Princess Christina Margarethe of Hesse
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| Princess Christina Margarethe of Hesse Princess Andrew of Yugoslavia |
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10 January 1933 Kronberg im Taunus, Germany |
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| Died | 22 November 2011 (aged 78) Gersau, Switzerland |
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| Spouse |
Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia (m. 1956; div. 1962) Robert Floris van Eyck (m. 1962; div. 1986) |
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| Issue | Princess Maria Tatiana of Yugoslavia Prince Christopher of Yugoslavia Sophie van Eyck Mark van Eyck |
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| House | Hesse-Kassel | ||||
| Father | Prince Christoph of Hesse | ||||
| Mother | Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark | ||||
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| Christina Margarethe |
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Styles of Princess Christina Margarethe of Hesse |
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| Reference style | Her Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Highness |
| Alternative style | Ma'am |
Princess Christina Margarethe of Hesse (German: Prinzessin Christina Margarethe von Hessen; 10 January 1933 – 22 November 2011) was the eldest daughter of Prince Christoph of Hesse and Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark. From 1956 to 1962, she was married to Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia, with whom she had two children. Her second marriage to Robert Floris van Eyck, a Dutch artist based in London, lasted from 1962 to 1986.
Princess Christina Margarethe of Hesse was born on 10 January 1933 at the Kronberg Castle in Kronberg im Taunus, Germany. She was the eldest child of Prince Christoph of Hesse (14 May 1901 — 7 October 1943) and Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark (26 June 1914 — 3 November 2001), the elder sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. She had four siblings: Princess Dorothea (born 1934), Prince Karl (born 1937), Prince Rainer (born 1939) and Princess Clarissa (born 1944). Although the German Empire had been abolished in 1918, Christina Margarethe and her siblings all received the title of Prince or Princess of Hesse, and were styled His or Her Highness.
Prince Christoph occupied high positions in Nazi Germany and the Nazi Party, serving as the chief of Hermann Göring's secret intelligence service, an aide to Heinrich Himmler, and a member of the Schutzstaffel (SS). During World War II, he was a major of the Luftwaffe. Prince Christoph died on 7 October 1943 in an airplane crash in the Apennine mountains near Forlì, Italy. Following the death of her husband, Princess Sophie remarried Prince George William of Hanover in 1946. Christina Margarethe gained three half-siblings from this marriage: Prince Welf Ernst (1947-1981), Prince Georg (born 1949) and Princess Friederike (born 1954).
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