Category:Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse

**Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine**
	German aristocrat (1868-1937)
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Date of birth	25 November 1868; Darmstadt
Date of death	9 October 1937; Schloß Wolfsgarten
Place of burial	Darmstadt;
Country of citizenship	German Reich;
Occupation	writer; draughtsman; poet; aristocrat; composer;
Native language	German;
Noble title	grand duke; prince;
Family	House of Hesse-Darmstadt;
Father	Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse;
Mother	Alice of the United Kingdom;
Sibling	Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine; Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine; Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine; Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine; Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine; Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse);
Child	Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 1); stillborn son von Hessen-Darmstadt (Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 2); Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse (Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich, 3); Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine (Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich, 4);
Spouse	Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1894–1901); Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (1905–1937);
Award received	Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece; Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath; Order of St. Andrew; Royal Victorian Chain (1902); Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary;
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Ernest Louis Charles Albert William (de: Ernst Ludwig Karl Albert Wilhelm), (25 November 1868-9 October 1937) was the last Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 1892 until 1918. His nickname was Ernie.

Ernest Louis was the fourth child and eldest son of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, daughter of Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. He was an older brother to Alexandra Fyodorovna of Hesse, Empress Consort of Nicholas II of Russia.

In 1894, Ernest Louis married his first cousin, Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, ("Ducky") on 19 April 1894. They had one daughter:

Elisabeth of Hesse (1895-1903).

They were divorced December 21, 1901, on the grounds of "invincible mutual antipathy". by a special verdict of the Supreme Court of Hesse.

Ernest Louis remarried in 1905 to Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich, with whom he had two sons:

George Donatus of Hesse (1906-1937), who married Princess Cecilie of Greece (sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh), and had issue.
Louis of Hesse (1908-1968). Married Margaret Campbell Geddes, no issue. He adopted en:Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse as heir.

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