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Louis was born at the Prinz-Karl-Palais in Darmstadt, the capital of the Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine in the German Confederation, the first son and child of Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine (23 April 1809 – 20 March 1877) and Princess Elisabeth of Prussia (18 June 1815 – 21 March 1885), granddaughter of King Frederick William II of Prussia.
Ernest Louis commissioned the new mausoleum in 1903. It was consecrated on 3 November 1910, in the presence of the Grand Duke and his immediate family. The remains of Grand Duke Ludwig IV, Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine along with their children 'Frittie' and 'May' were re-interred in the New Mausoleum. [26]
Royal Standard of the Grand Duke of Hesse 1903–1918. This is a list of monarchs of Hesse (German: Hessen) during the history of Hesse on west-central Germany.These monarchs belonged to a dynasty collectively known as the House of Hesse and the House of Brabant, [1] originally the Reginar.
Name Father Birth Marriage Became Grand Duchess Ceased to be Grand Duchess Death Husband; Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt: Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt (Hesse-Darmstadt) 15 February 1761 19 February 1777 13 August 1806 raised to Grand Duchess: 24 October 1829 Louis I: Wilhelmine of Baden: Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden
Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine (Ludwig Hermann Alexander Chlodwig, 20 November 1908 – 30 May 1968) was the youngest son of Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse by his second wife, Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich.
Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine: 4. 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. Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse and by ...
Elisabeth was buried in the Rosenhöhe with other members of the Hessian grand ducal family. A marble angel was later installed to watch over her grave. [20] In a final gesture to Princess Elisabeth and Grand Duke Ernst, Victoria Melita placed her badge of the Order of Hesse, granted to her upon her marriage, into Elisabeth’s coffin. [21]
With nine children of her own, who in turn gave her 42 grandchildren, it's hardly a stretch to understand why the iconic Queen was nicknamed "the grandmother of Europe." ... Grand Duke of Hesse ...