Julia, Princess of Battenberg
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Julia, Princess of Battenberg, previously Countess Julia von Hauke and Countess of Battenberg, was the wife of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, the third son of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse.
Julia Hauke by Woldemar Hau
Julia in middle age
Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse)
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Maria Alexandrovna, born Princess Wilhelmine Marie of Hesse and by Rhine, was Empress of Russia as the first wife of Emperor Alexander II.
Portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1857
Marie of Hesse with her family in 1841: The statue is her grandfather Ludwig I. Her father Ludwig II stands in the left center; her uncle Georg is to the left of Ludwig; her uncle Friderich is between them; and her uncle Emil stands on the extreme right. The portrait is her mother Wilhelmine. Her eldest brother Ludwig III is the tall man in the center behind her sister-in-law, his wife Mathilde. Her brother Karl is on the extreme left, behind his wife
Alexander II and Maria Alexandrovna. Engraving.
Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia) with her daughter Maria Nikolaevna and her daughters-in-law: Grand Duchesses Maria Alexandrovna and Alexandra Iosifovna, 1853.