Social Victorians/People/Princess Alice
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Also Known As
edit- Family name: Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and later Windsor
- Princess Alice
- Grand Duchess of Hesse
- Alice Maud Mary
- Princess Victoria Melita ("Ducky") of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Grand Duke of Hesse
- Prince Louis of Hesse (1877– 13 March 1892)
- Ernest Louis Charles Albert William (13 March 1892 – 9 October 1937)
Demographics
edit- Nationality: Princess Alice, English; Prince Louis of Hesse, Germanic.
Family
edit- Alice Maud Mary, Princess Alice (25 April 1843 – 14 December 1878)[1]
- Prince Louis of Hesse (12 September 1837 – 13 March 1892)[2]
- Victoria — Victoria Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven (5 April 1863 – 24 September 1950)
- Elizabeth— Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia (1 November 1864 – 18 July 1918)
- Irene — Princess Irene of Prussia (11 July 1866 – 11 November 1953)
- Ernest Louis Charles Albert William — Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (25 November 1868 – 9 October 1937)
- Friedrich — Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (7 October 1870 – 29 May 1873)
- Alexandra — Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia (6 June 1872 – 17 July 1918)
- Marie — Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (24 May 1874 – 16 November 1878)
- Ernest Louis Charles Albert William — Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (25 November 1868 – 9 October 1937)
- "Ducky" — Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (25 November 1876 – 2 March 1936)[3]
Relations
edit- Princess Alice was the second daughter of Queen Victoria.
- Princess Victoria Melita ("Ducky") was daughter of Victoria's son Prince Alfred.
- Elizabeth — Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia — married Nicholas II.
Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies
editTimeline
edit1877 June 13, Prince Louis succeeded his uncle as Grand Duke of Hesse, taking the name "Ludwig IV."[2]
1892, Ernest Louis Charles Albert William succeeded his father as Grand Duke of Hesse.[2]
1894 April 19, Ernest Louis Charles Albert William (Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine) and Princess Victoria Melita ("Ducky") of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha married.[4]
1897 July 2, Ernest Louis, the Grand Duke of Hesse, and Princess Victoria (Ducky), Grand Duchess of Hesse, attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House.
Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball
editAt the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball, Ernest Louis, the Grand Duke of Hesse sat at Table 1. Victoria ("Ducky"), Grand Duchess of Hesse (at 138) sat at Table 2.
Questions and Notes
editFootnotes
edit- ↑ "Princess Alice of the United Kingdom". Wikipedia. 2020-08-29. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Princess_Alice_of_the_United_Kingdom&oldid=975565257.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse". Wikipedia. 2020-10-09. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louis_IV,_Grand_Duke_of_Hesse&oldid=982603350.
- ↑ "Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha". Wikipedia. 2020-08-31. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Princess_Victoria_Melita_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha&oldid=975986046.
- ↑ "Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse". Wikipedia. 2020-10-23. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ernest_Louis,_Grand_Duke_of_Hesse&oldid=985004066.