Person:Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse (1)
Philipp _____, Landgrave of Hesse
b.6 Nov 1896
d.25 Oct 1980
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Philipp _____, Landgrave of Hesse1896 - 1980
  2. Prince Wolfgang of Hesse1896 - 1989
  3. Prince Christoph of Hesse1901 - 1943
Spouse and Children
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  1. Moritz of Hesse1926 - 2013
  2. Heinrich of Hesse-Kassel1927 - 1999
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Facts and Events
Name Philipp _____, Landgrave of Hesse
Gender Male
Birth? 6 Nov 1896
Marriage to Princess Mafalda _____, of Savoy
Death? 25 Oct 1980
Reference Number? Q60741?


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Philipp, Prince and Landgrave of Hesse (6 November 1896 – 25 October 1980) was head of the Electoral House of Hesse from 1940 to 1980.

He joined the Nazi Party in 1930, and, when they gained power with the appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor in 1933, he became Oberpräsident of the Prussian Province of Hesse-Nassau. However, he later began to fall out of favour with Hitler in the spring of 1943 after delivering an honest assessment of the military situation in Italy. He was arrested in September 1943 on the day Italy surrendered to the western Allies, dismissed in the following year, and was sent to the Flossenbürg concentration camp, then Dachau, where he remained until being transported to Tyrol by the SS, where he was liberated by Wehrmacht forces on 30 April 1945 and then arrested by U.S. forces on 4 May 1945, being interned until 1947.[1]

He was a grandson of Frederick III, German Emperor, and a great-grandson of Queen Victoria, as well as the son-in-law to Victor Emmanuel III of Italy.[2] His relative Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh was named after him.

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References
  1.   Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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