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Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (Friedrich Wilhelm August Victor Leopold Ludwig; 7 October 1870 – 29 May 1873) was a son of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, and was the grandson of Queen Victoria.
Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine GCB (Alexander Ludwig Georg Friedrich Emil; 15 July 1823 – 15 December 1888), was the third son and fourth child of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Wilhelmine of Baden. He was a brother of Tsarina Maria Alexandrovna, wife of Tsar Alexander II of Russia.
Biography. Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine was born in 1823 in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany. He was the daughter of Grand Duchess Wilhelmine, the wife of Ludwig II, Grand Duke of Hesse.
- Male
- July 15, 1823
- Julia Therese Salome (Hauke) Von Battenberg
- December 15, 1888
The Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine (German: Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein) was a grand duchy in western Germany that existed from 1806 to 1918. The grand duchy originally formed from the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt in 1806 as the Grand Duchy of Hesse (German: Großherzogtum Hessen).
A hand-coloured oval photograph of Prince Frederick William of Hesse, as a baby, son of Prince and Princess of Hesse, Queen Victoria's grandson, who died on 29th May 1873. From a blue velvet bound album with gold coloured metal corners which has a watercolour of flowers by Princess Louise, set into the front cover.
Photograph of Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine in a full length portrait. The Prince is seated and faces three-quarters to the right. He wears a lace collar around his neck and dress with buttons down the centre. He is aged approximately 1 year.
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Due to his hemophilia, Prince Friedrich died from a brain hemorrhage on May 29, 1873, at the Neues Palais in Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine, now in Hesse, Germany. He is buried in the Neues Mausoleum at Rosenhöhe Park in Darmstadt where his parents and younger sister Marie were buried.
