Heinrich Donatus of Hesse
Heinrich Donatus Philipp Umberto Prince and Landgrave of Hesse (born October 17, 1966 in Kiel ) is a German business economist and has headed the House of Hesse since 2013 .
Life
Heinrich Donatus Prince of Hesse is the eldest son of Moritz von Hessen (1926-2013) and his wife Tatiana Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (* 1940). He is a great-grandson of King Victor Emmanuel III. of Italy , great-great-grandson of Emperor Friedrich III. , Great- great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria and great-nephew of Queen Elizabeth II.
After graduating from high school, he studied business administration at the University of Hamburg . As a business economist, Heinrich Donatus von Hessen heads the Hessian House Foundation together with Rainer Prince von Hessen . In addition to the 33 hectare Prince of Hesse winery in Johannisberg (Rheingau), it includes the Fasanerie hunting lodge near Fulda , Panker Palace in Schleswig-Holstein with a well-known Trakehner breed , the Grandhotel Hessischer Hof in Frankfurt am Main and the Schlosshotel Kronberg im Taunus.
Heinrich Donatus von Hessen has been married to the communications specialist Floria-Franziska Marie-Luisa Erika (née Countess von Faber-Castell ) since 2003 , with whom he has three children.
Surname
In the House of Hesse, a name was chosen based on the nobility law of June 23, 1920 and the name Prince and Landgrave (or Princess and Landgrave) of Hesse was chosen (for all family members) , since historically Landgrave the elder and Prince the younger title was. It is common practice in the family that only the head of the house appears publicly or signs as such under the name "Landgrave of Hesse", since this was the title of regent of the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel before the electoral status in 1803 was. Since the death of his father Moritz on May 23, 2013, Heinrich Donatus von Hessen has therefore been using the name Landgrave of Hesse according to tradition and is the head of the House of Hesse, the other members of which only use the name Prince or Princess of Hesse.
ancestors
| Friedrich Karl of Hesse (1868–1940) | |||||||||||||
| Philip of Hesse (1896–1980) | |||||||||||||
| Margarethe of Prussia (1872–1954) | |||||||||||||
| Moritz von Hessen (1926-2013) | |||||||||||||
| King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (1869–1947) | |||||||||||||
| Mafalda of Savoy (1902–1944) | |||||||||||||
| Elena of Montenegro (1873-1952) | |||||||||||||
| Heinrich Donatus of Hesse | |||||||||||||
| Richard Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1882–1925) | |||||||||||||
| Gustav Albrecht zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1907–1944) | |||||||||||||
| Madeleine Princess of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (1885–1976) | |||||||||||||
| Tatiana Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (* 1940) | |||||||||||||
| Charles Louis Fouché d'Otranto (1877–1950) | |||||||||||||
| Margareta Fouché d'Otranto (1909-2005) | |||||||||||||
| Hedvig Ingeborg Madeleine Countess Douglas (1886–1983) | |||||||||||||
literature
- Eckhart G. Franz : The House of Hesse. A European family. Verlag Kohlhammer Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-17-018919-0 .
- Eckhart G. Franz (Ed.): House of Hesse. Biographical lexicon. Hessian Historical Commission , Darmstadt 2012, ISBN 978-3-88443-411-6 , p. 194.
Web links
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Moritz |
Head of the House of Hesse 2013– |
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hessen, Heinrich Donatus von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hessen, Heinrich Donatus Philipp Umberto Prince of (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German business economist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th October 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kiel |