father death_date death_place house birth_place mother birth_date spouse issue image article_title name
prince wilhelm of hesse 19 october 1971 geneva house of hesse louisenlund castle princess auguste of schleswig-holstein-sonderburg-glücksburg 16 june 1887 elizabeth reid rogers ann pearl everett princess hesse prince waldemar of hesse princess marie louise olga of elisabeth hesse auguste of hesse prince richard christian of prince christian of hesse-philippsthal-barchfeld . jpg prince christian of hesse-philippsthal-barchfeld
 prince christian
prince christian of hesse-philippsthal-barchfeld

prince christian of hesse -lrb- `` christian ludwig friedrich adolf alexis wilhelm ferdinand '' ; 16 june 1887 -- 19 october 1971 -rrb- was a member of the house of hesse-philippsthal-barchfeld and a german naval officer until he resigned his commission during world war i in protest at germany 's policy of unrestricted submarine warfare .
as a member of the house of hesse , he was styled `` his highness prince christian of hesse '' .
in order to distinguish between the various branches of the house , the designation '' - philippsthal-barchfeld '' was sometimes added to the end of the princely title .
