Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine was a German Hessian and Rhenish child princess, the only daughter of Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, and his first wife, Princess Victoria Mel
Princess Elisabeth in 1903
Photo of Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine as toddler, taken in 1896.
Princess Elisabeth’s death deeply devastated her father, Grand Duke Ernest of Hesse and by Rhine, who viewed her as "the sunshine of his life."
A 1901 portrait by the French Symbolist painter Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scévola of Princess Elisabeth with her mother, Victoria Melita.
Ernest Louis was the last Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, reigning from 1892 until 1918. A grandson of Queen Victoria, he was known as a patron of the arts and founded the Darmstadt Artists' Colony.
Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1895–1903)
…and by Rhine (Elisabeth Marie Alice Viktoria; 11 March 1895 – 16 November 1903) was a German Hessian and Rhenish child princess, the only daughter of Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, and his first wife, Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. She was named after her paternal great-grandmother, Princess Elisabeth of…
Ernest Louis wearing the collar of the Order of the Garter
Ernest in 1879 with his grandmother Queen Victoria and sisters Victoria, Elizabeth, Irene and Alix two months after the deaths of their mother and youngest sister. All are wearing mourning clothes.
Ernest Louis in 1917, as officer during the First World War.