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foreverinthepagesofhistory · 8 months

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EXTREMELY rare photos of Princesses Victoria and Elisabeth of Hesse and By Rhine, early 1870s

Royal Collection Trust / © His Majesty King Charles III 2023

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duchesssoflennox · 4 months

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JOSEFINE SWOBODA AND QUEEN VICTORIA’S FAMILY 💖🥺❤️‍🩹

Beautiful portraits painted by the talented painter Josefine Swoboda (1861-1924) of the granddaughters and Great-granddaughters of Queen Victoria 🥺🦋🤍

#princess elisabeth of hesse #princess Patricia of Connaught #princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein #princess Alice of Battenberg #princess Victoria Eugenia of Battenberg #Marie of Edinburgh #Victoria melita of Edinburgh

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princesselisabethofhesse · 4 months

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Princess Elisabeth of Hesse, in her mother's arms and surrounded by her father, her paternal aunts and cousins.

Wolfsgarten, 1896.

Source: Thomas Aufleger's latest book "Geschehnisse und Menschen. Erinnerungen von Ernst Ludwig von Hessen und bei Rhein"

#Princess Elisabeth of Hesse #1896 #1896 Photographs

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foreverinthepagesofhistoryy · 5 months

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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

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duchessoflennox · 10 months

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PRINCESS ELIZABETH OF HESSE & PRINCE EDWARD OF YORK 🥺💗🤍

During the funeral of Queen Victoria in 1901, Princess Elisabeth of hesse sat next to her second cousin Prince Edward of York.

"Sweet little David behaved so well during the service," wrote his aunt princess Maud, "and was supported by the little Hesse girl who took him under her protection and held him most of the time round his neck. They looked such a delightful little couple."

#edward viii #princess elisabeth of hesse

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krasivaa · 7 months

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A page of the diary of 12-years old Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine, when she met Tsesarevich Nikolai of Russia at the wedding day of her sister Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine, who was marrying Nicholas' uncle, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich. Both poem and drawing made by Alix!!

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queenalexandraofdenmark · 11 months

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Happy Father's Day!!! 💙

Christian & Alexandra, Albert & Elizabeth, George & Mary, Sasha & Olga, Nicholas & Tatiana, Philip & Charles, Ernest Louis & Elisabeth, and Edward & Louise.

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grossherzoginalice · 3 months

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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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epoque-victorienne · 1 year

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#Colorized Photo #Colorization #Hesse-Darmstadt #Princess Alice #Princess Irene of Hesse #Grand Duke Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt #Prince Ernst of Hesse #Princess Elisabeth of Hesse #Princess Victoria of Hesse #Princess Marie of Hesse #1870s #Princess Alix of Hesse

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adini-nikolaevna · 1 year

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Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine by Swoboda. Courtesy of the Royal Collection Trust.

#princess elisabeth of hesse and by rhine #romanov relatives #swoboda #portrait #royal collection trust

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foreverinthepagesofhistory · 9 months

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~ 🤍 Grandmama and Ella 🤍 ~

“Darling little Elisabeth came & put her arms round my neck, kissing me most affectionately. She is the most engaging endearing child I have ever seen, & everybody is enchanted with her. She has beautiful large eyes, dimples, & such a sweet smile.”

— Queen Victoria’s diary entry on June 9th 1899

#aw so cute 🤍💗#🥹💗🤍#queen victoria #princess elisabeth of hesse #ella of hesse #elisabeth of hesse #hessian royal family #quotes #fav quotes #letters and diaries #1899

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duchesssoflennox · 9 months

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CHILDREN OF PRINCESS VICTORIA MELITA OF EDINBURGH 🥺💙✨️🫶

Princess Victoria Melita (25 November 1876 – 2 March 1936) was the second daughter and third child of Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia! She was the granddaughter of Queen Victoria from her English father's side and Tsar Alexander II's granddaughter from her Russian mother's side. She is famous for her divorce and remarriage scandals!

In 1894, at the age of 18, at the suggestion of her grandmother, Queen Victoria, she married her cousin, Prince Ernest of Hesse and by Rhine! Between 1895 and 1900, Victoria Melita and Ernest had 2 children:

Princess Elizabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (11 March 1895 – 16 November 1903) affectionately known as "Ella"!

a stillborn son (25 May 1900 - 25 May 1900) who died in the womb of his mother In 1900, Victoria Melita gave birth to a stillborn son, which was very disappointing for Queen Victoria!

In 1901, Princess Victoria Melita and Ernest divorced because they had an unhappy and incompatible marriage. They were first cousins who married under family pressure, but they soon realized that they had nothing in common Princess Victoria was in love with another cousin, Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia, while Ernest was rumored to be a homosexual.

Princess Victoria Melita had a complicated and tragic relationship with her daughter Princess Elisabeth... She was fond of her daughter, but she was not very involved in her upbringing.

Princess Victoria Melita's relationship with her daughter Princess Elisabeth was strained after the divorce. Princess Elisabeth blamed her mother for the divorce and resented her for leaving her father. Princess Victoria tried to reconnect with her daughter during her visits, but she was only partially successful. Princess Elisabeth was very close to her father and preferred to stay with him at Wolfsgarten, where he built her a small house of her own in the woods. Princess Victoria and Princess Elisabeth never had a chance to fully reconcile, as Princess Elisabeth died of typhoid fever in 1903, at the age of eight. It was a tragic loss for both parents, who loved their little daughter dearly.

Victoria melita later wrote in her memoirs: "My little Ella was taken from me. She was the joy of my life and I never really recovered from this loss."

Victoria melita's memories of her daughter were mostly sad and bitter, but she also cherished some happy moments they shared. She remembered how Ella loved animals and nature, and how she enjoyed playing in the woods near Wolfsgarten, where Ernest built her a small house of her own. She also remembered how Ella had a sweet and gentle personality, and how she looked like a fairy with her Dark hair and blue eyes... Two years after the death of her daughter Elizabeth, in 1905 she married her cousin and long-term lover Kirill Vladimirovich! In 1907, Victoria Melita and Kirill welcomed their first child, a daughter named Marie. Marie was named after her maternal grandmother! In 1909, Kirill and Victoria Melita welcomed their second child, a daughter named Kira! And in 1917, Kirill and Victoria Melita welcomed their third and last child, a son named Vladimir, The birth was so difficult and painful that 41-year-old Victoria Melita went near death during the birth of Vladimir! Princess Victoria Melita had 3 children from her second marriage who survived to adulthood and married and all had children. Despite the birth of three more children, Princess Victoria Melita never forgot her little Elizabeth and always kept a portrait of her in her room until her death in 1936...

#Victoria melita of Edinburgh #princess elisabeth of hesse #Marie Kirillovna #Kira kirillovna #Vladimir Kirillovich

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princesselisabethofhesse · 4 months

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Baby Princess Elisabeth of Hesse sitting in her mother's lap. November 1895.

source: Thomas Aufleger’s latest book “Geschehnisse und Menschen. Erinnerungen von Ernst Ludwig von Hessen und bei Rhein”. ©Hessian State Archive

#princess Elisabeth of Hesse #1895 #1895 Photographs

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foreverinthepagesofhistoryy · 6 months

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~ 🤍 Royal Parallels 🤍 ~

SUPER rare photos of the little garden cage in Princess Elisabeth of Hesse’s playhouse, featuring it’s tiny inhabitants, 1903 vs 1909

Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and OTMA, 1903, Princes Georg Donatus and Ludwig with Elisabeth and Johanna Solms, 1909

Source: Romanov Albums and Hessian State Archives

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princessvictoriamelita · 5 days

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Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine, 1900s.

If she hadn't died at 8, perhaphs she would have looked like this at age 10/11.

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stupidgirl2003 · 7 months

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The Old Mausoleum and Princess Elisabeth.

In the Grand Ducal Hessian family, the name Elisabeth evokes melancholic feelings; as the lives of the beholders of this beautiful name, which means 'God-given', the princesses Elisabeth, later Grand Duchess Elizaveta Feodorovna (1864-1918) and Elisabeth, Elizaveta Feodorovna's niece (1895-1903), were princesses whose lives and destinies were intermingled with happiness, devotion, service, and sadness. Today, remembering the beholders of this name, we can remember another Hessian princess named Elisabeth who, like Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig's daughter, also died in childhood. Being so young when she passed away, information about her is scarce. She was the fourth child and first daughter of the Hereditary Princely couple of Darmstadt, Ludwig and Wilhelmine, but the fact is that Elisabeth's parents had been leading separated lives for a while and, the age gap with her older brothers, Princes Ludwig and Karl, was of more than a decade. Therefore, that her biological father was not the Hereditary Prince does not come as a surprise, being the most probable biological father August von Senarclens-Grancy, a Swiss noble in service to the court. He was also the possible biological father of her younger siblings, Alexander and Marie, but, like her, they were also recognized by Ludwig. Wilhelmine's pregnancy with Elisabeth is mentioned in a letter from her sister, Russian Empress Elizaveta Alexeievna to her mother, Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt: '...I am very sorry for my poor aunt in Darmstadt [Luise, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by the Rhine, mother-in-law of Wilhelmine], whose eyes are in such a bad state. Is she happy with Mimi's [Wilhelmine's nickname] pregnancy ? Dear mother, I don't think I have been secretive with you, but when Mimi told me that I was the first person she had spoken to about her pregnancy, I thought it was not for me to be the first to speak of it, but for her in every way. I still don't know how far along she is, she hasn't told me, but I'm sure you do, dear mother...' . Three months after this letter was written, on the 20 of May of 1821, Amalie Elisabeth Luise Caroline Friederike was born. Although not directly mentioned, she was possibly named in honor of her maternal grandmother and maternal aunts and her official paternal grandmother. She, as a child, possibly spent the majority of her time with nannies that took care of her, and with her mother Wilhelmine. Elisabeth has been referred to as her mother's favorite daughter. Her mother, who loved to travel to Switzerland and had visited it several times before, decided to take all her children in a travel there, but what was to be a happy event, was marked by tragedy, as Elisabeth, in the outward journey, contracted scarlet fever and died on May 27, 1826, in Lausanne, a week after her fifth birthday.

Little Elisabeth was laid to rest first in the Darmstadt City Church for some time until 1831, when the mausoleum her mother had asked court architect Georg Moller to erect in the Rosehöhe, a most loved place for her, was finished. This mausoleum with time became an important burial place for the Hessian Grand Ducal family.

As for Wilhelmine, with the death of Elisabeth, her love for Switzerland, traveling, and life in general decayed. She said some years later 'the old wanderlust is no longer to be found in me'.

Wilhelmine died in 1836, and asked her husband, now Grand Duke Ludwig II, to have a simple funeral and to be laid to rest with her beloved Elisabeth.

Sources: L'impératrice Élisabeth, épouse d'Alexandre 1er by Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich, podcast 'Treffpunkt Heilingenberg' #3 'Eine Affäre in der Schweiz', Die Hessin auf dem Zarenthron: Maria, Kaiserin von Russland, http://www.park-rosenhoehe.info/Park_Geschichte.html and https://freunde-des-schlossmuseum-darmstadt.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/flyer_palais.pdf

Thanks to @abigaaal for her feedback on this!

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