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Wolfgang von Hessen a épousé Princess Marie Alexandra of Baden le . Princess Marie Alexandra of Baden avait 22 ans le jour du mariage (22 ans, 1 mois et 16 jours). Wolfgang von Hessen avait 27 ans le jour du mariage (27 ans, 10 mois et 11 jours). L'écart d'âge était de 5 ans, 8 mois et 26 jours.
Princess Marie Alexandra of Baden
Princess Marie Alexandra of Baden (Marie Alexandra Thyra Victoria Louise Carola Hilda; 1 August 1902 – 29 January 1944) was a Hessian princess by marriage.
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Wolfgang von Hessen
Prince Wolfgang of Hesse (Wolfgang Moritz Prinz von Hessen; 6 November 1896 – 12 July 1989) was the district administrator of Obertaunuskreis from 1933 to 1945.
Wolfgang was born at Castle Rumpenheim, Offenbach am Main, the second son of Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse (1868–1940) and Princess Margaret of Prussia (1872–1954). His maternal uncle was the German Emperor William II.
In World War I, Wolfgang served as an officer in the command of Field Marshal August von Mackensen. Towards the end of the war, Wolfgang's father Frederick Charles of Hesse was selected by the Central Powers as a prospective King of Finland on 9 October 1918, to replace his first cousin once removed, the deposed Russian emperor, Nicholas II, who was titled Grand Duke of Finland. Wolfgang was designated heir, in preference to his elder twin brother Philipp to ensure the separation of the thrones of Hesse and Finland. However, Frederick Charles renounced his candidature on 14 December 1918, and the title was never actually held by the family. The monarchy of Hesse was abolished in the German revolution of 1918–1919.
Wolfgang married on 17 September 1924 Princess Marie Alexandra of Baden (1902–1944), daughter of Prince Maximilian of Baden and Princess Marie Louise of Hanover; they had no children.
He joined the NSDAP and the SA in December 1933, and was appointed Landrat (district administrator) of Obertaunuskreis, a landkreis in the state of Hesse, serving in that capacity until the end of World War II. His wife was killed in an air raid in 1944.
He married secondly Ottilie Moeller (1903–1991), the daughter of Ludwig Moeller and Eleanore Steinmann, in September 1948.
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