Otto of Hesse

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Otto von Hessen ( Italian Ottone d'Assia, with full name Otto Adolf Prince and Landgrave of Hessen; born June 3, 1937 in Rome , † January 3, 1998 in Hanover ) was a German early historian and medieval archaeologist .

Life

Otto von Hessen (center) as a toddler in his mother's arms and his older brothers Heinrich (left) and Moritz

Otto von Hessen was the son of Philip of Hessen and Princess Mafalda of Savoy , a daughter of King Victor Emanuel III. from Italy .

He studied early history with Joachim Werner in Munich . Since 1973 he has taught at the University of Pisa , from 1986 to 1997 he was full professor of medieval archeology at the University of Venice . His research on the Longobards in northern and central Italy is fundamental . Along with Riccardo Francovich (1946–2007) and Gabriella Maetzke († 2003), he was one of the founders of medieval archeology as an independent discipline in research and teaching at Italian universities.

Otto von Hessen is buried in the crypt at Schloss Friedrichshof in the Taunus .

His widow Elisabeth Princess of Hesse, b. Bönker, (1944–2013) lived alternately near Bremen and Venice .

ancestors

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Friedrich Wilhelm of Hesse (1820-1884)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Friedrich Karl of Hesse (1868–1940)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Anna of Prussia (1836–1918)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Philip of Hesse (1896–1980)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Emperor Friedrich III. (1831-1888)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Margarethe of Prussia (1872–1954)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Victoria of Great Britain (1840-1901)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Otto of Hesse
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 King Umberto I of Italy , (1844–1900)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (1869–1947)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Margaret of Italy (1851-1926)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mafalda of Savoy (1902–1944)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Nikola I of Montenegro (1841-1921)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Elena of Montenegro (1873-1952)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Milena of Montenegro (1847-1923)
 
 
 
 
 
 

Fonts (selection)

  • The finds of the row burial period from the Traunstein district (= catalogs of the Prehistoric State Collection. 7, ZDB -ID 1157630-3 ). Lassleben, Kallmünz / Opf. 1964.
  • The longobard tomb finds from Fiesole near Florence. Callwey, Munich 1966.
  • Longobard ceramics from Italy. Steiner, Wiesbaden 1968.
  • I ritrovamenti barbarici. Nelle collezioni civiche veronesi del Museo di Castelvecchio. Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona 1968.
  • Contributo alla archeologia longobarda in Toscana. Olschki, Florence 1971.
    • 1: Le necropoli (= Accademia Toscana di Scienze e Lettere "La Colombaria". Studi. 18, ISSN  0065-0781 ). 1971;
    • 2: Reperti isolati e di provenienza incerta (= Accademia Toscana di Scienze e Lettere "La Colombaria". Studi. 41). 1975.
  • Il materiale altomedievale nelle Collezioni Stibbert di Firenze (= Ricerche di archeologia altomedievale e medievale. 7, ZDB -ID 753777-3 ). All'insegna del giglio, Florence 1983.

literature

  • Sauro Gelichi : Ricordo di Ottone d'Assia , in: Rivista di archeologia 21 (1997), pp. 3-4.
  • Paola Marina De Marchi; Elisa Possenti: Ricordo del professor Ottone d'Assia , in: Sepolture tra IV e VIII secolo , Mantova 1998, pp. 11-14 ( PDF ). Pp. 13–14 contains the literature list
  • Carlo Alberto Mastrelli: Ricordo di Ottone d'Assia in: Settimane di studio, Centro Italiano di studi sull 'Alto Medioevo 46 (1999), pp. 25-48.
  • Elisa Possenti: Ottone d'Assia, 1937-1998 , in: Antiquité Tardive 7 (1999), pp. 8-10.
  • Paola Marina De Marchi: Bibliografia di Ottone d'Assia (Otto von Hessen) , in: L'Italia alto-medievale tra archeologia e storia. Studi in ricordo di Ottone d'Assia (Padova 2005) . ISBN 88-7115-419-3 , pp. 12-18 ( digital version ( Memento of September 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ))

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Since 1919, due to the abolition of the privileges of the nobility, no earlier birthright titles have been part of the civil name in Germany. According to information from the family archives of the Hessian House Foundation , the question of the name is as follows: "If you ask for the family name, it is for all members of the House of Hesse since 1920, Prince and Landgrave of Hesse '". The Frankfurt am Main district court confirmed this name on December 22, 1956. “Landgraf” is part of the civil-legal name and not an outdated primogeneity title. And yet, to a certain extent, it is handled that way: by virtue of the fact that all other family members shorten their names to “Prince / essin of Hesse” in public appearances, and only the head of the house shortens his name to “Landgrave of Hesse”.
  2. ^ FAZ , April 20, 2013, p. 8.
personal data
SURNAME Hessen, Otto von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German early historian and medieval archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome
DATE OF DEATH January 3, 1998
Place of death Hanover