#princess Alice of hesse and by rhine

[foreverinthepagesofhistoryy]

Rare photos of Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse and By Rhine with her son Prince Ernst Louis of Hesse and By Rhine (later Grand Duke), 1869 🤍

Source: Hessian State Archives

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[thehessiansisters]

Portraits of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia along with Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, wearing costumes of Tsar Alexei and Tsarina Maria Ilyinichna Miloslavskaya for the 300 years anniversary of the Romanov dynasty, Winter Palace, 1903.

[royal-confessions]

“I still hope they make an accurate drama series on Princess Alice of Battenberg. Given how dramatic and fascinating her life was, there's no real need to fabricate or embellish. Same with the lives of the Hessian sisters. There's a lot of potential.” - Submitted by Anonymous

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Princess Alice of Battenberg (Victoria Alice Elizabeth Julia Marie; 1885 – 1969) - Princess of Greece and Denmark

One of her Great-Grandmothers was Queen Victoria; her maternal grandmother was Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine; her mother was Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, sister of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia; her father was Prince Louis of Battenberg. Her son was Prince Phillip, consort of Queen Elizabeth II.

She married Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark

She had five children: Margarita, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Theodora, Margravine of Baden

Cecilie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse

Sophie, Princess George of Hanover

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Alice suffered incredibly through her life, but she did not let that stop her from always thinking of others; she was born with a hearing deficit and her brilliant mother Victoria, taught her to lip read not in one but several languages. She had a husband who preferred to gamble in Montecarlo to being with his wife and children or...anything else. She was diagnosed with squizophrenia (there is no evidence that this was a correct diagnosis even though it was issue by Dr. Freud himself) and her pelvic organs irradiated to produce an early menopause (this was supposed to relieve the symptoms according to the medical thinking of the times). She lost her daughter Cecilie in a plane crash.

Yet, like her grandmother Alice, helping others came to her naturally. Israel gave her the award Righteous Among the Nations, bestowed on people who risked their own lives to help Jewish people survive the Holocaust. She worked for the Swiss Red Cross.

The princess founded a nursing order of Greek Orthodox nuns, the Christian Sisterhood of Martha and Mary, modelled after the convent that her aunt, the martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, had founded in Russia in 1909. She dedicated herself to helping others but eventually the order failed because of lack of funds.

And besides all of that, she was beautiful.

She died at Buckingham Palace at the age of 84.

(I have to add something here: Alice's smile in the picture is one of the most open, sweetest, tenderest, and most beautiful smiles I have ever seen. It filled me with awe, and thinking about her life brought tears to my eyes)

[thepastisalreadywritten]

Princess Alice of Hesse and her daughter Victoria, 1863

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Princess Alice VA CI (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.

Alice was the first of Queen Victoria's nine children to die, and one of three to predecease their mother, who died in 1901.

Her life had been enwrapped in tragedy since her father's death in 1861.

Victoria Alberta Elisabeth Mathilde Marie Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven VA (born Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine; 5 April 1863 – 24 September 1950) was the eldest daughter of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, second daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

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Portrait Versus Photograph

Queen Victoria's Daughters

Vicky (1840-1901), married Frederick, future Emperor of Germany. She had four sons, including Wilhelm II of Germany, and four daughters, including Queen Sophia of Greece.

Alice (1843-1878), married Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by the Rhine. She had two sons and five daughters, including Empress Alexandra of Russia.

Helena (1846-1923), married Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein. She had four sons and two daughters.

Louise (1848-1939), married John Cambell, future Duke of Argyll. She had no children.

Beatrice (1857-1944), married Prince Henry of Battenberg. She had three sons and one daughter, including Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain.

[foreverinthepagesofhistory]

Empress alix had little time with her mummy princess Alice before she passed away 💔

I can't imagine her pain

I know 😭💔

“She is quite the personification of her nickname ‘Sunny’ - much like Ella, but a smaller head, and livelier, with Ernie’s dimples and expression.”

~ Princess Alice of Hesse, 25th December 1872

I think because of this, she tried her very best to make sure that all of her children were loved.

[duchesssoflennox]

name 3 royals that you think are underrated?

Name 3 royals that you think are overrated?

Im so curious to see your answer😊

Underrated Royals:

Princess Alice of United Kingdom 🥀

Princess Elizabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1895-1903)💔

George Mikhailovich count brasov, Son and only Child of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich🥲

Overrated Royals:

Queen Charlotte

Empress Elizabeth of Austria

Catherine the Great 😒

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The Hesse family 1872

Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse his wife Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse and their five children Victoria, Elisabeth, Irene, Ernest Louis, and Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine.

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Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine (1843-1878)

[foreverinthepagesofhistoryy]

Today, 145 years ago, Princess Alice of Hesse (née Great Britain and Ireland) died of Diptheria 🖤🕊️

 “Alice and the doctors nursed the family round the clock. On the morning of 16 November, Marie choked to death from the membrane covering her throat. Her mother, awakened by the doctors, hurried to the nursery, only to find her daughter dead. Alice sat by her daughter's body, kissing Marie's face and hands, trying to work up the strength to tell her ill husband. She watched as Marie's coffin was wheeled off to the family mausoleum. For weeks, Alice concealed Marie's death from the other sick children, who asked about her and tried to send their little sister oys. Elisabeth, who had been sent to stay with her paternal andmother, was the only child who escaped infection. The sick children were finally told at the beginning of December that Marie had died. Ten-year-old Ernst-Ludwig first refused to believe the news and then broke down in tears. His mother hugged and kiss him, despite the risk of infection. On 7 December Alice recognize the symptoms of diphtheria in herself. She died on the morning 14 December, murmuring "From Friday to Saturday -- four week-- May -- dear Papa." Alice was interred beside her daughter.”

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[thehessiansisters]

Portraits of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna wearing uniform of the chief of the 5th Hussar Alexandria regiment, Tsarkoye Selo, 1911.

[royal-confessions]

“After so many years reading about Queen Victoria's familia, I just realised that she, her daughters: Alice, Helena, Louise, Beatrice and her granddaughters: Victoria, Ella, Irene & Alix of Hesse, Louise of Wales & Victoria Melita had somewhat the same face. To be fair, Victoria's grandaughters just happened to have a different face after Helena's marriage. Schleswig-Holstein (Marie Louise and Helena Victoria), Albany (Alice), Connaught (Margaret and Patricia) and Battenbergs (Ena) girls look quite distinctive from  the others cousins. I know they're related, but I don’t have the same face of all my aunts.” - Submitted by Anonymous

“I always get Queen Victoria's 3 younger daughters mixed up because they all looked the same” - Submitted by Anonymous

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Wedding Portraits of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s children (9 of 10) and their respective spouses, 1858 - 1885.

Victoria, Princess Royal (eldest daughter) married Prince Frederick William of Prussia (later German Emperor Frederick III and Empress Victoria) on January 25, 1858. Portrait by John Phillip.

Princess Alice (second daughter) married Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by the Rhine on July 1, 1862. Portrait by William Powell Frith.

Albert Edward, Prince of Wales married Princess Alexandra of Denmark (later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra) on March 10, 1863. Portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter.

Princess Helena (third daughter) married Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein on July 5, 1866. Portrait by Christian Karl Magnussen.

Princess Louise (fourth daughter) married John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll on March 21, 1871. Portrait by Sydney Prior Hall.

Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha married Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia on January 23, 1874. Portrait by Nicholas Chevalier.

Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (third son) married Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia on March 13, 1879. Portrait by Sydney Prior Hall.

Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (fourth son) married Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont on April 27, 1882. Portrait by Sir James Dromgole Linton.

Princess Beatrice (youngest daughter) married Prince Henry of Battenberg on July 23, 1885. Portrait by Richard Catton Woodville.