Hesse Family Connections
Following is a genealogical chart from the late 1700s showing the
interconnections between the Hesse family and the royal families of Denmark, Prussia, Russia, Spain and Great Britain.
| Hesse Hesse Cassel Battenberg |
Russia (Romanov) |
Prussia | Spain | Others | Schleswig
Holstein Denmark Greece |
Saxe Coburg Gotha Windsor |
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Wilhelm of Hesse Cassel 1787-1867 |
Friedrich Wilhelm of Hesse Cassel 1820-1884 |
Frederick of Hesse Cassel 1868-1940 |
Philip of Hesse Cassel 1898-1980 |
Moritz of Hesse Cassel 1926 |
Heinrich Donatus of Hesse Cassel 1966 |
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m. Louise Charlotte of Denmark 1787-1884 |
m. Anne of Prussia 1836-1918 |
m. |
m. Mafalda of Savoy 1902-1944 (died in Buchenwald) |
m. Tatiana of Saguel Wittgenstein Berleburg 1940 |
m. Floria von Faber Castell 1974 | ||||||||||||
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Christopher of Hesse Casell 1901-1944 |
Karl 1937 (First cousin of Prince Charles) |
Christoph of Hesse 1969 Irina, Countess of Schönburg-Glauchau 1971 |
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 Wilhelm I of Prussia & Augusta of Saxe Weimar |
Friedrich III of Prussia 1831-1888 |
Margaret of Prussia 1872-1954 |
m. Sophie of Greece (Prince Philip's sister) 1914-2001 (Sophie's first husband) |
Clarissa 1944 Rainer 1939 (First cousins of Prince Charles) |
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Q Victoria & Albert of Saxe Coburg Gotha |
Victoria 1840-1901 (d. of Q Victoria) |
Dorothea 1934 (First cousin of Prince Charles) |
Marina Jakabffy 1960 Clarissa de Waele 1966 |
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George V 1865-1936 |
George VI 1895-1952 |
Christina 1933 (First cousin of Prince Charles) |
Mark van Eyck 1966 Helene Harman 1963 |
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Augusta of Hesse 1797-1889 |
Mary Adelaide 1833-1897 |
Mary of Teck 1867-1953 |
Queen Elizabeth II 1926 |
Charles 1948 |
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m. Adolphus Duke of Cambridge 1774-1850 |
m. Francis Duke of Teck 1837-1900 |
Elizabeth Bowes Lyon 1900-2002 | m. |
Anne 1950 |
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| Louise of Hesse 1795 |
Christian IX of Denmark 1818-1906 |
William of Denmark 1845-1913 (created George I of Greece |
Andrew
of Greece 1882-1944 |
Prince Philip of Greece 1921 |
Andrew 1960 |
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William of Schleswig Holstein 1790-1850 |
m. |
m. Olga of Russia 1851-1926 |
m. |
Edward 1964 |
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| (William's mother was the sister of the childless King of Denmark, so the crown passed to her husband's Schleswig Holstein family line) |
Louise of Hesse 1817-1898 |
Frederick VIII of Denmark 1843-1912 Alexandra 1844-1925 m. Edward VII 1841-1910 Dagmar of Denmark 1847-1928 m. Alexander III of Russia 1845-1894 |
Theodora of Greece 1906-1939 |
Maximilian, Margrave of Baden 1933 Ludwig of Baden 1937 Margarita of Baden 1932 (first cousins of Prince Charles) |
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| m. Berthold of Baden |
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| Marie of Battenberg 1852-1893 |
Sophie of Greece 1914 |
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| m. Gustav Ernst of Erbach Schonberg |
m. Christopher of Hesse 1901-1944 |
see above | |||||||||||||||
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Alexander of Hesse 1823-1888 m. |
Louis of Battenberg 1854-1921 m. |
Alice of Battenberg |
Cecilie of Greece
1911-1937
m. |
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Julie Hauke 1825-1895 |
Victoria of Hesse 1863-1950 g.d. of Q Victoria via Alice |
George Donatus 1906-1937 | see below | ||||||||||||||
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George of Battenberg
1892-1938
m.
Nadejda of Torby
Louis of Battenberg 1900-1979 assassinated m. Edwina Ashley |
see below | ||||||||||||||||
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Francis of Battenberg 1861-1924 |
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m. Anna of Montenegro |
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Alexander of Battenberg 1857-1893 (created King of Bulgaria 1879-1886) |
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m. Johanna Loisinger |
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| Henry of
Battenberg 1858-1896 m. |
Ena of Battenbergxxx 1887-1969 m. |
Juan of Spain 1913-2003 |
Juan Carlos I of Spain 1938 |
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Beatrice 1857-1944 (d. of Q .Victoria) |
Alfonso XIII of Spain 1886-1941 |
Marie of Bourbon & Two Sicilies 1910-2000 |
Sophia of Greece 1938 (sister of Constantine II of Greece) |
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Marie of Hesse 1824-1880 |
Alexander III 1845-1894 |
Nicholas II 1868-1918 |
Parents and 5 children executed in Russian Revolution | ||||||||||||||
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Alexander II of Russia 1818-1881 |
m. Dagmar of Denmark 1847-1928 (Frederick VIII's sister) |
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Louis IV of Hesse 1837-1892 |
Alix of Hesse 1872-1918 |
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Alice 1843-1878 (d. of Q .Victoria) |
Ernest of Hesse 1868-1932 |
George Donatus of Hesse 1906-1937 |
Parents, grandmother and 3 of 4 children killed in plane crash. Only Johanna of Hesse was not on the plane. | ||||||||||||||
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m. Eleanore of Solms 1871-1937 |
m. Cecilie of Greece 1911-1937 (Prince Philip's sister) |
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Elizabeth of Hesse 1864-1918 |
Elizabeth was thrown alive down mineshaft and Serge was assassinated by bomb | ||||||||||||||||
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m. Serge of Russia assassinated by bomb |
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Irene of Hesse 1866-1953 |
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m. Henry of Prussia 1862-1929 |
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| Victoria of Hesse 1863-1950 | Alice of Battenberg | Prince Philip of Greece | |||||||||||||||
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m. Andrew of Greece 1882-1944 |
m. Queen Elizabeth II |
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Louis of Battenberg 1854-1921 |
George of Battenberg 1892-1938 m. Nadejda of Torby |
David of Battenberg 1919 Tatiana of Battenberg 1917 (first cousins of Prince Philip) |
The Marquess of Milford Haven 1961 |
Henry Mountbatten 1991 Tatiana Mountbatten 1990 |
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Lord Ivar Mountbatten 1963 |
Ella Mountbatten 1996 Alexandra Mountbatten 1998 Louise Mountbatten 2002 |
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Louis of Battenberg 1900-1979 (assassinated) m. Edwina Ashley |
Patricia 1924 m. John Knatchbull Pamela 1929 m. David Hicks (first cousins of Prince Philip) |
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