Ludwig IV Grand Duke of Hesse And The Rhine
1837 - 1892 (54 years)
1. Ludwig IV Grand Duke of Hesse And The Rhine was born on 12 Sep 1837 in Bessungen (son of Karl Wilhelm Ludwig and Elisabeth Princes of Prussia); died on 13 Mar 1892 in Darmstadt. Ludwig married Alice Maud Princess of Britain on 5 Jul 1866 in Windsor Castle. Alice (daughter of Albert Augustus Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and Victoria Queen of Great Britain) was born on 25 Apr 1843 in Buckingham Palace; died on 14 Dec 1878 in Darmstadt. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Ernst Ludwig Grand Duke of Hesse And The Rhine was born on 25 Nov 1868; died on 9 Oct 1937.
- Victoria Albert Elisabeth Mathilde of Hesse was born on 5 Apr 1863 in Windsor Castle; died on 24 Sep 1950 in Kensington Palace.
- Elizabeth Alexandra Louise of Hesse was born on 1 Nov 1864; died on 17 Jul 1918 in Executed At Alapaievsk.
- Irene Luise Marie Anna of Hesse and died.
- Alix of Hesse And The Rhine was born on 6 Jun 1872; died on 17 Jul 1918 in Executed At Ekaterinburg.
2. Karl Wilhelm Ludwig was born on 23 Apr 1809 in Darmstadt (son of Ludwig II Grand Duke of Hesse And The Rhine and Wilhelmine Princess of Baden); died on 20 Mar 1877 in Darmstadt. Karl married Elisabeth Princes of Prussia on 22 Oct 1836. Elisabeth (daughter of Friedrich Wilhelm Karl of Prussia and Marie Anne of Hesse-Homburg) was born on 18 Jun 1815 in Berlin; died on 21 Mar 1885 in Bessungen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Elisabeth Princes of Prussia was born on 18 Jun 1815 in Berlin (daughter of Friedrich Wilhelm Karl of Prussia and Marie Anne of Hesse-Homburg); died on 21 Mar 1885 in Bessungen. Children:
- 1. Ludwig IV Grand Duke of Hesse And The Rhine was born on 12 Sep 1837 in Bessungen; died on 13 Mar 1892 in Darmstadt.
Generation: 3
4. Ludwig II Grand Duke of Hesse And The Rhine was born on 26 Dec 1777 in Darmstadt; died on 16 Jun 1848 in Darmstadt. Ludwig married Wilhelmine Princess of Baden on 19 Jun 1804. Wilhelmine was born in 1788 in Karlsruhe; died on 27 Jan 1836 in Darmstadt. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Wilhelmine Princess of Baden was born in 1788 in Karlsruhe; died on 27 Jan 1836 in Darmstadt. Children:
- Ludwig III Grand Duke of Hesse And The Rhine was born on 9 Jun 1806 in Darmstadt; died on 13 Jun 1877 in Seeheim.
- 2. Karl Wilhelm Ludwig was born on 23 Apr 1809 in Darmstadt; died on 20 Mar 1877 in Darmstadt.
- Alexander Ludwig Prince of Hesse And The Rhine was born on 15 Jul 1823 in Darmstadt; died on 15 Dec 1888 in Darmstadt.
- Marie of Hesse And The Rhine was born on 8 Aug 1824; died in 1880.
6. Friedrich Wilhelm Karl of Prussia was born on 3 Jul 1783 in Potsdam (son of Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia and Friederike Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt); died on 28 Sep 1851 in Berlin. Friedrich married Marie Anne of Hesse-Homburg on 12 Jan 1804 in Berlin. Marie (daughter of Friedrich V Ludwig of Hesse-Homburg and Karoline of Hesse-Darmstadt) was born in 1785 in Homburg; died on 14 Apr 1846 in Berlin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Marie Anne of Hesse-Homburg was born in 1785 in Homburg (daughter of Friedrich V Ludwig of Hesse-Homburg and Karoline of Hesse-Darmstadt); died on 14 Apr 1846 in Berlin. Children:
- Marie Princes of Prussia was born in 1815; died in 1889.
- 3. Elisabeth Princes of Prussia was born on 18 Jun 1815 in Berlin; died on 21 Mar 1885 in Bessungen.
Generation: 4
12. Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia was born on 25 Sep 1744 in Berlin (son of August Wilhelm Prince of Prussia and Luise of Braunschweig-Wolfenb?ttel); died on 16 Nov 1797 in Marmorpalais, Potsdam. Friedrich married Friederike Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt on 14 Jul 1767. Friederike (daughter of Ludwig IX of Hesse-Darmstadt and Caroline of Zweibr?cken-Birkenfeld) was born on 16 Oct 1751; died on 25 Feb 1805. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Friederike Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt was born on 16 Oct 1751 (daughter of Ludwig IX of Hesse-Darmstadt and Caroline of Zweibr?cken-Birkenfeld); died on 25 Feb 1805. Children:
- Friedrich Wilhelm III King of Prussia was born in 1770; died on 7 Jun 1840.
- Wilhelmine Friederike Luise of Prussia was born on 18 Nov 1774 in Potsdam; died on 12 Oct 1837 in The Hague.
- 6. Friedrich Wilhelm Karl of Prussia was born on 3 Jul 1783 in Potsdam; died on 28 Sep 1851 in Berlin.
14. Friedrich V Ludwig of Hesse-Homburg was born on 30 Jan 1748 (son of Frederich IV Karl of Hesse-Homburg and Ulrike Luise Zu Solms-Braunfels); died on 20 Jan 1820. Friedrich + Karoline of Hesse-Darmstadt. Karoline (daughter of Ludwig IX of Hesse-Darmstadt and Caroline of Zweibr?cken-Birkenfeld) was born in 1746; died on 18 Sep 1821. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. Karoline of Hesse-Darmstadt was born in 1746 (daughter of Ludwig IX of Hesse-Darmstadt and Caroline of Zweibr?cken-Birkenfeld); died on 18 Sep 1821. Children:
- Friedrich VI Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg was born on 30 Jul 1769; died in 1829.
- Amalie of Hesse-Homburg was born on 29 Jun 1774; died on 3 Feb 1846.
- Gustav Adolf Friedrich of Hesse-Homburg was born on 17 Feb 1781 in Homburg; died on 8 Sep 1848 in Homburg.
- 7. Marie Anne of Hesse-Homburg was born in 1785 in Homburg; died on 14 Apr 1846 in Berlin.