Prince Emil of Hesse
{{Short description|German politician (1790–1856)}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name = Prince Emil
| image = Franz Xaver Winterhalter (circle) Prinz Emil von Hessen und bei Rhein.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1790|6|3}}
| birth_place = Darmstadt, Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, Holy Roman Empire
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1856|4|30|1790|6|3}}
| death_place = Baden-Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden
| burial_place = Altes Mausoleum, Rosenhöhe Park, Darmstadt
| house = Hesse
| father = Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse
| mother = Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt
}}
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Prince Emil of Hesse and by Rhine (German: Emil Maximilian Leopold von Hessen und bei Rhein, 3 September 1790 — 30 April 1856 was the fourth son of Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse and his wife Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt.
He was a commander during Napoleonic Wars. From 1820 to 1849, Prince Emil was a member of the Hessen Parliament. In September 1830, a revolt broke out in Upper Hesse province of the Grand Duchy of Hesse, whose members expressed a general dissatisfaction with the state. Under Emil's command, the rebellion was suppressed by the army. Part of this suppression was the Södel Bloodbath, named for the number of dead and wounded.{{cite book |last1=Franz |first1=Eckhart G. |last2=Fleck |first2=Peter |last3=Kallenberg |first3=Fritz |editor1-last=Heinemeyer |editor1-first=Walter |editor2-last=Berding |editor2-first=Helmut |editor3-last=Moraw |editor3-first=Peter |editor4-last=Philippi |editor4-first=Hans |editor1-link=Walter Heinemeyer |editor2-link=Helmut Berding |editor3-link=Peter Moraw |editor4-link=Hans Philippi |title=Handbuch der Hessischen Geschichte. Vol. 4.2: Hessen im Deutschen Bund und im neuen Deutschen Reich (1806) 1815–1945. Die hessischen Staaten bis 1945 |date=2003 |publisher=Elwert |location=Marburg |isbn=3-7708-1238-7 |chapter=Großherzogtum Hessen (1800) 1806–1918 | page=784}}
He died in 1856, at the age of 65. He was buried in Altes Mausoleum, Rosenhöhe Park, Darmstadt.
Honours
- {{flag|Grand Duchy of Hesse}}:Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogs Hessen (1854-55), Militar-Etat [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112032663863&page=root&view=1up&size=100&seq=112&num=1 p. 86]
- Grand Cross of the Ludwig Order, 25 August 1807Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogs Hessen (1854-55), Großherzogliche Orden [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112032663863&seq=30 pp. 6], [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112032663863&page=root&view=1up&size=100&seq=61&num=1 35]
- Grand Cross of the Merit Order of Philip the Magnanimous, with Swords, 1 May 1840
- {{flagicon|Hesse}} Electorate of Hesse: Knight of the House Order of the Golden Lion
- {{flag|Austrian Empire}}:
- Knight of the Military Order of Maria Theresa, 1815{{citation|chapter-url=|chapter=Ritter-Orden|title=Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Kaisertum Österreich|date=1848|location=Vienna|page=[https://alex.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/alex?aid=shb&datum=1848&page=205&size=45 13]}}
- Grand Cross of the Royal Hungarian Order of St. Stephen
- Grand Cross of the Austrian Imperial Order of Leopold
- {{flag|Russian Empire}}:
- Knight of the Order of St. George, 3rd Class, 6 July 1815
- Knight of the Order of St. Anna, 1st Class, 17 June 1840
- Knight of the Imperial Order of the White Eagle, 17 June 1840
- Knight of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky, 17 June 1840
- Knight of the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-called, 17 June 1840
- {{flag|Baden}}:{{citation|title=Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden|date=1853|chapter=Großherzogliche Orden|pages=[https://digital.blb-karlsruhe.de/blbihd/periodical/pageview/1870866 31], [https://digital.blb-karlsruhe.de/blbihd/periodical/pageview/1870880 45]|location=Karlsruhe|chapter-url=https://digital.blb-karlsruhe.de/blbihd/periodical/pageview/1870864}}
- Knight of the House Order of Fidelity, 1836
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Zahringer Lion, 1836
- {{flag|Kingdom of Bavaria}}: Knight of the Royal Order of St. Hubert, 1840Hof- und - Staatshandbuch des Königreichs Bayern (1856), "Königliche Orden". [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hx3e6b&seq=35 p. 9]
- {{flag|Kingdom of Hanover}}: Grand Cross of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order
- {{flag|Württemberg}}: Commander of the Military Merit Order, with Blue Band
- {{Flagicon image|Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg}} French Empire: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
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References
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- Adolf von Deitenhofen: Fremde Fürsten in Habsburgs Heer 1848–1898, Im Selbstverlage, 1898, S. 89–90.
- Eckhart G. Franz (Hrsg.): Haus Hessen. Biografisches Lexikon. (=Arbeiten der Hessischen Historischen Kommission N.F., Bd. 34) Hessische Historische Kommission, Darmstadt 2012, ISBN 978-3-88443-411-6, Nr. HD 70, S. 345–346 (Eckhart G. Franz).
- Manfred Knodt: Die Regenten von Hessen-Darmstadt. Schlapp, Darmstadt 1989, ISBN 3-87704-004-7, S. 80–82.
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Category:19th-century German politicians
Category:House of Hesse-Darmstadt
Category:Burials at the Mausoleum for the Grand Ducal House of Hesse, Rosenhöhe (Darmstadt)
Category:Knights Cross of the Military Order of Maria Theresa