#grand Duke Ernst Louis of Hesse

[foreverinthepagesofhistoryy]

New photo of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna playing tennis with uncle Grand Duke Ernst Louis of Hesse, Livadia Crimea 1912

(Source: Baroness Sophie “Isa” Buxhoevden’s 1910-1912 album shared by Ilya aka LastRomanovs on Flickr)

[foreverinthepagesofhistory]

Rare photo of the Hessian Royal Family (minus Elisabeth) late 1880s

Standing: Princess Alix of Hesse, Prince Ernst Louis of Hesse (later Grand Duke)

Sitting: Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse, Princess Irene of Prussia (née Hesse), Princess Victoria of Battenberg (née Hesse)

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King George V with his cousins Grand Duke Ernst Louis of Hesse and Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, late 1880s

[ykzzr]

Ernst Louis and his son Georg Donatus in 1907❤️.

[loiladadiani]

Grand Duke Serge Alexandrovich and the Hessians

The main reason I like this picture is that Ella is smiling in a very different, spontaneous way. Her eyes are involved in the smile. She has not turned into the “ethereal” beauty yet. I don't have a date for the picture. It might be around her engagement to Serge.

In the picture, from left to right: A very young Ernst Ludwig with a pup under each arm, Ella with a little girl in her arms whom I don't know; sitting on the steps in front of Ella, Princess Victoria, standing by Ella, Princess Alix, sitting right in front of Alix, the Grand Duke Ludwig IV, and sitting next to him, Grand Duke Serge.

There are two young women in the photo, one sitting next to Victoria and the other standing behind Sergei, whom I do not know.

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The family of the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse in 1872. From left to right- Irene, Ernst, Louis, Elisabeth, Alice, Victoria and Friedrich.

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[foreverinthepagesofhistoryy]

EXTREMELY, never before seen, rare photo of the four eldest children of Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse and By Rhine and Princess Alice of Great Britain and Ireland riding in a small carriage 🤍

From left to right: Victoria, Ernst Louis, Irene, and Elisabeth 🤎

Source: Hessian State Archives

[foreverinthepagesofhistory]

“Ella and Papa” (edit) ❤️‍🩹✨🕊️

“In Spring, Elisabeth had to leave her father for the first time to go to Coburg with her mother. According to Ernst Ludwig’s memories, she hid from everyone and, finally, was found "whimpering under a sofa, full of despair." Ernst assured Elisabeth that her mother loved her too. "Mama says she loves me, but you do love me.’ she replied.” 💔

— @princesselisabethofhesse

(Edit made by me using CapCut)

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This also could be his sons Georg Donatus or Ludwig, I think I recognize the photo from looking at the hessian state archives and the date was either from 1908-1911 and also Ernie looks older than when Ella was a baby. I will double check the archives though.

Grand Duke Ernest of Hesse with a baby; I believe it's his daughter, Princess Elisabeth.

[duchesssoflennox]

TRAGEDIES OF PRINCE FRIEDRICH'S DEATH 😭💔

In late May 1873, 5-year-old Ernest and 2-year-old Friedrich, The only sons of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, were playing together in their mother's bedroom.

Ernst ran to another room, which was set at right angles to Alice's bedroom and peered through the window at his younger brother.Alice ran to get Ernst away from the window. When she was out of the room, Friedrich climbed onto a chair next to an open window in his mother's bedroom to get a closer look at his brother.

The chair tipped over and Friedrich tumbled through the window, falling 20 feet (6.1 m) to the balustrade below. He survived the fall and may have lived had he not had haemophilia. He died hours later of a brain hemorrhage💔

The tragic death of little Friedrich devastated his entire family... especially his mother and his beloved brother Ernest...

Following Friedrich's death, his distraught mother princess alice often prayed at his grave and marked anniversaries of small events in his life.

Prince Ernest was deeply affected by the death of his younger brother Prince Friedrich of Hesse, he was inconsolable and said to his mother "When I die, you must die too, and all the others. Why can't we all die together? I don't want to die alone, like Frittie." He also blamed himself for his brother's death and felt guilty for the rest of his life. He later wrote in his memoirs, "I have never been able to rid myself of the impression that I was to blame for my brother's death."

Three years after Friedrich's death, on January 22, 1876, Princess Alice noted in a letter to her mother, Queen Victoria: Yesterday morning Ernie came in to me and said, "mama, i had a beautiful dream; shall i tell you? I dreamed that i was dead and was gone up to heaven and there i asked god to let me have Frittie again, and he came to me and took my hand."😭

Of course, this wasn't the last tragedy of Prince Ernest's life, In the near future, he witnessed the heartbreaking death of his mother and little sister due to diphtheria, the death of his beloved daughter Elisabeth due to typhoid fever, and finally the brutal death of his two beloved sisters, Elizabeth and Alix by Russian revolutionaries... 😭😭😭

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Royal Deaths, 24th September.

768 - Pippin III, the short, King of France.

911 - Louis the child, last Carolingian German King.

1120 - Welf II, Duke of Bavaria. 

1143 - Agnes of Germany, daughter of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.

1180 - Manuel I Komnenos, Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

1228 - Saint Stefan Nemanjic, Grand Prince of Serbia

1230 - Alfonso IX, King of León and Galicia.

1435 - Isabeau of Bavaria, Queen and wife of Charles VI of France, who ruled during her husband's periods of insanity.

1732 - Emperor Reigen, 112th Emperor of Japan.

1812 - Friedrich Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont.

1834 - Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil and King of Portugal.

1860 - Marie of Württemberg, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, second wife and niece of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

1891 - Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia, daughter of King George I of Greece, wife of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia.

1930 - Marie Juliette Louvet, mistress of Prince Louis Il of Monaco, mother of his only child Princess Charlotte of Monaco.

1950 - Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, Marchioness of Milford Haven, granddaughter of Queen Victoria.

[ykzzr]

Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, Ernst Louis, Princess Victoria of Battenberg and her family, Princess Alice and her husband Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Louise 1900s.

[loiladadiani]

I am beginning to fall in love with Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig’s boys. They are very cute. And there is a definite resemblance between Alexey and this two cousins. They all have that Hessian cutie gene. (gcl)

OTMAA’s Hessian cousins Georg Donatus and Louis (Ludwig). 

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Alexey and his Hessian cousins, Louis and George Donatus

Louis and George Donatus are Grand Duke Ernest Ludwig, Alix brother's children. Although not marked, there is a family resemblance among the three children.

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Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Ducal Family in 1896.

Composite image

Back row: Hereditary Prince Ernst of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Duke Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse and by Rhine, Crown Prince Ferdinand of Romania, Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Hereditary Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Front row: Hereditary Princess Alexandra of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Grand Duchess Victoria Melita of Hesse and by Rhine, Crown Princess Marie of Romania and Duchess Maria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.