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Famous for their beauty, the Hesse sisters were known within royal circles as ‘The Four Graces’. Victoria, Ella, Irene and Alix were granddaughters of Queen Victoria and each married into a European dynasty. Their lives, loves and losses fractured, altered and shaped the royal makeup of Europe like never before.
Early life. Four of the Hesse sisters: (left to right) Irene, Victoria, Elisabeth, and Alix, 1885. Victoria was born on Easter Sunday at Windsor Castle in the presence of her maternal grandmother, Queen Victoria. She was christened in the Lutheran faith in the Green Drawing Room at Windsor Castle, in the arms of the Queen on 27 April. [1] .
Of her siblings, Alix was closest to Princess Marie ("May"), who was two years younger; they were noted as "inseparable". In November 1878, diphtheria swept through the House of Hesse; Alix, her three sisters, her brother Ernst ("Ernie"), and their father fell ill.
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Nov 10, 2022 · Combining dramatisations and expert interviews, Royal Mob tells the story of Queen Victoria's ‘favourite’ grandchildren, the glamorous Hesse sisters. With a total the nine children, 42 grandchildren and 87 great-grandchildren, the former monarch created quite the dynasty.
Her siblings included Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, wife of Prince Louis of Battenberg, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia, wife of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia, wife of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Like her younger ...
Against this backdrop were born two sisters—Princess Elisabeth, born 1864, and Princess Alix, born 1872. They were part of a large noble German family of seven children. The Hessian family in May 1875 (clockwise from far left)—Ella, Grand Duke Ludwig holding Marie, Alice, Victoria, Irene, Ernie and Alix in the center.
Aug 26, 2015 · Born on June 6 1872, Princess Alix Victoria Helena Louise Beatrice was the fourth daughter and sixth child of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom and Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine.
