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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.
Julia, Princess of Battenberg, previously Countess Julia von Hauke and Countess of Battenberg (born Julia Therese Salomea Hauke; 24 November [O.S. 12 November] 1825 – 19 September 1895), was the wife of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, the third son of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse.
Marie was the eldest child and only daughter of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine (1823–1888), founder of the House of Battenberg and his morganatic wife, the Countess Julia Hauke (1825–1895), daughter of the Polish Count John Maurice Hauke.
Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine: 9. Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken (= 15) 2. Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine: 10. Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt: 5. Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt: 11. Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg: 1. Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine: 12.
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 ...
Prince Karl Wilhelm Ludwig of Hesse-Darmstadt (23 April 1809 – 20 March 1877). Princess Amalia Elisabeth Luise Karoline Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt (20 May 1821 – 27 May 1826). Stillborn daughter (7 June 1822). Prince Alexander Ludwig Georg Friedrich Emil of Hesse-Darmstadt (15 July 1823 – 15 December 1888)
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.
Alexander II of Russia: 10. Frederick William III of Prussia: 5. Princess Charlotte of Prussia: 11. Duchess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz: 1. Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia: 12. Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine: 6. Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine: 13. Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt: 3. Princess Marie of ...