#Ernest Louis Grand Duke of Hesse

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Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, Princess Alix of Hesse, Grand Duke Louis IV, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, Prince Ernest Louis, 1888.

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“Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig was so handsome in his youth!” - Submitted by Anonymous

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Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse with his surviving children: Princess Victoria of Battenberg, Marchioness of Milford-Haven, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia, Princess Irene of Prussia, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia and Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse, 1884.

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Ernst Louis and his son Georg Donatus in 1907❤️.

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Prince Ernest Louis of Hesse (1868-1937) later the Grand Duke of Hesse; Prince George of Wales (1865-1936) later King George V, and Prince Alfred of Edinburgh (1874-1899) later Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

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Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse, with her son, Prince Ernest Louis of Hesse, 1877.

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I can’t tell you how happy I am that Eugenie’s baby is named Ernest! EXACTLY LIKE MY BOY ERNST LOUIS! 🥹🤍😭💗 And when someone said that he is going to be nicknamed Ernie—I LITERALLY CAN’T 🤍🫶😭💗🥹

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Photograph of Alix of Hesse and By Rhine (Empress Alexandra Feodorovna,) her husband Emperor Nicholas II, and her sisters with their spouses (her brother Ernest Louis appears alone.)

From left to right, Grand Duke Ernest Louis, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, Emperor Nicholas II, Irene, Princess Heinrich of Prussia, Prince Heinrich of Prussia, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, Victoria Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven and Louis Mountbatten, first Marquess of Milford Haven

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Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse and Emperor Nicholas II of Russia.

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On December 14, 1878, Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse, died.

Diphtheria claimed the life of Queen Victoria's second daughter and third child. The disease swept the grand ducal household in early November and her eldest daughter, Victoria was the first to contract the illness (November 5).  One by one, her other children contracted the disease: Alix, Marie, Irene and Ernest. Only Elisabeth didn't suffer the disease. She was sent away by Alice to the palace of Princess Charles, her mother-in-law.  Alice's husband, Grand Duke Louis also fell ill shortly thereafter. 

The young Princess Marie's condition worsened and she died on November 15. Alice kept the news from her children, and when she revealed Marie's death, the young Ernest was inconsolable that Alice kissed her son, breaking her own rule of not having physical contact with someone with diphtheria.

on December 14, she fell ill and death came quickly. Her last words were "dear Papa". She fell unconscious at 2:30 am and died just after 8:30 am, on the same day her father succumbed to typhoid in 1861.

The death of Princess Alice shocked Queen Victoria. The coincidence of Alice and Albert's death was described by the mourning queen as one that was "almost incredible and most mysterious".

Albert, Prince of Wales, who was attached to her younger sister, took Alice's death as a heavy blow. Writing to Earl Granville, he said that Alice "was my favourite sister. So good, so kind, so clever! We had gone through so much together..." Alexandra, the Princess of Wales, also sank deep in grief over her sister-in-law's passing, telling Queen Victoria, upon meeting her after Alice's death: "I wish I had died instead of her".💔💔💔

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Coverage of the wedding of the then Duke of York (later KING GEORGE V) to Princess Mary of Teck (later QUEEN MARY) by the The Illustrated London News, July 1893. (1) Cover on 10 July 1893. (2) The wedding breakfast at Buckingham Palace: the royal table. (3) The congratulations after the wedding ceremony. (4) The royal party at the opera, Tuesday, July 4. Left to Right: Duke of York, Princess May, Grand Duke of Hesse (ERNEST LOUIS), Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (PRINCESS AUGUSTA OF CAMBRIDGE), The Czarevitch (later NICHOLAS II OF RUSSIA), Queen of Denmark (LOUISE OF HESSE-KASSEL), Princess of Wales (later QUEEN ALEXANDRA), King of Denmark (CHRISTIAN IX). (5) The presents on view at the Imperial Institute. (6) Departure of the Duke of York and his bride from Buckingham Palace. (7) The marriage of HRH the Duke of York, K.G., and HSH the Princess Victoria Mary of Teck: the wedding ceremony in St. James’s Chapel. (8) The Duke of York receiving an Address from the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House. (9) The Bridegroom’s procession to the Chapel. (10) The marriage ceremony in the Chapel Royal, St. James’s.

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Afternoon Tea in the Garden of Clarence House, 1897. (x) Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince George, Duke of York later King George V, Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse, Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Princess Victoria Melita, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine, Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Princess Mary, Duchess of York later Queen Mary, Prince Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine.

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Photographs of the Hessian sisters along with their grandmother, Queen Victoria, father Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine and brother Ernest Louis, Hereditary Prince of Hesse and by Rhine by W & D Downey, February 1879.

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Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse and his grandson Prince Louis of Hesse 1933.

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Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (Irene Luise Marie Anne; 11 July 1866 – 11 November 1953), later Princess Henry of Prussia, was the third child and third daughter of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom and Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine. Her maternal grandparents were Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Her paternal grandparents were Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine and Princess Elisabeth of Prussia. She was the wife of Prince Henry of Prussia, a younger brother of Wilhelm II, German Emperor and her first cousin. The SS Prinzessin Irene, a liner of the North German Lloyd was named after her.

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 sister, the empress, Irene was a carrier of the hemophilia gene, and Irene would lose her sisters Alix and Elisabeth in Russia to the Bolsheviks.

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Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse and his little niece, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna, 1899. 🥹🤍✨