Prince Heinrich of Hesse-Kassel

Prince Heinrich Wilhelm Konstantin Viktor Franz of Hesse-Kassel (30 October 1927 – 18 November 1999), known as Enrico d'Assia, was the second child of Prince Philipp of Hesse and Princess Mafalda of Savoy. Heinrich became an artist, set designer, and memoirist after World War II.

Life

Prince Heinrich was born in Rome, Italy, as the second son of Prince Philipp of Hesse and Princess Mafalda of Savoy, daughter of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy.

During the Second World War, Heinrich's father, an important former aristocratic Nazi party member, was arrested by the Gestapo. 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, notably Der Kristallene Lüster (1994). He died in Frankfurt, unmarried.

Ancestry

References

1. Frederick William, Elector of Hesse
2. Prince Heinrich of Hesse and by Rhine
3. Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse
4. Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
5. Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
6. List of monarchs of Hesse
7. Kassel
8. Princess Margaret of Prussia
9. Prince Wolfgang of Hesse
10. Prince Christoph of Hesse
11. Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse
12. Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse
13. Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse
14. Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel
15. Princess Luise Dorothea of Prussia
16. Princess Karoline Amalie of Hesse-Kassel
17. Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
18. Cruise of the Kings
19. Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1889–1945)
20. Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge