Prince Heinrich of Hesse-Kassel

Prince Heinrich Wilhelm Konstantin Viktor Franz of Hesse-Kassel (English: Henry William Constantine Victor Francis of Hesse-Kassel, Italian: Enrico d'Assia; 30 October 1927 – 18 November 1999) was a member of the House of Hesse.

Prince Heinrich
Prince of Hesse
Heinrich of Hesse-Kassel in the 1950s.
Born(1927-10-30)30 October 1927
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Died18 November 1999(1999-11-18) (aged 72)
Frankfurt, Germany
Full name
Henry William Constantine Victor Francis
HouseHesse-Kassel
FatherPrince Philipp of Hesse
MotherPrincess Mafalda of Savoy

Prince Heinrich was born in Rome, Italy, the son of Landgrave and Prince Philipp of Hesse and Princess Mafalda of Savoy, daughter of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy.[1][2]

During the Second World War, Heinrich's father was arrested by the Gestapo and his mother was detained and imprisoned in Buchenwald concentration camp, where she was killed by Allies' bombardments in 1944. Heinrich and his siblings (Moritz, Otto and Elisabeth) were given sanctuary in the Vatican. After the war they were reunited with their father in Germany.

Heinrich was an artist and set designer, active mainly in Italy under the name Enrico d'Assia. He published a volume of memoirs, Der Kristallene Lüster (Munich, 1994). He died in Frankfurt, unmarried.

Ancestry
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gollark: No, we have perfectly functional competitive markets for things like food and TVs and furniture and whatever.
gollark: Central planning instead of our competitive systems could be way more efficient, except the incentives don't really work and nobody can be trusted to do it.
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References
  1. Enrico d’Assia’s Pugorama paintings by Nick Waters. dogworld.co.uk. 10 November 2011
  2. Heinrich Wilhelm Konstantin Viktor Franz Prinz von Hessen-Kassel. thepeerage.com
Prince Heinrich of Hesse-Kassel
Born: 30 October 1927 Died: 18 November 1999
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Prince Wolfgang of Hesse		 — TITULAR —
King of Finland
12 July 1989 – 18 November 1999
Reason for succession failure:
Kingdom never established		 Succeeded by
Prince Philipp of Hesse
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