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Princess Charles of Hesse and by Rhine
Princess Elisabeth
Princess Charles of Hesse and by Rhine
Born18 June 1815
Berlin Palace, Kingdom of Prussia
Died21 March 1885(1885-03-21) (aged 69)
Bessungen, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Empire
Spouse Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine ​ ​(m. 1836; died 1877)
Issue
Names
German: Marie Elisabeth Karoline Viktoria
HouseHohenzollern
FatherPrince Wilhelm of Prussia
MotherPrincess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg
Prussian Royalty
House of Hohenzollern
Descendants of Frederick William II
Grandchildren
Prince Frederick
Prince Charles
Frederica, Duchess of Anhalt-Dessau
Princess Friederike
Princess Irene
Prince Tassilo
Prince Adalbert
Prince Tassilo
Princess Elisabeth
Prince Waldemar
Marie, Queen of Bavaria
Great-Grandchildren
Prince Alexander
Prince George

Princess Elisabeth of Prussia (18 June 1815 – 21 March 1885) was the second daughter of Prince Wilhelm of Prussia and Princess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg and a granddaughter of Frederick William II of Prussia. Through her eldest son Louis IV, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh was her great-great-grandson, and she is consequently an ancestor of Charles III.

Biography

Elisabeth was born in Berlin to Prince Wilhelm of Prussia and Princess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg. Through her father, she was a granddaughter of Frederick William II of Prussia. Through her mother, she was a granddaughter of Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. She was the fifth of seven surviving children. One of her sisters, Marie, became Queen of Bavaria.

Elisabeth had good relationship with her daughter-in-law, Alice. She lived to see her son ascend the throne as Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine on 13 June 1877 and to see Louis and Alice's two eldest daughters marry. Elisabeth and Charles' first great-grandchild, Princess Alice of Battenberg, was also born during her lifetime. In her later years, Elisabeth gained more weight and became obese. She died in Bessungen at the age of 69, outliving her husband by eight years.

Issue

Elisabeth married Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine, second son of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, on 22 October 1836 in Berlin. She had four children:

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Elisabeth of Prussia
8. Prince Augustus William of Prussia
4. Frederick William II of Prussia
9. Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
2. Prince Wilhelm of Prussia
10. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
5. Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt
11. Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken
1. Princess Elisabeth of Prussia
12. Frederick IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
6. Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
13. Princess Ulrike Louise of Solms-Braunfels
3. Princess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg
14. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (= 10)
7. Princess Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt
15. Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken (= 11)

References

  1. Smith, Kara Dawn (2010). A legacy of care: Hesse and the Alice Frauenverein, 1867-1918. University of Alabama.
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