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Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine

Prince Alexander
Born(1823-07-15)15 July 1823
Darmstadt, Hesse
Died15 December 1888(1888-12-15) (aged 65)
Jugenheim, Hesse
Burial
Rosenhohe, Darmstadt
Spouse
(m. 1851)
Issue
Names
Alexander Ludwig Georg Friedrich Emil
HouseHesse-Darmstadt
FatherLouis II, Grand Duke of Hesse (officially)
August von Senarclens de Grancy (rumored)
MotherWilhelmine of Baden

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. The Battenberg-Mountbatten family descends from Alexander and his wife Countess Julia von Hauke, a former lady-in-waiting to his sister.


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