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	===Foreign Honours===		===Foreign Honours===
	[[File:Honours_Finland_Order_of_the_Lion_of_Finland.png\|frameless\|75x75px]] Order of the Lion of Finland (1964) (Finland)		[[File:Honours_Finland_Order_of_the_Lion_of_Finland.png\|frameless\|75x75px]] Order of the Lion of Finland (1964) (Finland)

			[[File:Honours_Prussia_Order_of_the_Black_Eagle.png\|frameless\|75x75px]] Order of the Black Eagle (1981) (Germany)

	==Ancestry==		==Ancestry==

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{| class="wikitable" style="float:right" size="500px"
|+
! colspan="2" |HRH The Dowager Grand Duchess of Hesse
|-
| colspan="2" |[[File:Sayn-Wittgenstein_Tatiana.png|center|frameless]]
|-
|'''Titles'''
|Dowager Grand Duchess of [[Hesse]]
Princess of [[Finland]] 
Princess of [[Prussia|Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg]]
|-
|'''Reign'''
|25 October 1980 - 23 May 2013
|-
|'''Coronation'''
|12 May 1981
|-
|'''Predecessor'''
|[[The Hon. Margaret Campbell Geddes]]
|-
|'''Successor'''
|[[Countess Floria of Faber-Castell]]
|-
! colspan="2" |Biographical Information
|-
|'''Born'''
|31 July 1940 (age 85)
Berleburg, Prussia, Germany
|-
|'''Spouse'''
|[[Grand Duke Moritz of Hesse]]
(m. 1964; w. 2013)
|-
|'''Issue'''
|[[Princess Mafalda of Hesse|Mafalda, Countess of Brachetti-Peretti]]
[[Donatus, Grand Duke of Hesse|Donatus]]

[[Princess Elena of Hesse|Princess Elena]]

[[Filip, King of Finland]]
|-
|'''Name'''
|Tatiana Louise Ursula Therese Elsa
|-
|'''House'''
|Sayn-Wittgenstein (by birth)
Hesse (by marriage)
|-
|'''Father'''
|[[Gustav Albrecht, Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg]]
|-
|'''Mother'''
|[[Margareta d'Ortrante]]
|-
|'''Religion'''
|Evangelical Church of Germany
|}
'''Tatiana, Dowager Grand Duchess of Hesse''' (born ''Princess Tatiana of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg'' on 31 July 1940) is a member of the Hessian Grand Ducal Family as the mother of '''Donatus, Grand Duke of Hesse'''. She was Grand Duchess consort from 1980 to 2013.

==Life==
Tatiana was born the fourth child and second daughter of '''Gustav Albrecht, Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg''' and '''Margareta d'Ortrante'''.

When Tatiana married her husband, she marred into the Finnish Royal Family as the wife of the future king. However, one year after their marriage, Moritz's father renounced his rights to succeed to the Finnish throne in favor of his younger brother shortly after he was named heir to the Grand Duchy of Hesse by his distant cousin, '''[[Grand Duke Louis V of Hesse|Louis V]]'''. In 1968, her husband was named Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse and the couple moved to Hesse from Finland.

==Marriage and Issue==
On 1 June 1964, Tatiana married '''Prince Moritz of Finland'''. Tatiana and Moritz had four children, '''Mafalda, Donatus, Elena,''' and '''Filip'''.

Moritz and Tatiana unofficially separated in 1974, but did not divorce and continued to perform public duties together until Moritz's death in 2013.
{| class="wikitable"
!Photo
!Name
!Birth
!Death
!Marriage
|-
|[[File:Hesse_Mafalda.png|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Princess Mafalda of Hesse|Mafalda, Countess of Brachetti-Peretti]]
|6 July 1965
|
|[[Fernando, Count of Brachetti-Peretti]] (m. 1991); has issue
|-
|[[File:Hesse_Donatus.jpg|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Donatus, Grand Duke of Hesse|Donatus]]
|17 October 1966
|
|[[Countess Floria of Faber-Castell]] (m. 2003); has issue
|-
|[[File:Hesse_Elena_1967.png|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Princess Elena of Hesse|Princess Elena]]
|8 November 1967
|
|Unmarried and without issue
|-
|[[File:Hesse_Filip.jpg|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Filip, King of Finland]]
|17 September 1970
|
|[[Princess Stephanie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] (m. 2000); has issue
|}

==Residences==
TBA

==Sartorial Information==
===Tiara Collection===
<gallery>
File:Tiaras Nobility Prussia Sayn-Wittgenstein Tatiana Sapphire Necklace Tiara.png|(1956) Sapphire Necklace Tiara; 16th birthday gift from her parents
File:Tiaras Nobility Prussia Sayn-Wittgenstein Tatiana Floral Tiara.jpg|(1964) Floral Tiara; Wedding gift from her father-in-law
File:Tiaras Nobility Prussia Sayn-Wittgenstein Tatiana Sapphire Tiara.jpg|(1964) Sapphire Tiara; Wedding gift from her parents
</gallery>

===Clothing Collection===
Clothing Collection

==Titles and Honours==

*'''1940-1964''' Princess Tatiana of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
*'''1964-1968''' Princess Tatiana of Finland
*'''1968-1980''' Tatiana, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse
*'''1980-2013''' Tatiana, Grand Duchess of Hesse
*'''2013-present''' Tatiana, Dowager Grand Duchess of Hesse

===National Honours===
[[File:Honours_Hesse_Ludwig_Order.png|frameless|75x75px]] Ludwig Order (1981)

[[File:Honours_Hesse_Order_of_the_Golden_Lion_of_Hesse.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of the Golden Lion (1964)

===Foreign Honours===
[[File:Honours_Finland_Order_of_the_Lion_of_Finland.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of the Lion of Finland (1964) (Finland)

==Ancestry==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Parents
!Grandparents
!Great-Grandparents
!Great-Great-Grandparents
|-
|[[Gustav Albrecht, Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg]]
|[[Richard I, Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg]]
[[Princess Madeleine of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg]]
|[[Prince Gustav of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg]]
[[Marie von Gemmingen-Hornberg]]

[[Prince Alfred of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg]]

[[Countess Pauline of Reichenbach-Lessonitz]]
|[[Albrecht, Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg]]
[[Countess Charlotte of Ortenburg]] 
[[Baron Hermann Gemmingen-Hornberg]] 
[[Pauline von Ellrichshausen]] 
[[Wilhelm, Prince of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg]] 
[[Countess Olga of Schonburg-Forderglauchau]] 
[[Wilhelm, Count of Reichenbach-Lessonitz]] 
[[Amelie von Ravensburg]]
|-
|[[Margareta d'Ortrante]]
|[[Duke Charles Louis of Ortrante]]
[[Countess Madeleine Douglas]]
|[[Duke Gustave of Ortrante]]
[[Therese von Stedingk]]

[[Ludvig, Count of Skenninge]]

[[Countess Anne of Ehrensvard]]
|[[Duke Athanase of Ortrante]]
[[Vilhelmina af Stedingk]] 
[[Ludvig, Count of Stedingk]] 
[[Lovisa von Haxthausen]] 
[[Carl, Count of Skenninge]] 
[[Countess Louise of Langenstein-Gondelsheim]] 
[[Albert, Count of Ehrensvard]] 
[[Hedda Vogt]]
|}
[[Category:Nobility of Prussia]]
[[Category:House Sayn-Wittgenstein]]
[[Category:Hesse]]
[[Category:Consorts of Hesse]]

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Sarah: Sarah moved page Princess Tatiana of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg to Tatiana, Dowager Grand Duchess of Hesse

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