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Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine GCB (Alexander Ludwig Georg Friedrich Emil; 15 July 1823 – 15 December 1888), was the third son and fourth child of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Wilhelmine of Baden. He was a brother of Tsarina Maria Alexandrovna, wife of Tsar Alexander II of Russia.
Death Notes Prince Ludwig Ernst Andreas of Hesse and by Rhine: 25 October 1931: 16 November 1937: Killed in air accident Prince Alexander Georg Karl Heinrich of Hesse and by Rhine: 14 April 1933: 16 November 1937: Killed in air accident Princess Johanna Marina Eleonore of Hesse and by Rhine: 20 September 1936: 14 June 1939: Died from meningitis ...
The Battenberg family is a non-dynastic cadet branch of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt, which ruled the Grand Duchy of Hesse until 1918. The first member was Countess Julia von Hauke, whose brother-in-law Grand Duke Louis III of Hesse created her Countess of Battenberg in 1851, along with the style of Illustrious Highness (H.Ill.H.), at the time of her morganatic marriage to Grand Duke Louis's ...
Alexander was the second son of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine by the latter's morganatic marriage with Countess Julia von Hauke.The Countess and her descendants gained the title of Princess of Battenberg (derived from an old residence of the Grand Dukes of Hesse) and the style Durchlaucht ("Serene Highness") in 1858.
In 1866, Alexander II and Maria Alexandrovna celebrated their silver wedding anniversary. With the passing of the years, they still respected each other but grew apart romantically, particularly after the deterioration of her health and the death of their eldest children. Alexander had many affairs, but they did not threaten their marriage.
Prince Christoph of Hesse, Cecilie's brother-in-law, joined the Nazi Party in 1931 and the SS in 1932. [101] [102] [103] For their part, the princes of Hesse kept their distance from the far-right party for a long time because the Grand Duke Ernest Louis had no sympathy for the Führer ' s ideas. [101] However, things changed in May 1937.
Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine: 9. Princess Elisabeth of Prussia: 2. Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine: 10. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: 5. Princess Alice of the United Kingdom: 11. Victoria of the United Kingdom: 1. Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine: 12. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (= 10) 6.
Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine: 4. Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine: 9. Princess Wilhelmine of Baden: 2. Prince Henry of Battenberg: 10. Count John Maurice Hauke: 5. Julia, Princess of Battenberg: 11. Sophie Lafontaine: 1. Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke: 12. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: 6.