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1 day ago · Princess of Hesse. The Hessian grand ducal family in May 1875. Elisabeth was born on 1 November 1864 as the second child of Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, and Princess Alice, daughter of Queen Victoria. Though she came from one of the oldest and most noble houses in Germany, Elisabeth and her family lived a rather modest life by ...
2 days ago · Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; 26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, from 6 May 1910 until 20 January 1936 as the wife of King-Emperor George V.
4 days ago · Major in the Reserve. Prince Christoph of Hesse (Christoph Ernst August; 14 May 1901 – 7 October 1943) was a nephew of Kaiser Wilhelm II. He was an SS-Oberführer in the Allgemeine SS and an officer in the Luftwaffe Reserve, killed on active duty in a plane crash during World War II.
3 days ago · Princess Alice, who was the mother of Prince Philip and who became the mother-in-law of Queen Elizabeth II in 1947, spent half her life in Greece. She loved the nation and its people so much that, at some point, she began to call it “my country.”. This privileged but troubled woman, who was the great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, was ...
2 days ago · Princess Elisabeth has completed a three-year degree at Oxford University. OXFORD, GREAT BRITAIN - JULY 23 : Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant, takes part in the Oxford University graduation ...
1 day ago · United Kingdom - 18th-century Britain, 1714–1815: When Georg Ludwig, elector of Hanover, became king of Great Britain on August 1, 1714, the country was in some respects bitterly divided. Fundamentally, however, it was prosperous, cohesive, and already a leading European and imperial power.
2 days ago · Alica Sasko-cobursko-gothajská (Alice Maud Mary, * 25. apríl 1843 - † 14. december 1878) bola hesenská veľkovojvodkyňa od 13. júna 1877 až do svojej smrti v roku 1878 ako manželka veľkovojvodu Ľudovíta IV. Hesenského.
