... Prince Alexander of Hesse,31 had reached the rank of major general and brigade commander at that time. On the other hand, Princess Carl of Hessen, the mother of the princes had always wished that her two sons would undergo the tried and ...

... Hesse and the Rhine 1777-1848 Grand Duke Louis III of Hesse and the Rhine 1806-1877 m. Princess Mathilde of Bavaria 1813-1862 Three others Grand Duke Louis IV Prince Charles of Prince Alexander of Hesse 1823-1888 m. Hesse 1809-1877 m ...

A History Norman Davies. Grand Duke LOUIS II of Hesse and the Rhine ( 1777-1848 ) Prince Alexander of Battenberg ... HESSE KING GEORGE IV ( 1762-1830 ) Prince Regent to 1820 = Caroline of Brunswick Charlotte Augusta ( d . 1817 ) ...

... Prince Alexander of Hesse and his wife , the former Julie von Hauke , or Haucke . Thus , like Victoria of Hesse , he ... Rhine . Louis's father , Prince Alexander of Hesse , was primarily a soldier . He had begun his service in the ...

... Prince Louis , who was born in Graz , Austria , was the son of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine , and Julia , Countess , ( and later Princess ) of Battenberg . Alexander was the younger brother of Louis III , Grand Duke of ...

... Prince of Schaumburg - Lippe ( b . 1817 ) Christian IX of Denmark ( b . 1818 ) Ferdinand Heinrich Erdmann , Prince of Schonaich - Carolath ( b . 1818 ) Prince Alexander ... Hesse and by Rhine , ( Alexander Ludwig Georg Friedrich Emil ) ...

... Hesse family, their parents being Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine and Countess Julia von Hauke, who changed her surname on marriage in 1851. Seven years later, they and their children were given the title of princes. The union ...

... Prince Philip, is Mountbatten-Windsor. The duke is also from the house of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg ... Hesse in Germany. The first member was Julia Hauke, whose brother-in-law Grand Duke Louis III of Hesse created ...

... Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine , he became Prince of Bulgaria in 1879 following the Congress of Berlin . Alexander , a favourite of Queen Victoria and despised by Alexander III , abdicated in 1886 and died aged 36 in 1893 ...