Children
Princess Mafalda married Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse on 23 Sept 1925 (civil & religious) at Racconigi Castle near Turin. They had the following children:
- HRH Prince Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse (b. 6 Aug 1926) married HSH Princess Tatiana of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (31 July 1940 Gießen) {divorced 16 Oct 1974} Had issue.
- HH Prince Heinrich Wilhelm Konstantin Viktor Franz (30 Oct 1927 Villa Savoia, Rome – 18 Nov 1999 Schloß Wolfsgarten, Langen); Unmarried-no issue.
- HH Prince Otto Adolf (3 June 1937 Rome – 3 Jan 1998 Hanover)
- Married 1st on 5 April 1965 (civil) in Munich and 6 April 1965 (religious) in Trotsberg Angela Mathilde Agathe von Doering (12 Aug 1940 Goslar – 11 April 1991 Hanover). {div. 3 February 1969} No issue.
- Married 2nd on 28 Dec 1988 to Elisabeth Marga Dorothea Bönker (formerly Wittler) (b. 31 Jan 1944 Rumburg, Czechoslovakia). {div. 1994} No issue.
- HH Princess Elisabeth Margarethe Elena Johanna Maria Jolanda Polyxene (b. 8 Oct 1940 Villa Savoia, Rome); married 26 Feb (civil) and 28 Feb (religious) 1962 in Frankfurt am Main to Count Friedrich Karl von Oppersdorf (30 Jan 1925 Głogówek – 11 Jan 1985 Gravenbruch). Had issue.
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