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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.
Two of her sisters—Elisabeth and Alix, who had married into the Russian imperial family—were murdered by communist revolutionaries. She was the mother of Queen Louise of Sweden and the British statesman and Royal Navy officer Louis Mountbatten ; the maternal grandmother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh , consort of Queen Elizabeth II ...
- 5 April 1863, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England
- Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
- 28 September 1950, St. Mildred's Church, Whippingham, Isle of Wight
- Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
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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.
The Hesse sisters were the daughters of Princess Alice who tragically passed away from diptheria at the age of 35. Princesses Victoria, Ella, Alix and Irene would each marry off into one of the great Royal houses of Europe. However, as the in-fighting continues, the series moves towards a deadly conclusion with the outbreak of WWI.
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.
Aug 20, 2019 · Queen Victoria and her Hessian grandchildren, following the death of her second daughter, Grand Duchess Alice of Hesse, Princess Irene of Hesse is to Queen Victoria’s right (By W. & D. Downey ...
Aug 1, 2015 · Queen Victoria’s third child had married Prince Louis of Hesse and by Rhine and after her birth little Victoria moved to the family home of Darmstadt where a happy childhood unfolded. But in ...
