Chlodwig, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
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Princess Juliane of Bentheim and Steinfurt |
Chlodwig, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (Chlodwig Alexis Ernst; 30 July 1876 – 17 November 1954) was an officer in the Prussian Army and head of the
As head of the house he was styled
Early life
Landgrave Chlodwig, the seventh of ten children of
Although the third son Landgrave Chlodwig became heir to the headship of the House of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld upon the death of his uncle in 1905 due to his elder half brothers Prince Friedrich Wilhelm and Prince Carl Wilhelm von Ardeck's exclusion from the succession on account of their parents
Landgrave Chlodwig served in the
Landgrave
On 16 August 1905, Chlodwig succeeded his uncle
In the early 1930s three of Landgrave Chlodwig's children (Wilhelm, Alexander Friedrich and Viktoria Cäcilie) joined the
Landgrave Chlodwig died aged 78 in Bad Hersfeld, he was survived by his wife and daughters, his three sons having predeceased him. His grandson Wilhelm succeeded him as head of the House of Hesse-Philippsthal.
Honours
- Knight of the
- Grand Cross of the
- Grand Cross of the Princely House Order of Lippe[4]
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Red Eagle of Prussia[4]
- Knight of the Order of St. John of Prussia[4]
- Grand Cross of the Ducal Saxe-Ernestine House Order[4]
- Grand Cross of the Princely House Order of Schaumburg-Lippe[4]
- Cross of Merit of Waldeck and Pyrmont[4]
Ancestry
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References
- ^ a b c d Gothaischer Hofkalender Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Fürstlichen Häuser. Justus Perthes. 1929. p. 480.
- ^ Petropoulos, Jonathan. Royals and the Reich: The Princes Von Hessen in Nazi Germany. pp. 250, 381, 382.
- ^ Almanach de Gotha. Justus Perthes. 1942. p. 62.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Rangliste de königlich preussischen Armee. 1914. p. 39.
- ^ a b Großherzoglich Hessische Ordensliste (in German), Darmstadt: Staatsverlag, 1914, pp. 2, 4 – via hathitrust.org
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