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Prince Charles
Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine
Born(1809-04-23)23 April 1809
Darmstadt
Died20 March 1877(1877-03-20) (aged 67)
Darmstadt
SpousePrincess Elizabeth of Prussia
HouseHesse-Darmstadt
FatherLouis II, Grand Duke of Hesse
MotherWilhelmine of Baden
Grand Ducal Family of
Hesse and by Rhine
Louis II
Children
Louis III
Prince Charles
Princess Elisabeth
Prince Alexander
Maria Alexandrovna, Empress of Russia
Grandchildren
Louis IV
Prince Heinrich
Anna, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Prince Wilhelm

Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine (23 April 1809 - 20 March 1877) was the second son of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse and Wilhelmine of Baden.

Marriage

In 1836, Charles married Princess Elisabeth of Prussia (1815 - 1885), daughter of Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (brother of Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia) and Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg. They were unhappy together as Charles preferred life in the military to spending time with his family.

On 19 March 1877, Queen Victoria received a telegram from her daughter Alice, wife of Charles' son Louis, saying that they "feared the worst".[1] The following evening, news reached the Queen from Alice that Charles had "passed away quite peacefully after 6."[2] The Queen appears to have been affected by Charles' death, referring to him in her journal upon his death as "dear excellent Prince Charles of Hesse", later repeating, "So grieved and feel deeply for poor Prince Charles."[2]

Charles's eldest son, Louis, would become Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine upon the death of Charles's childless brother, Louis III, in 1877.

Issue

Ancestry

Family of Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine
16. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (=26, 28)
8. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (=14)
17. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg, Heiress of Lichtenberg (=27, 29)
4. Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
18. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (=30)
9. Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken (=15)
19. Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken (=31)
2. Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
20. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (=16, 26)
10. Landgrave George William of Hesse-Darmstadt
21. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg, Heiress of Lichtenberg (=17, 27)
5. Landgravine Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt
22. Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim
11. Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Falkenburg-Dagsburg
23. Countess Catharine Polyxene of Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim
1. Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine
24. Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach
12. Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden
25. Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz
6. Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden
26. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (=16, 28)
13. Landgravine Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt
27. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg, Heiress of Lichtenberg (=17, 29)
3. Princess Wilhelmine of Baden
28. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (=16, 26)
14. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (=8)
29. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg, Heiress of Lichtenberg (=17, 27)
7. Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt
30. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (=18)
15. Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken (=9)
31. Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken (=19)

References

  1. ^ "Queen Victoria's Journals". Princess Beatrice's copies. RA VIC/MAIN/QVJ(W). 19 March 1877.
  2. ^ a b "Queen Victoria's Journals". Princess Beatrice's copies. RA VIC/MAIN/QVJ(W). 20 March 1877.
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