Prince Christian of Hesse-Darmstadt

Christian of Hesse-Darmstadt
House	House of Hesse-Darmstadt
Father	Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Mother	Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken
Born	25 November 1763(1763-11-25) Bouxwiller
Died	17 April 1830(1830-04-17) (aged 66) Darmstadt

Christian of Hessen-Darmstadt (25 November 1763, Bouxwiller - 17 April 1830, Darmstadt) was landgraf of the house of Hesse-Darmstadt and a Dutch general. He was also a keen Freemason, rising to grandmaster.

Life

The youngest son of landgraf Louis IX and his wife Caroline, one of his brothers was grand-duke Louis I. Landgraf Christian studied in Strasbourg and then chose a military career in the service of the Dutch Republic. As lieutenant-general he fought for William V against the French from 1793 to 1794 and was badly wounded in the siege of Menen in April 1794. After the Dutch were defeated in 1795 he went into exile in England and later continued the war against France in the Austrian army. From 1799 he lived in Darmstadt, and is buried in the Alten Friedhof there.

Ancestry

External links

• http://www.knerger.de/Die_Personen/regenten/regenten_2/regenten_3/hauptteil_regenten_3.html

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Name	Christian Of Hesse-Darmstadt
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Date of birth	25 November 1763
Place of birth	Bouxwiller
Date of death	17 April 1830
Place of death	Darmstadt