Social Victorians/People/Princess Alice

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Also Known As[edit | edit source]

  • 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[edit | edit source]

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

Family[edit | edit source]

  • Alice Maud Mary, Princess Alice (25 April 1843 – 14 December 1878)[1]
  • Prince Louis of Hesse (12 September 1837 – 13 March 1892)[2]
  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)[3]

Relations[edit | edit source]

  • 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.

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies[edit | edit source]

Timeline[edit | edit source]

1877 June 13, Prince Louis succeeded his uncle as Grand Duke of Hesse, taking the name "Ludwig IV."[2]

1892, Ernest Louis Charles Albert William succeeded his father as Grand Duke of Hesse.[2]

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.[4]

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[edit | edit source]

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.

Questions and Notes[edit | edit source]

Footnotes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Princess Alice of the United Kingdom". Wikipedia. 2020-08-29. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Princess_Alice_of_the_United_Kingdom&oldid=975565257. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse". Wikipedia. 2020-10-09. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louis_IV,_Grand_Duke_of_Hesse&oldid=982603350. 
  3. ↑ "Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha". Wikipedia. 2020-08-31. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Princess_Victoria_Melita_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha&oldid=975986046. 
  4. ↑ "Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse". Wikipedia. 2020-10-23. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ernest_Louis,_Grand_Duke_of_Hesse&oldid=985004066. 
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