Line of succession to the Hessian throne
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The Electorate of Hesse-Kassel was abolished in 1866 when it was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia, while the Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine came to end in 1918. The current pretender to both Hesse thrones is Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, who inherited his claim to Hesse and by Rhine following the death of Prince Louis of Hesse and by Rhine in 1968, and became head of the entire House of Hesse on the death of his father Prince Philip of Hesse-Kassel in 1980. Prince Moritz has also been heir to his grandfather, Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse claim to the throne of Finland since the death of his uncle Prince Wolfgang of Hesse in 1989.
- HRH Heinrich, Hereditary Prince of Hesse (born 1966)
- HH Prince Philip of Hesse-Kassel (born 1970)
- HH Prince Karl Adolf of Hesse (born 1937)
- HH Prince Christoph of Hesse (born 1969)
- HH Prince Rainer of Hesse (born 1939)
