Talk:Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse

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Moritz Friedrich Karl Emanuel Humbert Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel1 (M) b. 6 August 1926,

Moritz Friedrich Karl Emanuel Humbert Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel was born on 6 August 1926 in Racconigi, Italy.1 He is the son of Philipp Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel and Mafalda Maria Elisabetta Anna Romana di Savoia-Carignano, Principessa di Savoia.1 He married Tatiana Louise Ursula Therese Elsa Prinzessin zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, daughter of Gustav Albrecht Fürst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Margareta Fouché d'Otrante, on 1 June 1964 in a civil marriage. They were remarried 2 days later in a religious ceremony.1 He and Tatiana Louise Ursula Therese Elsa Prinzessin zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg were divorced on 16 October 1974 in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. 
    Moritz Friedrich Karl Emanuel Humbert Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel gained the title of Prinz von Hessen-Kassel.1 He gained the title of Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel on 25 October 1980.1 

Children of Moritz Friedrich Karl Emanuel Humbert Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel and Tatiana Louise Ursula Therese Elsa Prinzessin zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg Mafalda Margarethe Prinzessin von Hessen-Kassel+ b. 6 Jul 1965 Heinrich Donatus Philipp Umberto Prinz von Hessen-Kassel b. 17 Oct 1966 Elena Elisabeth Madeleine Prinzessin von Hessen-Kassel b. 8 Nov 1967 Philipp Robin Prinz von Hessen-Kassel b. 10 Sep 1970 Citations

[edit] Trivia regarding two of his descendants

According to [[1]], he is the closest common ancestor of American actresses Brooke Shields and Catherine Oxenberg (11th cousins).RicJac 18:29, 14 February 2007 (UTC)