Hesse-Cassel 1934   Prince Friedrich Karl of Windisch-Graetz 1917 2002 See 23.12324
45.414563 - QVD Prince Karl of Hesse-Cassel 1937   Countess Yvonne Szapary von Muraszombath 1944   Karl was adopted by his uncle Prince Wolfgang of Hesse-Cassel on 7 July 1952
45.4145631 - QVD Prince Chistoph of Hesse-Cassel 1969            
45.4145632 - QVD Princess Irina of Hesse-Cassel 1971   Count Alexander von Schönburg-Glauchau 1969   Alexander is the present Head of the Schönburg-Glauchau family. His elder brother Carl-Alban renounced his rights as a consequence of his non-dynastic marriage to Juliet Fowler in 1995.
45.41456321 - QVD Countess Maria-Letitia von Schönburg-Glauchau 2001            
45.41456322 - QVD Count Maximus Carolus von Schönburg-Glauchau 2003            
45.41456323 - QVD Count Valentin Polykarp von Schönburg-Glauchau 2005            
45.414564 - QVD Prince Rainer of Hesse-Cassel 1939           Rainer was adopted by his uncle Prince Richard of Hesse-Cassel on 7 July 1952 
45.414565 - QVD Princess Clarissa of Hesse-Cassel 1944     Claude-Jean Derrien 1948   Clarissa was born posthumously
45.4145651 - QVD   Johanna von Hessen 1980           Clarissa has no issue by Claude-Jean but Johanna is her natural daughter
45.4146 Princess  Marie Polyxene of Hesse-Cassel 1872 1882          
45.4147 Princess Sibylle Margaretha of Hesse-Cassel 1877 1953 Baron Friedrich von Vincke 1867 1925  
45.415 Princess Auguste Sophie of Hesse-Cassel 1823 1889 Baron Karl Friedrich von Blixen-Fineke 1822 1873  
45.416 Princess Sophie of Hesse-Cassel 1827 1827          
45.42 Prince Karl Friedrich of Hesse-Cassel 1789 1802          
45.43 Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Hesse-Cassel 1790 1876          
45.44 Prince Ludwig Karl of Hesse-Cassel 1791 1800          
45.45 Prince Georg Karl of Hesse-Cassel 1793 1881          
45.46 Princess Luise Caroline of Hesse-Cassel 1794 1881 Baron Georg von der Decken 1787 1859  
45.47 Princess Marie of Hesse-Cassel 1796 1880 Grand Duke Georg Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1779 1860 See 24.8
45.48 Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Cassel 1797 1889 Prince Adolphus of Great Britain (Duke of Cambridge) 1774 1850 Adolphus was a younger brother of King George IV and later King William IV of Great Britain. From 1816 to 1837, he served as viceroy of Hanover on behalf of his two brothers.
45.481 Prince George of Great Britain (Duke of Cambridge) 1819 1904   Sarah Louise Fairbrother 1816 1890 George was commander-in-chief of the British Army from 1856 to 1895 his wife Sarah was known as Mrs. Fitzgeorge
45.482 Princess Augusta of Great Britain 1822 1916 Grand Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1819 1904 24.82
45.483 Princess Mary Adelaide of Great Britain 1833 1897 Count Franz von Hohenstein 1837 1900 22.262 - Franz was created Prince of Teck in 1863 by Emperor Franz Joseph and Duke of Teck on 16 September 1871. Teck was a subsidiary title of his father Duke Alexander of Württemberg

Note - QVD against a reference number indicates the first named individual is a descendant of Queen Victoria.

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