Social Victorians/People/Princess Alice

Also Known As

• 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

• Nationality: Princess Alice, English; Prince Louis of Hesse, Germanic.

Family

• Alice Maud Mary, Princess Alice (25 April 1843 – 14 December 1878)
• Prince Louis of Hesse (12 September 1837 – 13 March 1892)

1. Victoria — Victoria Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven (5 April 1863 – 24 September 1950)
2. Elizabeth— Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia (1 November 1864 – 18 July 1918)
3. Irene — Princess Irene of Prussia (11 July 1866 – 11 November 1953)
4. Ernest Louis Charles Albert William — Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (25 November 1868 – 9 October 1937)
5. Friedrich — Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (7 October 1870 – 29 May 1873)
6. Alexandra — Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia (6 June 1872 – 17 July 1918)
7. 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)

Relations

• 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.

Timeline

1877 June 13, Prince Louis succeeded his uncle as Grand Duke of Hesse, taking the name "Ludwig IV."

1892, Ernest Louis Charles Albert William succeeded his father as Grand Duke of Hesse.

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.

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

At 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.