Prince Christian of Hesse-Darmstadt

German prince

Christian of Hesse-Darmstadt

Born	(1763-11-25)25 November 1763 Bouxwiller
Died	17 April 1830(1830-04-17) (aged 66) Darmstadt
House	House of Hesse-Darmstadt
Father	Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Mother	Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken

Christian of Hessen-Darmstadt (25 November 1763, Bouxwiller – 17 April 1830, Darmstadt) was landgraf of the house of Hesse-Darmstadt and a Dutch general. He was also a keen Freemason, rising to grandmaster.

Life

The youngest son of landgraf Louis IX and his wife Caroline, one of his brothers was grand-duke Louis I. Landgraf Christian studied in Strasbourg and then chose a military career in the service of the Dutch Republic. As lieutenant-general he fought for William V against the French from 1793 to 1794 and was badly wounded in the siege of Menen in April 1794. After the Dutch were defeated in 1795 he went into exile in England and later continued the war against France in the Austrian army. From 1799 he lived in Darmstadt, and is buried in the Alten Friedhof there.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Prince Christian of Hesse-Darmstadt^[1]

16. Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

8. Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

17. Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

4. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

18. Albrecht II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

9. Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach

19. Sophie Margaret of Oettingen-Oettingen

2. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

20. Johann Reinhard II of Hanau-Lichtenberg

10. Johann Reinhard III of Hanau-Lichtenberg

21. Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler

5. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg

22. Johann Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

11. Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach

23. Johanne Elisabeth of Baden-Durlach

1. Landgrave Christian Hesse-Darmstadt

24. Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld

12. Christian II of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld

25. Countess Palatine Magdalene Catherine of Zweibrücken

6. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

26. Johann Jakob, Count of Rappoltstein

13. Katharina Agathe of Rappoltstein

27. Anna Klaudie of Salm

3. Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken

28. Gustav Adolph, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken

14. Louis Crato, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken

29. Eleonore Klare of Hohenlohe

7. Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken

30. Henry Frederick, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

15. Philippine Henriette of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

31. Juliana Dorothea of Castell-Remlingen

References

^ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 69.