Resultado da Busca
Francis Ernest of Hesse-Darmstadt (born 25 January 1695 in Gießen; died: 8 January 1716 in Darmstadt) was a German nobleman. He was the third son of Count Landgrave Ernest Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt (1667–1739) from his marriage to Dorothea Charlotte (1661–1705), daughter of the Margrave Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach .
One of seven siblings, two of whom died in childhood, Ernest grew up with his four surviving sisters in Darmstadt. One of his younger sisters, Alexandra , would marry Tsar Nicholas II , the last Emperor of Russia, while another sister, Victoria Mountbatten , would be the mother of Queen Louise of Sweden , Louis Mountbatten and Princess Alice of Battenberg , who was the mother of Prince Philip ...
Children of Philip I, divided the land between them: William IV received Kassel. Louis IV received Marburg, which after his childless death was divided between his brothers; Philip II received Rheinfels, which after his childless death was divided between his brothers; George I received Darmstadt. Louis IV the Elder.
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.
Louis VI (1630 – 1678) Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. Married firstly Maria Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (1634 – 1665) daughter of Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and secondly Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1640–1709) daughter of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha. Louis VII (1658 – 1678) Landgrave of Hesse ...
Ernst Ludwig, destined to be the last Grand Duke of Hesse und bei Rhein, was born in November of 1868. He was one of seven children born to the future Grand Duke Ludwig IV and Princess Alice of Great Britain and Ireland, second daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, the Prince Consort.
HESSE-DARMSTADT, a grand-duchy in Germany, the history of which begins with the partition of Hesse in 1567. George I. (1547-1597), the youngest son of the landgrave Philip, received the upper county of Katzenelnbogen, and, selecting Darmstadt as his residence, became the founder of the Hesse-Darmstadt line. Additions to the landgraviate were ...
