Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse
| Moritz of Hesse | |
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| Prince and Landgrave of Hesse | |
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Landgrave Moritz at Kronberg Castle in November 2010
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| Born |
6 August 1926 Castle of Racconigi, Cuneo, Italy |
| Died | 23 May 2013 (aged 86) Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany |
| Spouse | Princess Tatiana of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (m. 1964; div. 1974) |
| Issue |
Princess Mafalda Prince Donatus Princess Elena Prince Philipp |
| House | Hesse |
| Father | Prince Philipp of Hesse |
| Mother | Princess Mafalda of Savoy |
Moritz, Prince and Landgrave of Hesse (Moritz Friedrich Karl Emanuel Humbert 6 August 1926 – 23 May 2013) was the son of Prince Philip, Landgrave of Hesse, and the head of the House of Brabant and the German House of Hesse.
Landgrave Moritz was born at Racconigi Castle, in Italy. During the Second World War, Moritz's mother, Princess Mafalda of Savoy, was arrested by the Nazis for alleged subversive activities and died in the Buchenwald concentration camp in 1944.
Prince Louis of Hesse and by Rhine, the last head of the Hesse-Darmstadt line, died in 1968, at which time Moritz's father succeeded him as head of the entire house. He had been the head of the House of Hesse since the death of his father Philip on 25 October 1980.
Moritz was a world-famous art collector.
He died of lung illness in a hospital in Frankfurt, Germany.
Moritz married Princess Tatiana of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg. Their marriage took place in the summer of 1964 in Giessen and ended in divorce in 1974. They had four children:
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