Prince Christian of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld

Prince Christian
Born(1887-06-16)16 June 1887
Louisenlund Castle
Died19 October 1971(1971-10-19) (aged 84)
Geneva
SpouseElizabeth Reid Rogers
Ann Pearl Everett
IssuePrincess Elisabeth Auguste
Prince Richard Christian
Prince Waldemar
Princess Marie Louise
HouseHouse of Hesse
FatherPrince William of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
MotherPrincess Auguste of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Prince Christian of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (Christian Ludwig Friedrich Adolf Alexis Wilhelm Ferdinand; 16 June 1887 – 19 October 1971) was a member of the House of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld and a German naval officer until he resigned his commission during the First World War in protest at Germany's policy of unrestricted submarine warfare.

As a member of the House of Hesse, he was styled His Highness Prince Christian of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld. To distinguish between the various branches of the house, the designation -Philippsthal-Barchfeld was sometimes added to the end of the princely title.[1]

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