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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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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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Queen Victoria in her carriage at Balmoral Castle with her daughter Princess Beatrice and her grandchildren Prince Ernest Louis and Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine, circa 1890.

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Romanov extended family group, 1896

Standing at the back from left to right: Ferdinand, Crowned Prince of Romania, Nicholas II, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, Princess Victoria Melita (standing very far from her husband, Ersnt Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and By Rhine.)

Sitting in the middle row from left to right: The little boy still in skirts holding hands with the lady next to him, Marie, Crowned Princess of Romania, is Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich. Next to Marie is Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, holding her daughter Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna; next to her is Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna (I am using her original Russian title, she was also Duchess of Edinburg and eventually Grand Duchess of Saxe-Coburg Gotha.) I do not recognize the baby she is holding. Last, sitting in front of Ernie, is Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna.

On the floor, sitting by Marie and holding a little girl's hand, is one of Marie's younger sisters. The little girl whose hand she is holding is Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna, the younger. Her father, Grand Duke Pavel Alexandrovich, is sitting next to her. Lastly, I am very tempted to say that the woman sitting to the right of Pavel is the elder Hessian sister, Victoria, although I am not 100% sure!

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SUPER RARE photo of the Hessian Royal Family in 1869 with relatives 💕✨

From left to right: Grand Duke Louis IV, Princess Victoria, Princess Elisabeth, baby Grand Duke Ernst Louis, Princess Alice (pregnant with Frittie), and Princess Irene 🌸

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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.

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The Children of Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse and Princess Alice of Great Britain and Ireland as Babies

Victoria, Elisabeth, Irene, Ernst Louise, Friedrich, Alix, Marie

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~Alice with her children 💗~

Princess Alice of Hesse and By Rhine (neé England) with her 6 children: Victoria, Elisabeth, Irene, Ernst Louis, Alix, and Marie

“Victoria & Ella are taller than their mother, & quite young ladies! Alicky is a glorious child, handsomer than ever a great darling, with brilliant colouring, splendid eyes, & a sweet smile. Ernie is just the same, dear good boy. Little May is also very pretty & a great darling. Alice came to my room & remained talking with me. At 4 they all left.“

- Queen Victoria’s Diary, July 16th 1878