Line of succession to the Hessian throne
The Electorate of Hesse was abolished in 1866 when it was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia, while the Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine came to end in 1918. The current pretender to both Hessian thrones is Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, who inherited his claim to Hesse and by Rhine following the Death of Prince Louis of Hesse and by Rhine in 1968, and became head of the entire House of Hesse on the death of his father Prince Philip of Hesse-Kassel in 1980. Prince Moritz has also been heir to his grandfather, Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse claim to The Throne of Finland since the death of his uncle Prince Wolfgang of Hesse in 1989. Landgrave Moritz is the titular Grand Duke and Elector of Hesse.
Hesse and Finland
- Head: HRH Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse (born 1926)
- HRH Heinrich, Hereditary Prince of Hesse (born 1966)
- HH Prince Moritz of Hesse (born 2007)
- HH Prince Philipp of Hesse (born 1970)
- HH Prince Karl Adolf of Hesse (born 1937)
- HH Prince Christoph of Hesse (born 1969)
- HH Prince Rainer of Hesse (born 1939)
Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld and Hesse-Philippsthal
The Landgraviate of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld was annexed by Prussia in 1866.
- Head HH Wilhelm, Prince and Landgrave of Hesse (born 1933)
- HH Prince Wilhelm of Hesse (born 1963)
- HH Prince Otto of Hesse (born 1965)
- HH Prince Max Ernst-Ludwig of Hesse (born 1999)
- HH Prince Hermann of Hesse (born 1935)
- HH Prince Alexis of Hesse (born 1977)
See also
- Rulers of Hesse