Prince Heinrich Wilhelm Konstantin Viktor
Franz of Hesse-Kassel (English:
Henry William Constantine Victor Francis of Hesse-Kassel, Italian: Enrico
d'Assia; 30 October 1927 – 18 November 1999) was a member of the House of Hesse. Prince Heinrich was born in Rome, Italy, the son of Landgrave and Prince
Philipp of Hesse and Princess Mafalda of Savoy,
daughter of King Victor Emmanuel III
of Italy.
During
the Second World War,
Heinrich's father was arrested by the Gestapo and his mother was detained and imprisoned
in Buchenwald concentration camp, where she was killed by Allies'
bombardments in 1944. Heinrich and his siblings (Moritz, Otto and
Elisabeth) were given sanctuary in the Vatican. After the war they were reunited with their father
in Germany. Heinrich was an artist and set designer, active
mainly in Italy under the name Enrico d'Assia. He published a volume of
memoirs, Der Kristallene Lüster (Munich, 1994). He died in
Frankfurt, unmarried.