HRH Princess Alice of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine

Royal House

Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (family) Hesse-Darmstadt (marriage)

Date & place of birth

25 April 1843 Buckingham Palace, London

Born as

HRH Princess of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Alice Maud Mary  

Parents

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Prince Consort)

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Siblings

Third of nine children (four brothers four sisters)

Consort

Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine 13 June 1877-14 December 1878

Predecessor

Duchess Mathilde Caroline in Bavaria

Successor

Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Married

1 July 1862 Osborne House, Isle of Wight

Spouse

HRH Grand Duke Ludwig IV of Hesse and by Rhine (then Prince of Hesse and by Rhine)

Children (7)

Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine

Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine

Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine

Prince Ernst of Hesse and by Rhine

Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine

Princess Alice of Hesse and by Rhine

Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine

Date & place died

14 December 1878 New Palace, Darmstadt, Hesse

Burial place

Grand Ducal mansoleum, Rosenhohe (outside Darmstadt)

List of titles

HRH Princess of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony

HRH Princess of Hesse and by Rhine

HRH Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine

* Alice was the first of Queen Victoria’s children to die (before her mother)

* Princess Alice died on the 17th anniversary of her father’s death