Conflicting reports on Prince Maximilian of Hesse

October 22, 1914

There are conflicting reports to the fate of Prince Maximilian of Hesse, whose body was reported to have been found in northern France by French troops, reports the New York Times. Another report from Berlin states that the Prince was only wounded in battle.

Prince Maximilian was born October 20, 1894, the second of six sons of Prince Friedrich Karl of Hesse and Princess Margarete of Hesse, youngest sister of Kaiser Wilhelm II.