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  1. Mother. Queen Victoria. Signature. Princess Alice (Alice Maud Mary; 25 April 1843 – 14 December 1878) was Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine from 13 June 1877 until her death in 1878 as the wife of Grand Duke Louis IV. She was the third child and second daughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

  2. Nov 10, 2022 · Dubbed ‘The Four Graces’, princesses Irene, Victoria, Elizabeth (known as Ella) and Alexandra (known as Alix) were the daughters of Queen Victoria's third child, Princess Alice. In 1861, following Victoria's consent, Alice became engaged to Prince Louis of Hesse, with whom she got on ‘very well’.

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  4. Aug 20, 2019 · In 1877, the then Grand Duke of Hesse, Ludwig III, died. Prince Louis then became Grand Duke in his own right and Princess Alice Grand Duchess. The following year the family visited Eastbourne in ...

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  5. Oct 10, 2019 · Princess Alix of Hesse, sixth child and fourth daughter of Queen Victoria’s daughter, Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse and her husband, Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, was six years old ...

  6. On 13 June 1877, Grand Duke Louis III of Hesse died, and Louis and Alice became the Grand Duke and Duchess of Hesse. However, she was never popular in Darmstadt. Tradgedy struck for a second time in November 1878, when the Grand Ducal household fell ill with diphtheria. Alice's eldest daughter Victoria was the first to be afflicted by the ...

  7. Alexandra was born on 6 June 1872 at the New Palace in Darmstadt as Princess Alix Viktoria Helene Luise Beatrix of Hesse and by Rhine, [3] [4] a grand duchy then part of the German Empire. She was the sixth child and fourth daughter among the seven children of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, and his first wife, Princess Alice of the United ...

  8. Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse. (1843-1878), Third child of Queen Victoria; wife of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine. Sitter associated with 112 portraits. The great-grandmother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the consort of Queen Elizabeth II. She had a reputation for sweetness of disposition, and was said to play the ...

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