Alexander Ludwig Georg Friedrich Emil (Hessen und bei Rhein) von Hessen und bei Rhein (1823 - 1888)

Born 15 Jul 1823 in Darmstadt, Großherzogtum Hessen, Deutscher Bund

Ancestors

Husband of Julia Therese Salome (Hauke) von Battenberg — married 28 Oct 1851 in Breslau, Poland

Descendants

Died 15 Dec 1888 at age 65 in Jugenheim in Rheinhessen, Hessen, Deutsches Reich

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Biography

Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine was born in 1823 in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany. He was the daughter of Grand Duchess Wilhelmine, the wife of Ludwig II, Grand Duke of Hesse. It was openly rumoured that he was not the child of the Grand Duke but that his father was actually August de Grancy, the Grand Duchess's chamberlain. However, he was recognized by the Grand Duke as his legitimate son.

Prince Alexander married Countess Julia von Hauke in 1851 in Breslau, Poland. He served in the Austrian army and later in Hesse's army.

He died in Jugenheim, in Rheinhessen, Hesse, in 1888.

Sources

• "Hessen und bei Rhein, Alexander Ludwig Georg Friedrich Emil Prinz von“, in: Hessische Biografie <https://www.lagis-hessen.de/pnd/117760951> (updated: 15 April 2021)

• Knetsch, Carl, Das Haus Brabant : Genealogie der Herzoge von Brabant und der Landgrafen von Hessen, vol. 2 - Die Nachkommen Philipps des Grossmütigen; Darmstadt : Historischer Verein für das Grossherzogtum Hessen, 1918. pp. 347-349. Digital image, Philipps-Universität Marburg 2015 https://archiv.ub.uni-marburg.de/ubfind/Record/urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-eb2015-0061 : accessed 8 September 2021.

• Metnitz, Gustav Adolf, "Alexander" in: Neue Deutsche Biographie vol 1 (1953), pp. 192-193 [online version]; URL: https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd117760951.html#ndbcontent

• Wikipedia contributors, "Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prince_Alexander_of_Hesse_and_by_Rhine&oldid=1039682561 (accessed September 8, 2021).

• Lambton, Anthony, The Mountbattens: The Battenbergs and Young Mountbatten (London: Constable, 1989). Includes information that Alexander was widely known among European royalty to have been the son of August de Grancy.

See also:

• Wikidata: Item Q316524, en:Wikipedia