Alexander Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse

Alexander Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse (German: Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm Albrecht Georg Landgraf von Hessen, 25 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was a German prince of the House of Hesse.

Alexander Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse
Head of the House of Hesse
Tenure14 October 1888 – 16 March 1925
PredecessorFrederick William III
SuccessorFrederick Charles
Born(1863-01-25)25 January 1863
Copenhagen, Denmark
Died26 March 1945(1945-03-26) (aged 82)
Fronhausen-an-der-Lahn, Nazi Germany
SpouseGisela Stockhorner von Starein
Names
Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm Albrecht Georg
HouseHesse
FatherFrederick William, Landgrave of Hesse
MotherPrincess Anna of Prussia

Biography

He was the son of Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel and Princess Anna of Prussia. From 1888 to 1925 he was Head of the electoral line of the House of Hesse, but abdicated his position to his brother Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse. He was born with a visual impairment, and this disability, in addition to his morganatic marriage, played a part in his decision to abdicate.

On 25 March 1925, he married morganatically Baroness Gisela Stockhorner von Starheim (b. 17 January 1884, d. 22 June 1965), daughter of Otto, Baron Stockhorner von Starheim and Baroness Emilie Susanne Hildegard von Wolzogen-Neuhaus.[1][2] She was Lady-in-waiting of Grand Duchess Hilda of Baden.[1]

Honours

He received the following orders and decorations:[3]

Ancestors

References
  1. Gisela Anna Caroline Amalia Ida Pauline Freiin Stockhorner von Starein (genealogy), #108918, thepeerage.com, 9 October 2009.
  2. Princess Gisela was (through her maternal grandmother) the great-great-granddaughter of London-based Huguenot financier François Jacques Houssemayne Du Boulay.
  3. Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Hessen (1894), Genealogy p. 5
  4. Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Hessen (1883), "Großherzogliche Orden und Ehrenzeichen" pp. 14, 44
  5. Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1896), "Großherzogliche Orden" pp. 63, 77
  6. Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreichs Bayern (1906), "Königliche-Orden" p. 8
  7. "Schwarzer Adler-orden", Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (supp.) (in German), vol. 1, Berlin, 1886, p. 5 – via hathitrust.org{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg (1907), "Königliche Orden" p. 29
  9. Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Herzogtum Anhalt (1894), "Herzogliche Orden" p. 17
  10. Bille-Hansen, A. C.; Holck, Harald, eds. (1944) [1st pub.:1801]. Statshaandbog for Kongeriget Danmark for Aaret 1944 [State Manual of the Kingdom of Denmark for the Year 1944] (PDF). Kongelig Dansk Hof- og Statskalender (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz A.-S. Universitetsbogtrykkeri. p. 16. Retrieved 2 September 2020 – via da:DIS Danmark.
  11. The London Gazette, issue 28030, p. 4083
  12. "Großherzogliche Orden und Ehrenzeichen". Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Großherzogtums Mecklenburg-Strelitz: 1915 (in German). Neustrelitz: Druck und Debit der Buchdruckerei von G. F. Spalding und Sohn. 1915. p. 15.


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