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3 days ago · On 9 October 1937 Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig von Hessen und bei Rhein (of Hesse and by Rhine), who had reigned until 1918, had died at the age of 68. Despite of that the family was to gather in London for the wedding of the Grand Duke’s second son, Prince Ludwig, and the Hon. Margaret Campbell Geddes.
2 days ago · Mountbatten, then named Prince Louis of Battenberg, was born on 25 June 1900 at Frogmore House in the Home Park, Windsor, Berkshire. [2] He was the youngest child and the second son of Prince Louis of Battenberg and his wife Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine. [3]
12 hours ago · Born Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel, Louise became Queen of Denmark in 1863. Because her mother was a sister of King Christian VIII, Louise's marriage to Christian IX was an important factor in his rise to the Danish throne. Moreover, Louise was instrumental in marrying her children across European royalty, which helped increase her husband's ...
4 days ago · After 1793 France occupied the German lands on the left bank of the Rhine, and for the next 20 years their inhabitants were governed from Paris. Yet there is no evidence that they were dissatisfied with French rule or at least no evidence that they strongly opposed it.
1 day ago · The crown prince and princess initially lived in Innsbruck and Salzburg, as Ludwig had been appointed governor-general of the Inn and Salzach districts. When Salzburg returned under Austrian control in 1816, they settled in Aschaffenburg and then Würzburg. Only when Ludwig succeeded his father in October 1825 did the family move to Munich.
3 days ago · Alexander Alexandrovich was heir apparent to the Russian throne as the second but eldest surviving son of Emperor Alexander II and Empress Maria Alexandrovna (née Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine).
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3 days ago · The Confederation of the Rhine was a political entity created by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1806, during the War of the Third Coalition. Baden, Bavaria, Hesse-Darmstadt, and Württemberg had been allies of France during the War of the Third Coalition.
