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1859 thaler of Hesse, depicting Louis III. He was the son of Grand Duke Louis II of Hesse and his consort, Princess Wilhelmine of Baden. He succeeded as Grand Duke in 1848 upon the abdication of his father during the March Revolution in the German states. During the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, Louis sent word more than once to Queen Victoria ...
Photograph of Prince Ernest Louis of Hesse, standing in a full length portrait with his back to the viewer. He wears a kilt and rests his left arm on a small, circular table. The Prince is aged approximately 3 years old. Ernest Louis was the eldest son of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse. On 9th April, 1894, he married Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe Coburrg and Gotha in Coburg. Following an ...
16 de jun. de 2023 · Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Ernest Louis Charles Albert William (de: Ernst Ludwig Karl Albert Wilhelm ), (25 November 1868-9 October 1937) was the last Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 1892 until 1918. His nickname was Ernie. Ernest Louis was the fourth child and eldest son of Louis ...
t. e. Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse (14 June 1753 in Prenzlau – 6 April 1830 in Darmstadt) was Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (as Louis X) and later the first Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine . Louis was the son of Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and succeeded his father in 1790. He presided over a significant increase in territory for ...
To secure his pre-eminence over his cousin, the Grand Duke of Hesse in the former Hesse-Darmstadt, William chose to keep his title of Prince-Elector. The rulers of the Electorate of Hesse became the only Prince-Electors in the German Confederation, even though there was no longer a Holy Roman Emperor for them to elect.
Grand Duke of Hesse [] 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.
Louis, the Grand Duke of Hesse is seated, surrounded by his family. He wears a General Officers greatcoat with the badge Pour La Mérite and the Iron Cross, and holds a riding crop. His wife Alice (the Grand Duchess, Queen Victorias second daughter) stands behind him, resting her left arm on the shoulder of Prince Ernest. Princess Elizabeth stands behind her father; Princess Alix stands on the ...
