Christoph PrinceofHesse

German prince, as the fifth son of Prince Friedrich Karl of Hesse and Princess Margarete of Prussia. He had a twin brother, Richard Wilhelm Leopold. He was a brother-in-law of Prince Philip, the consort of Queen Elizabeth II. Christoph married Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark on 15 December 1930 in Kronberg im Taunus, Germany. Princess Sophie was the youngest daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg, and the sister of the future Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. They had five children. Prince Christoph was a director in the Third Reichs Ministry of Air Forces, Commander of the Air Reserves, and held the rank of Oberführer in the SS. On 7 October 1943, he was killed when his plane, a Siebel 104, collided with a hill in the Apennine Mountains near Forlì, Italy. His body and the body of his copilot were found two days later and they were buried on the site. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less