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Helsinki, Finland
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Donatus was born the eldest child and heir of '''Grand Duke Moritz of Hesse''' and '''Princess Tatiana of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg'''.
Donatus was born the eldest child and heir of '''Grand Duke Moritz of Hesse''' and '''Princess Tatiana of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg'''.


Donatus was born a Prince of Finland, but his grandfather renounced their Finnish succession rights in 1965 in order to succeed his distant cousin as Grand Duke of Hesse in 1968.
Donatus was born a Prince of Finland and third in line to the throne, but his grandfather renounced their Finnish succession rights in 1965 in order to succeed his distant cousin as Grand Duke of Hesse in 1968.


He succeeded his father as Grand Duke upon his death in 2013.
He succeeded his father as Grand Duke upon his death in 2013.


==Marriage and Issue==
==Marriage and Issue==
On 25 April 2003, Donatus married [[Countess Floria of Faber-Castell]] in Darmstadt. Donatus and Floria have three children, '''Paulina, Moritz,''' and '''August'''.
On 25 April 2003, Donatus married '''Countess Floria of Faber-Castell''' in Darmstadt. Donatus and Floria have three children, '''Paulina, Moritz,''' and '''August'''.
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==Residences==
==Residences==
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<gallery>
File:Residences Hesse Residential Palace.jpg|Residential Palace; Main Residence (March-May; September-November)
File:Residences Hesse Orangerie.jpg|Orangerie; Winter Residence (December-February)
File:Residences Hesse Schloss Fasanerie.jpg|Schloss Fasanerie; Summer Residence (June-August)
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==Titles and Honours==
==Titles and Honours==

Latest revision as of 19:35, 9 July 2025

HRH The Grand Duke of Hesse
Titles Grand Duke of Hesse

Prince of Finland

Reign 23 May 2013 - present
Coronation 28 November 2013
Predecessor Moritz
Heir Moritz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse
Biographical Information
Born 17 October 1966 (age 58)

Helsinki, Finland

Spouse Countess Floria of Faber-Castell

(m. 2003)

Issue Princess Paulina

Moritz, Hereditary Grand Duke
Prince August

Name Heinrich Donatus Philipp Umberto
House Hesse
Father Grand Duke Moritz of Hesse
Mother Princess Tatiana of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
Religion Evangelical Church of Germany

Donatus, Grand Duke of Hesse (born Prince Donatus of Finland on 17 October 1966) is the current Grand Duke of Hesse.

Life[edit | edit source]

Donatus was born the eldest child and heir of Grand Duke Moritz of Hesse and Princess Tatiana of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg.

Donatus was born a Prince of Finland and third in line to the throne, but his grandfather renounced their Finnish succession rights in 1965 in order to succeed his distant cousin as Grand Duke of Hesse in 1968.

He succeeded his father as Grand Duke upon his death in 2013.

Marriage and Issue[edit | edit source]

On 25 April 2003, Donatus married Countess Floria of Faber-Castell in Darmstadt. Donatus and Floria have three children, Paulina, Moritz, and August.

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Princess Paulina 26 March 2007 Unmarried and without issue
Moritz, Hereditary Grand Duke 26 March 2007 Unmarried and without issue
Prince August 24 August 2012

Residences[edit | edit source]

Titles and Honours[edit | edit source]

  • 1966-1968 Prince Donatus of Finland
  • 1968-1980 Prince Donatus of Hesse
  • 1980-2013 Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse
  • 2013-present Donatus, Grand Duke of Hesse

National Honours[edit | edit source]

Ludwig Order (1981)

Order of the Golden Lion (1964)

Order of Philip the Magnanimous (2013)

Order of the Star of Brabant (2013)

Foreign Honours[edit | edit source]

Order of the Black Eagle (2013) (Germany)

Order of the Red Eagle (2003) (Germany)

Ancestry[edit | edit source]

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
Grand Duke Moritz of Hesse Grand Duke Philipp of Hesse

Princess Mafalda of Italy

King Fredrik Kaarle of Finland

Princess Margaret of Prussia

King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy

Princess Elena of Montenegro

Grand Duke Frederick William of Hesse

Princess Anna of Prussia

Emperor Frederick III of Germany

Victoria, Princess Royal

King Umberto I of Italy

Princess Margherita of Genoa

King Nicholas I of Montenegro

Milena Vukotic

Princess Tatiana of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg Gustav Albrecht, Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

Margareta d'Ortrante

Richard I, Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

Princess Madeleine of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg

Duke Charles Louis of Ortrante

Countess Madeleine Douglas

Prince Gustav of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

Marie von Gemmingen-Hornberg

Prince Alfred of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg

Countess Pauline of Reichenbach-Lessonitz

Duke Gustave of Ortrante

Therese von Stedingk

Ludvig, Count of Skenninge

Countess Anne of Ehrensvard

Lines of Succession[edit | edit source]

Donatus, Grand Duke of Hesse

House of Hesse

Born: 17 October 1966

Lines of Succession
Preceded by
Succession to the Hessian throne
Followed by
Incumbent

preceded by

Moritz
Incumbent
Moritz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse