Peerage Record – 10406

     Friedrich Wilhelm Sigismund Viktor Prinz von Hessen-Kassel was born on 23 November 1893 at Frankfurt-am-Main, Hessen, Germany^G.¹ He was the son of Friedrich Karl Ludwig Konstantin Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel and Margarete Beatrice Feodora Prinzessin von Preußen.¹ He died on 12 September 1916 at age 22 at Kara Orman, Romania^G, from wounds received in action.¹
     He gained the title of Prinz von Hessen-Kassel.¹ He fought in the First World War between 1914 and 1916.²

     Maximiliian Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Edward Prinz von Hessen-Kassel was born on 20 October 1894 at Rumpenheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany^G.¹ He was the son of Friedrich Karl Ludwig Konstantin Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel and Margarete Beatrice Feodora Prinzessin von Preußen.¹ He died on 13 October 1914 at age 19 at Saint-Jans-Chappel, Belgium^G, from wounds received in action.¹
     He gained the title of Prinz von Hessen-Kassel.¹ He fought in the First World War between August 1914 and October 1914.²

     Philipp Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel was born on 6 November 1896 at Rumpenheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany^G.¹ He was the son of Friedrich Karl Ludwig Konstantin Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel and Margarete Beatrice Feodora Prinzessin von Preußen.¹ He married Mafalda Maria Elisabetta Anna Romana di Savoia-Carignano, Principessa di Savoia, daughter of Vittorio Emanuele III di Savoia-Carignano, Re d’Italia and Jelena Petrovic-Njegoš, Princess of Montenegro, on 23 September 1925 at Racconigi, Italy^G.¹ He died on 25 October 1980 at age 83 at Rome, Italy^G.¹
     He gained the title of Prinz von Hessen-Kassel.¹ He gained the title of Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel on 28 May 1940.¹

     Mafalda Maria Elisabetta Anna Romana di Savoia-Carignano, Principessa di Savoia was born on 19 November 1902 at Rome, Italy^G.¹ She was the daughter of Vittorio Emanuele III di Savoia-Carignano, Re d’Italia and Jelena Petrovic-Njegoš, Princess of Montenegro.¹ She married Philipp Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel, son of Friedrich Karl Ludwig Konstantin Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel and Margarete Beatrice Feodora Prinzessin von Preußen, on 23 September 1925 at Racconigi, Italy^G.¹ She died on 28 August 1944 at age 41 at Buchenwald concentration camp, near Weimar, Thüringen, Germany^G.¹
     She gained the title of Principessa Mafalda di Savoia.¹

     Vittorio Emanuele III di Savoia-Carignano, Re d’Italia was born on 11 November 1869 at Naples, Italy^G.³ He was the son of Umberto I di Savoia-Carignano, Re d’Italia and Margherita Maria di Savoia-Genova, Principessa de Savoia.⁴ He married Jelena Petrovic-Njegoš, Princess of Montenegro, daughter of Nikola I Petrovic-Njegoš, King of Montenegro and Milena Vukotic, on 24 October 1896 at Rome, Italy^G.³ He died on 28 December 1947 at age 78.
     He gained the title of Re Vittorio Emanuele III d’Italia in 1900.⁴ He gained the title of Emperor Victor Emanuele of Ethiopia in 1936.⁴ He gained the title of King Victor Emanuele of Albania in 1939.⁴ He was deposed as Emperor of Ethiopia in 1943.⁴ He was deposed as King of Albania in 1943.⁴ He was deposed as King of Italy in 1946.⁴

     Jelena Petrovic-Njegoš, Princess of Montenegro was born on 8 January 1873 at Cetinje, Montenegro^G. She was the daughter of Nikola I Petrovic-Njegoš, King of Montenegro and Milena Vukotic.³ She married Vittorio Emanuele III di Savoia-Carignano, Re d’Italia, son of Umberto I di Savoia-Carignano, Re d’Italia and Margherita Maria di Savoia-Genova, Principessa de Savoia, on 24 October 1896 at Rome, Italy^G.⁴ She died on 28 November 1952 at age 79.
     She gained the title of Princess Jelena of Montenegro.⁵

     Moritz Friedrich Karl Emanuel Humbert Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel was born on 6 August 1926 at Racconigi, Italy^G.¹ He was the son of Philipp Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel and Mafalda Maria Elisabetta Anna Romana di Savoia-Carignano, Principessa di Savoia.¹ He married Tatiana Louise Ursula Therese Elsa Prinzessin zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, daughter of Gustav Albrecht Alfred Franz Friedrich Otto Emil Ernst Fürst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Margareta Fouché, on 1 June 1964 in a civil marriage.¹ He and Tatiana Louise Ursula Therese Elsa Prinzessin zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg were divorced on 16 October 1974 at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany^G. Moritz Friedrich Karl Emanuel Humbert and Tatiana Louise Ursula Therese Elsa were also married in a religious ceremony on 3 June 1964. He died on 23 May 2013 at age 86.²
     He gained the title of Prinz von Hessen-Kassel.¹ He gained the title of Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel on 25 October 1980.¹

     Tatiana Louise Ursula Therese Elsa Prinzessin zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg was born on 31 July 1940 at Giessen, Hessen, Germany^G.¹ She is the daughter of Gustav Albrecht Alfred Franz Friedrich Otto Emil Ernst Fürst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Margareta Fouché.¹ She married Moritz Friedrich Karl Emanuel Humbert Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel, son of Philipp Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel and Mafalda Maria Elisabetta Anna Romana di Savoia-Carignano, Principessa di Savoia, on 1 June 1964 in a civil marriage.¹ Tatiana Louise Ursula Therese Elsa and Moritz Friedrich Karl Emanuel Humbert were also married in a religious ceremony on 3 June 1964. She and Moritz Friedrich Karl Emanuel Humbert Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel were divorced on 16 October 1974 at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany^G.
     She gained the title of Prinzessin zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg.¹

     Gustav Albrecht Alfred Franz Friedrich Otto Emil Ernst Fürst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg was born on 28 February 1907 at Berleburg^G. He was the son of Richard Hermann Gustav Fürst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Madeleine Prinzessin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg. He married Margareta Fouché, daughter of Charles Louis Fouché, Duc d’Otrante and Hedvig Ingeborg Madeleine Grevinne Douglas, on 26 January 1934 at Björnlunda, Sweden^G. He died in 1944 at Russia^G, missing in action.
     He succeeded as the 5th Fürst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg on 25 April 1925.¹ On 29 November 1969 he was officially declared dead.²

     Margareta Fouché was born on 28 March 1909 at Elghammar, Sweden^G. She was the daughter of Charles Louis Fouché, Duc d’Otrante and Hedvig Ingeborg Madeleine Grevinne Douglas.² She married Gustav Albrecht Alfred Franz Friedrich Otto Emil Ernst Fürst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, son of Richard Hermann Gustav Fürst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Madeleine Prinzessin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, on 26 January 1934 at Björnlunda, Sweden^G. She died in 2005.³