Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (1874–1878)
Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine was a Hessian and Rhenish princess, a member of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt. She was the youngest child and fifth daughter of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom. Her mother was the second daughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Marie died of diphtheria and was buried with her mother, who died a few weeks later of the same disease.
Princess Marie in 1878
Marie with her elder siblings Irene, Alix and Ernest in about 1876
Marie in the summer of 1878 at Southampton
Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse
Louis IV was the Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 13 June 1877 until his death in 1892. Through his marriage to Queen Victoria's second daughter Alice, he was connected to the British royal family. Two of his daughters married into the House of Romanov.
Ludwig IV, 1878
The Equestrian statue of Ludwig IV on the Friedensplatz in Darmstadt
Image: Victoria Hesse 1863
Image: Elizabeth Fyodorovna of Russia