Ludwig I
Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
Titles: Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (until 1806); Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
Born: June 14, 1753 in Prenzlau, Brandenburg
Parents: Ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and Caroline of Zweibrücken
Married: February 19, 1777 to Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt
Children:
– Ludwig II, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1777)
– Luise (1779)
– Georg (1780)
– Friedrich (1788)
– stillborn twin daughters (1789)
– Emil (1790)
– Gustav (1791)
REIGN: August 14, 1806 – April 6, 1830
Died: April 6, 1830 in Darmstadt
Buried: Altes Mausoleum in the Rosenhöhe, Darmstadt
Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt
Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine
Born: February 15, 1761 in Darmstadt
Parents:
Married: February 19, 1777 to Ludwig X, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Children:
– Ludwig II, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1777)
– Luise (1779)
– Georg (1780)
– Friedrich (1788)
– stillborn twin daughters (1789)
– Emil (1790)
– Gustav (1791)
Died: October 24, 1829 in Auerbach
Buried: Altes Mausoleum in the Rosenhöhe, Darmstadt
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Ludwig II
Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
Born: December 26, 1777 in Darmstadt
Parents: Ludwig I, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine and Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt
Married: June 19, 1804 to Princess Wilhelmine of Baden
Children:
– Ludwig III, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1806)
– stillborn son (1807)
– Karl (1809)
– Elisabeth (1821)
– stillborn daughter (1822)
– Alexander (1823)
– Marie (1824)
REIGN: April 6, 1830 – March 5, 1848 (abdicated)
Died: June 16, 1848 in Darmstadt
Buried: Altes Mausoleum in the Rosenhöhe, Darmstadt
Wilhelmine of Baden
Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine
Born: September 21, 1788 in Karlsruhe
Parents: Karl Ludwig, Hereditary Prince of Baden and Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt
Married: June 19, 1804 to Ludwig II, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
Children:
– Ludwig III, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1806)
– stillborn son (1807)
– Karl (1809)
– Elisabeth (1821)
– stillborn daughter (1822)
– Alexander (1823)
– Marie (1824)
Died: January 27, 1836 in Darmstadt
Buried: Altes Mausoleum in the Rosenhöhe, Darmstadt
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Ludwig III
Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
Born: June 9, 1806 in Darmstadt
Parents: Ludwig II, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine and Wilhelmine of Baden
Married: December 26, 1833 to Mathilde Karoline of Bavaria
REIGN: March 5, 1848 – June 13, 1877
Died: June 13, 1877 in Seeheim, Hesse
Buried: Altes Mausoleum in the Rosenhöhe, Darmstadt
Mathilde Karoline of Bavaria
Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine
Born: August 30, 1813 in Augsburg
Parents: King Ludwig I of Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen
Married: December 26, 1833 to Ludwig III, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
Died: May 25, 1862 in Darmstadt
Buried: Altes Mausoleum in the Rosenhöhe, Darmstadt
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Ludwig IV
Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
Born: September 12, 1837 at the Prince-Karl-Palais in Darmstadt
Parents: Prince Karl of Hesse and by Rhine and Princess Elisabeth of Prussia
Married: July 1, 1862 to Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
Children:
– Victoria (1863)
– Elisabeth (1864)
– Irene (1866)
– Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1868)
– Friedrich (1870)
– Alix (1872)
– Marie (1874)
REIGN: (June 13, 1877 – March 13, 1892)
Died: March 13, 1892 at the Neues Palais, Darmstadt
Buried: Neues Mausoleum in the Rosenhöhe, Darmstadt
Princess Alice of The United Kingdom
Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine
Born: April 25, 1843 at Buckingham Palace, London
Parents: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Married: July 1, 1862 to Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
Children:
– Victoria (1863)
– Elisabeth (1864)
– Irene (1866)
– Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1868)
– Friedrich (1870)
– Alix (1872)
– Marie (1874)
Died: December 14, 1878 at the Neues Palais, Darmstadt
Buried: Neues Mausoleum in the Rosenhöhe, Darmstadt
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Ernst Ludwig
Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
Born: November 25, 1868 at the Neues Palais, Darmstadt
Parents: Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
Married(1): April 19, 1894 to Victoria Melita of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (divorced December 21, 1901)
Children:
– Elisabeth (1895)
– stillborn son (1900)
Married(2): February 2, 1905 to Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
Children:
– Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1806)
– Ludwig (1908)
REIGN: March 13, 1892 – November 9, 1918 (monarchy abolished)
Died: October 9, 1937 at Schloss Wolfsgarten, Hesse
Buried: Cemetery in the Rosenhöhe, Darmstadt
Victoria Melita of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine
Born: November 25, 1876 in Malta
Parents: Prince Alfred of the United Kingdom, Duke of Edinburgh (later Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia
Married(1): April 19, 1894 to Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (divorced December 21, 1901)
Children:
– Elisabeth (1895)
– stillborn son (1900)
Married(2): October 8, 1905 to Grand Duke Kyrill Vladimirovich of Russia
Children:
– Maria Kirillovna (1907)
– Kira Kirillovna (1909)
– Vladimir Kirillovich (1917)
Died: March 2, 1936 in Amorbach, Germany
Buried: Grand Ducal Mausoleum at the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia
Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine
Born: September 17, 1871 in Lich
Parents: Hermann, Prince of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich and Agnes of Stolberg-Wernigerode
Married: February 2, 1905 to Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
Children:
– Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1806)
– Ludwig (1908)
Died: November 16, 1937 near Ostend, Belgium
Buried: Cemetery in the Rosenhöhe, Darmstadt
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