Resultado de búsqueda
28 de may. de 2024 · Grand Duke Louis IV with his mother-in-law Queen Victoria and his children. The grand duchy was the sixth-largest state of the German Empire and the largest one to have no reserved powers. Its 853,000 inhabitants in 1875 were 2% of the Empire's total population. This small size alone pushed the grand duchy into insignificance.
Hace 4 días · On Duke Otto II's death in 1253, his sons divided the Wittelsbach possessions between them: Henry became Duke of Lower Bavaria, and Louis II Duke of Upper Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine. When Henry's branch died out in 1340 the Emperor Louis IV, a son of Duke Louis II, reunited the duchy.
Hace 1 día · Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine: Hesse by Rhine: Born 20 November 1908. Prince Louis of Hesse and by Rhine, was the youngest son of Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse by his second wife, Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich. He succeeded his brother Georg Donatus as the titular Grand Duke of Hesse
Hace 3 días · A granddaughter of Queen Victoria and daughter of Louis IV, grand duke of Hesse-Darmstadt, Alexandra married Nicholas in 1894 and came to dominate him. She proved to be unpopular at court and turned to mysticism for solace.
26 de may. de 2024 · Queen Victoria, who reigned over the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901, left an indelible mark on history through her long and influential rule. Born in an era of great change, Victoria presided over a period of rapid industrialization, scientific advancement, and the expansion of the British Empire.
Hace 4 días · 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.
11 de may. de 2024 · Princess Alice married Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, and by Rhine, contributing to ties with one of the smaller German states. Prince Alfred married Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, connecting the British royal family directly with the Romanovs, the ruling dynasty of Russia.
