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Prince Christoph of Hesse (Christoph Ernst August; 14 May 1901 – 7 October 1943) was a nephew of Kaiser Wilhelm II. He was an SS-Oberführer in the Allgemeine SS and an officer in the Luftwaffe Reserve, killed on active duty in a plane crash during World War II.
Apr 18, 2021 · His youngest sister, Princess Sophie, married Prince Christoph of Hesse, a German SS officer, in 1930. One of their sons — the Duke of Edinburgh’s nephew — Prince Karl Adolf Andreas of Hesse,...
Dec 15, 2020 · On this day (15.12.1930) the wedding of Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark took place in Kronberg; she was 16 years old. Her husband was the son of Prince Friedrich of Hesse and Princess Margaret of Prussia.
Apr 12, 2021 · Despite being the youngest of the sisters, she was the first to get hitched, marrying Prince Christoph of Hesse in 1930. The couple went on to have five children, but Christoph sadly died in a plane crash in 1943.
Prince Christoph of Hesse (Christoph Ernst August; 14 May 1901 – 7 October 1943) was a nephew of Kaiser Wilhelm II. He was an SS-Oberführer in the Allgemeine SS and an officer in the Luftwaffe Reserve, killed on active duty in a plane crash during World War II.
Apr 9, 2021 · Sophie married her second cousin, Prince Christoph of Hesse, when she was just 16. Christoph was a director of the Third Reich’s Ministry of Air Forces and held the rank of Oberführer in the SS.
Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark (Greek: Σοφία, romanized: Sofía; 26 June 1914 – 24 November 2001) was by birth a Greek and Danish princess, as well as Princess of Hesse-Kassel and Princess of Hanover through her successive marriages to Prince Christoph of Hesse and Prince George William of Hanover.
