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Louis IV (German: Ludwig IV. Großherzog von Hessen und bei Rhein; 12 September 1837 – 13 March 1892) was the Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 13 June 1877 until his death in 1892. Through his marriage to Queen Victoria's second daughter Alice, he was connected to the British royal family.
- Elisabeth Alexandra Louise Alice
The Hessian grand ducal family in May 1875. Elisabeth was...
- Ernest Louis
Ernest Louis was the elder son of Louis IV, Grand Duke of...
- Princess Elisabeth of Prussia
Princess Elisabeth of Prussia (18 June 1815 – 21 March 1885)...
- Princess Marie
Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (Marie Viktoria Feodore...
- Irene Louise Marie Anne
Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (Irene Luise Marie...
- Prince Friedrich
Friedrich of Hesse, April 1873. Friedrich was born on 7...
- List of Hessian monarchs
Royal Standard of the Grand Duke of Hesse 1903–1918. This is...
- Grand Duchy of Hesse
Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and his wife Princess Alice of...
- Elisabeth Alexandra Louise Alice
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Louis IV Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, also called Grand Duke Ludwig IV was the oldest son of Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine (April 23, 1809 - March 20, 1877) and Princess Elizabeth of Prussia (June 18, 1815 - March 21, 1885). He ruled from June 13, 1877 until his death on March 13, 1892.
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.
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Ernest Louis was the elder son of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. He was named Louis after his father. His nickname was "Ernie". One of seven siblings, two of whom died in childhood, Ernest grew up with his four surviving sist...
First marriage
On 19 April 1894, at Schloss Ehrenburg, Ernest Louis married his maternal first cousin, Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh nicknamed "Ducky", the daughter of his mother's brother, Prince Alfred. The match was actively encouraged by their mutual grandmother, Queen Victoria, who attended the wedding. At the wedding, Ernest's youngest surviving sister, Alix, became engaged to marry Tsarevich Nicholas of Russia, and the excitement of that imminent match threw the nuptial celebrations into the...
Second marriage
Ernest Louis remarried in Darmstadt, on 2 February 1905, to Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (17 September 1871 – 16 November 1937).This marriage proved harmonious and happy. The couple had two sons: 1. Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse (1906–1937). He married Ernest's grand-niece, Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark, a sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and had issue. The couple and two of their young sons were killed in a plane crash in 1937, leaving behind...
In 1892, Ernest Louis succeeded his father as grand duke. Throughout his life, Ernest Louis was a patron of the arts, founding the Darmstadt Artists' Colony, and was himself an author of poems, plays, essays, and piano compositions. Ernest Louis commissioned the New Mausoleum in 1903. It was consecrated on 3 November 1910, in the presence of the Gr...
During World War I, Ernest Louis served as a general of the infantry at Kaiser Wilhelm's headquarters. In February, 1917, the February Revolution in Russia forced his brother-in-law, Tsar Nicholas II, to abdicate. Sixteen months later, in July 1918, his two sisters in Russia, Elizabeth, the widow of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, and Alexandra, t...
In October 1937, Ernest Louis died after a long illness at Schloß Wolfsgarten, near Darmstadt. He received what amounted to a state funeral on 16 November 1937 and was buried next to his daughter, Elisabeth, in a new open air burial ground next to the New Mausoleum he had built in the Rosenhöhepark in Darmstadt.
His former sister-in-law, Marie of Romania, described Grand Duke Ernest in her memoirs: Felix Yusupovalso described him in his memoirs:
Newspaper clippings about Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBWPortraits of Ernest Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine at the National Portrait Gallery, LondonRetrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louis_IV,_Grand_Duke_of_Hesse_and_by_Rhine&oldid=264775585"
Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and his wife Princess Alice of the United Kingdom in December 1860. The Grand Duchess Mathilde, a sister of King Maximilian II of Bavaria, died in 1862.
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.
