#Ernst Ludwig

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here's the original version of that photo of Anastasia that had been edited/enhanced and was slightly distorted! hope this quality is better! she's chatting with Uncle Ernie @loiladadiani

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Princess Louise of Battenberg and her uncle Grand Duke Ernst Louis of Hesse and by Rhine in Dramstadt 1910.

[loiladadiani]

Prince George of Wales and his "chum" Princess Marie of Edinburgh (Missy)

Marie of Edinburgh (Marie Alexandra Victoria; 1875 – 1938) was born into the British royal family. Her parents were Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (later the reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (daughter of Tsar Alexander II).

"Missy" (her nickname) grew into a “lovely young woman” with “sparkling blue eyes and silky fair hair.” She did not lack suitors from a young age and was courted by several royal bachelors, including Prince George of Wales. Prince George served for many years under his uncle, Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, as a naval cadet in Malta. There, he grew close to young Marie.

Queen Victoria, the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh all approved of the match. Missy seemed ameneable to the idea of George as a possible husband. George's mother, Alexandra Princess of Wales and Marie's mother, the Duchess of Edinburgh vetoed the match. The Duchess of Edinburgh did not wish for her daughter to remain in England, she never liked her husbands native land.

Another reason the Duchess of Edinburgh was against the idea of the marriage between George and Marie was the fact that they were first cousins and although first cousin marriages were accepted in England, they were not permitted by the Russian Orthodox Church.

Thus, when George officially proposed to her, Marie did as she was told by her mother and informed him that the marriage was impossible and that he must remain her “beloved chum”. Marie's father was devastated, as his dearest dream had been to see Marie married to George.

George continued on his unhurried search for a suitable Princess to marry and found a solid and beloved life partner in Princess Mary of Teck (who had been his brother's fiance.) Marie married the Crowned Prince of Romania, Ferdinand.

Marie kept gifts that George gave her during their courtship until her death, and they remained close friends for the whole of their lives. In 1901, well after they had both married other people, she wrote to him that those years in Malta were the happiest she ever had.

Photographs: 1. Marie and her family and George at the time he was "courting" the young woman; 2 and 3. Young Marie; 4. George V; 5. Princess Marie of Romania; 6. George and Mary, Ernst Ludwig and Victoria Melita and Ferdinand and Marie.

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Ernst Ludwig Karl Albrecht Wilhelm, Grand Duke of Hesse and her daughter Princess Elisabeth Marie Alice Viktoria of Hesse

German vintage postcard, mailed in 1903

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Dancer, 1906

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Forest Interior, oil on canvas

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Song of winter, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Two Acrobats (1932-33)

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Reclining Female Nude, 1931

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1) Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938), “Female Artist” (1910), oil on canvas, 76 x 101 cm.

2) Max Pechstein (1881-1955), “Girl on Green Sofa with Cat” (1910), oil on canvas, 96.5 x 96.5 cm.

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880-1938) - Wrestlers in a Circus (1909)

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Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine Cecilie with some friends, behind them Grand Duke Ernst Louis of Hesse and by Rhine 1930s.

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Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (1868 - 1937)

Ernst Ludwig was the elder son of Ludwig 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 grew up with his four sisters (to whom he was very close) in Darmstadt. His only brother died in 1873 at the age of 3. One of his sisters was Alexandra, Empress of Russia.

He married his cousin Victoria Melita, Princess of Saxe Coburg and Gotha; they had two children, one stillborn boy and a beautiful girl, Elizabeth (Ella), who died of typhoid fever. The couple divorced after her death, and Ernest then married Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (nicknamed Onor by the family). The union produced two children: Louis, Prince of Hesse and By Rhine, and George Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse and By Rhine. George Donatus married Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark, and older sister of Prince Phillip (sometimes all roads seem to lead to our dear Prince Phillip.)

Photographs: 1. Ernst Ludwig, Onor, and their two children, George Donatus and Louis; 2. An older Ernst Ludwig, with his grandson.

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Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia and Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig Karl Albrecht Wilhelm of Hesse

German vintage postcard

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Nude in the Woods

woodcut

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

The Café

1904