Prince Christoph | |
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Born | Frankfurt, German Empire | 14 May 1901
Died | 7 October 1943 Forlì, Italian Social Republic | (aged 42)
Spouse | |
Issue | Princess Christina Princess Dorothea Prince Karl Adolf Prince Rainer Princess Clarissa |
House | Hesse-Kassel |
Father | Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse |
Mother | Princess Margaret of Prussia |
Military career | |
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Service | Luftwaffe |
Rank | Major in the Reserve |
Prince Christoph of Hesse (Christoph Ernst August; 14 May 1901 – 7 October 1943) was a nephew of Kaiser Wilhelm II. He was an SS-Oberführer in the Allgemeine SS and an officer in the Luftwaffe Reserve, killed on active duty in a plane crash during World War II. His brother-in-law, Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, fought on the British side and married the future Queen Elizabeth II after the war.[1]