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Born 14 May 1901Frankfurt, Germany ( 1901-05-14 ) Issue Princess Christina MargarethePrincess Dorothea Charlotte KarinPrince Karl Adolf AndreasPrince Rainer Christoph FriedrichPrincess Clarissa Alice Died October 7, 1943, Forli, Italy House Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel Children Princess Christina Margarethe of Hesse Parents Princess Margaret of Prussia, Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse Similar People Princess Sophie of Greece a, Prince Philip - Duke of E, Prince Frederick Charles o, Prince Andrew of Greece a, Princess Christina Margaret | ||
Christoph Ernst August of Hesse (Frankfurt, 14 May 1901 – Apennine Mountains near Forlì, 7 October 1943) was the fifth son of Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse and Princess Margaret of Prussia. He was a German SS officer killed accidentally during World War II.
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Career
Prince Christophe was a director in the Third Reich's Ministry of Air Forces, Commander of the Air Reserves, and held the rank of Oberführer in the SS. On 7 October 1943, he was killed in an airplane accident in the Apennine Mountains near Forlì, Italy. His body was found two days later.
Family
Born in Frankfurt, Prince Christoph was a great-grandson of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha through their eldest daughter Victoria, Princess Royal, wife of Frederick III, German Emperor.
Christoph married Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark on 15 December 1930 in Kronberg im Taunus, Germany. Princess Sophie was the youngest daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg, and the sister of the future Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
They had five children: