Back كريستوف أمير هسن Arabic Cristòfol de Hessen-Kassel Catalan Christoph von Hessen German Χριστόφορος της Έσσης Greek Cristóbal de Hesse Spanish Christophe de Hesse-Cassel French כריסטוף, נסיך הסן HE Cristoforo d'Assia-Kassel Italian クリストフ・フォン・ヘッセン Japanese Christoffel van Hessen Dutch
| Prince Christoph | |
|---|---|
 Christoph in 1921 | |
| Born | 14 May 1901 Frankfurt, German Empire |
| Died | 7 October 1943 (aged 42) Forlì, Italian Social Republic |
| Spouse | |
| Issue | Princess Christina Princess Dorothea Prince Karl Adolf Prince Rainer Princess Clarissa |
| House | Hesse-Kassel |
| Father | Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse |
| Mother | Princess Margaret of Prussia |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  Nazi Germany |
| Service/ |  Luftwaffe |
| Rank | Major in the Reserve |
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. His brother-in-law, Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, fought on the British side and married the future Queen Elizabeth II after the war.[1]
- ^ Eade, Philip (2011). Prince Philip: The Turbulent Early Life of the Man Who Married Queen Elizabeth II (Kindle ed.). New York: Henry Holt. ISBN 9781429961684.