Prince Christoph of Hesse
| Prince Christoph | |
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| Prince of Hesse | |
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| Born |
14 May 1901 Frankfurt, Germany |
| Died | 7 October 1943 (aged 42) Forlì, Italy |
| Spouse | Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark |
| Issue |
Princess Christina Margarethe Princess Dorothea Charlotte Karin Prince Karl Adolf Andreas Prince Rainer Christoph Friedrich Princess Clarissa Alice |
| House | Hesse-Kassel |
| Father | Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse |
| Mother | Princess Margaret of Prussia |
Christoph Ernst August of Hesse (Frankfurt, 14 May 1901 – Apennine Mountains near Forlì, 7 October 1943) was the fifth son of Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse and Princess Margaret of Prussia. He was a German SS officer killed accidentally during World War II.
Prince Christophe was a director in the Third Reich's Ministry of Air Forces, Commander of the Air Reserves, and held the rank of Oberführer in the SS. On 7 October 1943, he was killed in an airplane accident in the Apennine Mountains near Forlì, Italy. His body was found two days later.
Born in Frankfurt, Prince Christoph was a great-grandson of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha through their eldest daughter Victoria, Princess Royal, wife of Frederick III, German Emperor.
Christoph married Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark on 15 December 1930 in Kronberg im Taunus, Germany. Princess Sophie was the youngest daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg, and the sister of the future Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
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