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3 days ago · The Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine (German: Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein) was a grand duchy in western Germany that existed from 1806 to 1918. The grand duchy originally formed from the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt in 1806 as the Grand Duchy of Hesse (German: Großherzogtum Hessen).
5 days ago · Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine: 1862: Hesse and by Rhine: Prince Alfred: Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia: 1874: Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: Princess Helena: Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein: 1866: United Kingdom: Princess Louise: John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll: 1871: United Kingdom: Prince Arthur: Princess Louise ...
May 11, 2024 · Princess Alice married Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, and by Rhine, contributing to ties with one of the smaller German states. Prince Alfred married Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, connecting the British royal family directly with the Romanovs, the ruling dynasty of Russia.
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May 23, 2024 · Prince Louis of Battenberg, Marquess of Milford Haven. by Scott Mehl © Unofficial Royalty 2015. Prince Louis of Battenberg was the husband of Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, daughter of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, and a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Despite his German roots, he became a naturalized British subject at the ...
4 days ago · On Duke Otto II's death in 1253, his sons divided the Wittelsbach possessions between them: Henry became Duke of Lower Bavaria, and Louis II Duke of Upper Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine. When Henry's branch died out in 1340 the Emperor Louis IV , a son of Duke Louis II, reunited the duchy.
May 20, 2024 · The following image is a family tree of every prince, king, queen, monarch, confederation president and emperor of Germany, from Charlemagne in 800 over Louis the German in 843 through to Wilhelm II in 1918. It shows how almost every single ruler of Germany was related to every other by marriages, and hence they can all be put into a single tree.
May 23, 2024 · May 24, 1854 – Birth of Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, in Graz, Austria. Full name: Ludwig Alexander. Louis married Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. They are the maternal grandparents of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
