Genealogy of the Royal Family of Prussia¹

HRH Princess Margarete and her descendants

HRH Margarete Beatrice Feodora Princess of Prussia ("Mossy")
* Neues Palais, Potsdam, April 22nd, 1872
† Schönberg near Kronberg, January 22nd, 1954

Married:

Friedenskirche, Potsdam, January 25th, 1893:
HRH Friedrich Karl Ludwig Konstantin Prince von Hesse, Landgrave von Hesse
* Schloß Panker, May 1st, 1868
† Cassel, May 28th, 1940
King of Finland (elected, October 9th, 1918; withdrew his candidature, December 20th, 1918)
Landgrave von Hesse, March 15th, 1925

Children from this marriage:

1. HH Friedrich Wilhelm Sigismund Viktor Prince von Hesse
   * Frankfurt am Main, November 23rd, 1893
   † (killed in action) Kara Orman, September 12th/13th, 1916
2. HH Maximilian Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Eduard Prince von Hesse
   * Schloß Rumpenheim near Offenbach, October 20th, 1894
   † (killed in action) St. Jean-Chappel near Bailleul, October 13th, 1914
3. HRH Philipp Prince von Hesse, Landgrave von Hesse
4. HH Wolfgang Moritz Prince von Hesse
   * Schloß Rumpenheim near Offenbach, November 6th, 1896
   † Frankfurt am Main, July 12th, 1989

   Married:

   1. (civil) Schloß Salem, September 12th and (religious) Chapel, Schloß Salem, September 17th, 1924:
      HGDH Marie Alexandra Thyra Viktoria Luise Carola Hilda Grand-Ducal Princess and Margravine von Baden
      * Schloß Salem, August 1st, 1902
      † (in an air raid) Frankfurt am Main, January 29th, 1944
   2. (morganatic) Frankfurt am Main, September 7th, 1948:
      Ottilie Moeller
      * Frankfurt am Main, June 24th, 1903
5. HH Richard Wilhelm Leopold Prince von Hesse
   * Frankfurt am Main, May 14th, 1901
   † Frankfurt am Main, February 11th, 1969
6. HH Christoph Ernst August Prince von Hesse

HRH Philipp Prince von Hesse, Landgrave von Hesse
* Schloß Rumpenheim near Offenbach, November 6th, 1896
† Rome, October 25th, 1980
Landgrave von Hesse, May 28th, 1940

Married:

(civil and religious) Racconigi Castle near Turin, September 23rd, 1925:
HRH Mafalda Maria Elisabetta Anna Romana Princess Royal of Savoy
* Rome, November 19th, 1902
† (concentration camp) Buchenwald near Weimar, August 28th, 1944

Children from this marriage:

1. HRH Moritz Friedrich Karl Emanuel Humbert Prince von Hesse, Landgrave von Hesse
2. HH Heinrich Wilhelm Konstantin Viktor Franz Prince von Hesse
   * Villa Savoia, Rome, October 30th, 1927
   † Schloß Wolfsgarten, Langen, November 18th, 1999
3. HH Otto Adolf Prince von Hesse
   * Villa Savoia, Rome, June 3rd, 1937
   † Hanover, January 3rd, 1998

   Married:

   1. (civil) Munich, April 5th and (religious) Trotsberg, April 6th, 1965:
      Angela Mathilde Agathe von Doering
      * Goslar, August 12th, 1940
      (Divorced: February 3rd, 1969)
   2. Lastrup-Matrum, December 28th, 1988:
      Elisabeth Marga Dorothea Wittler
      * Rumburg, January 31st, 1944
4. HH Elisabeth Margarethe Elena Johanna Maria Jolanda Polyxene Princess von Hesse
   * Villa Savoia, Rome, October 8th, 1940

   Married:

   (civil) Frankfurt am Main, February 26th and (religious) Dom, Frankfurt am Main, February 28th, 1962:
   Friedrich Karl Eduard Wilhelm Franz Eusebius Michael Hubert Count von Oppersdorff
   * Oberglogau, January 30th, 1925
   † Gravenbruch, Neu Isenburg, January 11th, 1985

   Children from this marriage:

   1. Friedrich Karl Philipp Wilhelm Hans Moritz Maria Count von Oppersdorff
      * Frankfurt am Main, December 1st, 1962
   2. Alexander Wolfgang Johannes Georg Viktor Emanuel Maria Count von Oppersdorff
      * Frankfurt am Main, August 3rd, 1965

HH Christoph Ernst August Prince von Hesse
* Frankfurt am Main, May 14th, 1901
† (air crash) in the Appenines, October 7th, 1943

Married:

(civil) Kronberg, December 13th and (religious) Chapel, Schloß Kronberg, December 15th, 1930:
HRH Sofia Princess of Greece and Denmark
* Mon Repos, Corfu, June 26th, 1914
† Neuhaus near Schliersee, Bavaria, November 24th, 2001

Children from this marriage:

1. HH Christina Margarethe Princess von Hesse
2. HH Dorothea Charlotte Karin Princess von Hesse
3. HH Karl Adolf Andreas Prince von Hesse
4. HH Rainer Christoph Friedrich Prince von Hesse
   * Schloß Kronberg, November 18th, 1939
5. HH Clarissa Alice Princess von Hesse
   * (posthumously) Schloß Kronberg, February 6th, 1944

   Married:

   Paris, July 20th, 1971:
   Claude-Jean Derrion
   * Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, March 12th, 1948
   (Divorced: June 21st, 1976)

   Illegitimate child:

   1. Johanna Sophia von Hessen
      * Munich, August 25th, 1980

HRH Moritz Friedrich Karl Emanuel Humbert Prince von Hesse, Landgrave von Hesse
* Racconigi Castle, Racconigi, August 6th, 1926
Landgrave von Hesse, October 25th, 1980

Married:

(civil) Kronberg im Taunus, June 1st and (religious) St. Johanniskirche, Kronberg im Taunus, June 3rd, 1964:
HSH Tatiana Louise Ursula Therese Elsa Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
* Gießen, July 31st, 1940
(Divorced: October 16th, 1974)

Children from this marriage:

1. HH Mafalda Margarethe Princess von Hesse
   * Kiel, July 6th, 1965

   Married:

   1. (civil) Kronberg im Taunus, July 6th and (religious) St. Johanniskirche, Kronberg im Taunus, July 8th, 1989:
      Don Enrico Giovanni Maria Consolata dei Conti Marone Cinzano
      * Turin, April 5th, 1963
      (Divorced: 1991; annulled)
   2. (civil) Lütjenberg, December 19th, 1991:
      Carlo Galdo
      * Naples, March 26th, 1954
      (Divorced: June 23rd, 1999)
   3. (civil) Rome, July 14th and (religious) Chapel, Palazzo Grotta Pallotta, September 28th, 2000:
      Ferdinando Brachetti-Peretti
      * Rome, January 13th, 1960

   Children from the second marriage:

   1. Tatiana Maria Galdo
      * Rome, January 20th, 1992
   2. Polissena Galdo
      * Rome, September 30th, 1993

   Child from the third marriage:

   3. Cosmo Brachetti-Peretti
      * Rome, January 11th, 2000
      (Born out of wedlock)
2. HRH Heinrich Donatus Philipp Umberto Hereditary Prince von Hesse
   * Kiel, October 17th, 1966
   
3. HH Elena Elisabeth Madeleine Princess von Hesse
   * Kiel, November 8th, 1967

   Illegitimate child:

   1. Madeleine Caiazzo
      * Kiel, November 29th, 1999
      (Father: Massimo Caiazzo)
      
4. HH Philipp Robin Prince von Hesse
   * Kiel, September 17th, 1970
   

HH Christina Margarethe Princess von Hesse
* Schloß Kronberg, January 10th, 1933

Married:

1. (civil) Kronberg im Taunus, August 1st and (religious) Chapel, Schloß Kronberg, August 2nd, 1956:
   HRH Andrej Prince of Yugoslavia
   * Bled Castle, June 28th, 1929
   † (apparant suicide) Irvine, California, May 7th, 1990
   (Divorced: London, May 31st, 1962)
2. (civil) Kensington and Chelsea Register Office, London, December 3rd, 1962:
   Robert Floris van Eyck
   * The Hague, May 3rd, 1916
   † William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, Kent, December 19th, 1991
   (Divorced: February 3rd, 1986)

Children from the second marriage:

1. Helene Sophia van Eyck
   * London, October 25th, 1963

   Married:

   (civil) Hastings, East Sussex, January 24th, 1986:
   Roderick Alan Harman
   * Chang-Chou, July 18th, 1942

   Children from this marriage:

   1. Sascha Alexandra Sophia Harman
      * Buchanan Hospital, St. Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, July 26th, 1986
   2. Pascale Olivia Harman
      * Buchanan Hospital, St. Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, March 19th, 1989
2. Marc Nicholas van Eyck
   * Oxford, February 16th, 1966

   Married:

   (civil) Kensington and Chelsea Register Office, London, June 12th, 1992:
   Joanne Marea Green
   * Timaru, October 11th, 1961
   (Separated)

HH Dorothea Charlotte Karin Princess von Hesse
* Schloß Panker, July 24th, 1934

Married:

(civil) Schliersee, Bavaria, March 31st and (religious) Munich-Bogenhausen, April 1st, 1959:
HSH Friedrich Karl Hugo Maximilian Maria Cyrillus Felix Hubertus Prince zu Windisch-Grätz
* Heilgenberg, July 7th, 1917

Children from this marriage:

1. HSH Marina Margherita Sophia Leontina Christiana Princess zu Windisch-Grätz
   * Milan, December 3rd, 1960

   Married:

   (civil) Rome, May 28th, 1988 and (religious) Rome, April 15th, 1989:
   Gyula Lajos Jakabffy
   * Morosvásárhely, November 14th, 1962
   (Separated)

   Children from this marriage:

   1. Réka Dorothea Sita Jakabffy
      * Rome, September 17th, 1988
   2. Sophia Magdolina Jakabffy
      * Rome, August 27th, 1989
2. HSH Clarissa Elisabetta Fiore Princess zu Windisch-Grätz
   * Erba, August 5th, 1966

   Married:

   Alserio near Como, November 16th, 1985:
   Eric Michel Jacques de Waele
   * Etterbeek, January 6th, 1962

   Children from this marriage:

   1. Michel Jean Henri de Waele
      * New York City, New York, May 18th, 1986
   2. Alexandre Federico Mark de Waele
      * Ghent, July 3rd, 1987
   3. Mathieu Paul Philippe de Waele
      * Ghent, December 16th, 1988
   4. Rubi Jade de Waele
      * Ghent, January 26th, 1994

HH Karl Adolf Andreas Prince von Hesse
* Berlin, March 26th, 1937

Married:

(morganatic) (civil) The Hague, March 26th and (religious) St. Jacob's Church, The Hague, April 18th, 1966:
Yvonne Margit Valerie Countess Szapáry von Muraszombath, Széchysziget und Szapár
* Budapest, April 4th, 1944

Children from this marriage:

1. Christoph Prinz von Hessen
   * Munich, June 18th, 1969
2. Irina Verena Prinzessin von Hessen
   * Munich, April 1st, 1971

   Married:

   (civil) Berlin, April 30th and (religious) Heusenstamm, May 29th, 1999:
   H Ill H Alexander Georg Maria Ernst Heinrich István Ludwig Kisito Hubertus Count and Lord von Schönburg, Count and Lord zu Glauchau und Waldenburg
   * Mogadishu, August 15th, 1969
   Count and Lord von Schönburg, Count and Lord zu Glauchau und Waldenburg, September 29th, 1998

   Child from this marriage:

   1. H Ill H Maria-Letitia Countess and Lady von Schönburg-Glachau
      * Virchow Clinic, Berlin, July 30th, 2001

Footnotes:

1. Source: Queen Victoria's Descendants by Marlene A. Eilers. With special thanks to Hein Bruins, Brigitte Gastel Lloyd and Netty Leistra.

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