Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse

Moritz
Landgrave of Hesse
Landgrave Moritz at Kronberg Castle in November 2010
Head of the House of Hesse
Tenure25 October 1980 – 23 May 2013
PredecessorPhilipp
SuccessorDonatus
Born(1926-08-06)6 August 1926
Castle of Racconigi, Cuneo, Italy
Died23 May 2013(2013-05-23) (aged 86)
Frankfurt-am-Main, Hesse, Germany
Spouse
Princess Tatiana of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
(m. 1964; div. 1974)
IssuePrincess Mafalda
Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse
Princess Elena
Prince Philipp
HouseHesse
FatherPhilipp, Landgrave of Hesse
MotherPrincess Mafalda of Savoy

Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse (legally Moritz Friedrich Karl Emanuel Humbert[1] Prinz und Landgraf von Hessen; 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.

  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.