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Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, then Princess Louis of Battenberg, later Victoria Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven (5 April 1863 – 24 September 1950), was the eldest daughter of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
With both of the leading candidates now discounted, Princess Victoria suggested Prince Louis of Hesse, a minor German royal, the nephew of the Grand Duke of Hesse. Princess Victoria had gone to the court of Hesse to inspect Louis's sister, Princess Anna, as a potential bride for her brother, the Prince of Wales. Although not favourably ...
On 30 April 1884 at Darmstadt in the presence of the Queen, Prince Louis married her granddaughter, Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine. [39] His wife was the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria's second daughter Princess Alice and Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse.
Alexandra Feodorovna (Russian: Александра Фёдоровна; 6 June [O.S. 25 May] 1872 – 17 July 1918), born Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine, was the last Empress of Russia as the consort of Tsar Nicholas II from their marriage on 26 November [O.S. 14 November] 1894 until his forced abdication on 15 March [O.S. 2 March] 1917.
For her wedding dress, Elizabeth still required ration coupons to buy the material for her gown, designed by Norman Hartnell. [12] [13] The dress was "a duchesse satin bridal gown with motifs of star lilies and orange blossoms." [13] Elizabeth's wedding shoes were made out of satin and were trimmed with silver and seed pearl. [11]
Louise, Queen of Sweden: 12. Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine [17] 6. Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine [14] 13. Princess Elisabeth of Prussia [17] 3. Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine: 14. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha [14] 7. Princess Alice of the United Kingdom [14] 15. Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom [14]
Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh at Buckingham Palace, London, after their wedding ceremony at Westminster Abbey on Nov. 20, 1947 and one of Queen Elizabeth's bridesmaids dresses ...
Photo of Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine with her cousins, Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia and Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, taken in 1900. On 6 October 1903, Ernst hosted a large family gathering at Darmstadt for the wedding of his niece, Princess Alice of Battenberg , to Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark .