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


Life

The youngest son of landgraf
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and his wife Caroline, one of his brothers was grand-duke
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. Landgraf Christian studied in
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and then chose a military career in the service of the
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. As lieutenant-general he fought for
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against the French from 1793 to 1794 and was badly wounded in the siege of
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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
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, and is buried in the Alten Friedhof there.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Christian Of Hesse-Darmstadt 1763 births 1830 deaths House of Hesse-Darmstadt People from the Province of Alsace People from Haut-Rhin Members of the First Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse Knights Grand Cross of the Military Order of William Landgraves of Hesse-Darmstadt Dutch military personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars Sons of monarchs