#ernst ludwig of hesse

[romanovsonelastdance]

Romanov relatives: Ernst-Ludwig of Hesse with his sons.

#romanov relatives #ernst ludwig of hesse #georg donatus of hesse #ludwig of hesse #ernest louis of hesse #george donatus of hesse #louis of hesse #hessian grand ducal family #my collection

[royalsofhistory]

💌 “It was the happiest and most joyous party I had ever attended in my life,” said Prince Nicholas of Greece about his visit to Wolfsgarten in the late 1890s. “We were all close relatives; young and healthy; like school children on vacation...”

The photographs feature Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse, Prince Nicholas of Greece, Grand Dukes Andrei and Boris Vladimirovich of Russia at Schloss Wolfsgarten, Fall of 1899.

Source: An excerpt from Prince Nicholas of Greece’s memoir, My Fifty Years, included in Hannah Pakula’s The Last Romantic: A Biography of Queen Marie of Romania.

#tsar nicholas ii #prince nicholas of greece #ernst ludwig of hesse #royalty #royals #russian imperial family #greek royal family #german royal family #victorian era #19th century

[adini-nikolaevna]

“I was photographed as Princess Charlotte because Grandmother thinks I look like her.”

— Princess Victoria of Hesse to her brother, Hereditary Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig, 1882.

#princess victoria of hesse #grand duke ernst ludwig of hesse #princess charlotte augusta of wales #romanov relatives #quotes

[foreverinthepagesofhistoryy]

Grand Duchesses Olga and Tatiana Nikolaevna playing with their little cousins Princes Georg Donatus and Ludwig of Hesse and By Rhine, also with their maternal uncle Grand Duke Ernst Louis of Hesse and By Rhine, Livadia Crimea 1912 🤍

#so adorable! #olga nikolaevna #tatiana nikolaevna #romanov #otma #romanovs #hessian royal family #grand Duke Ernst Louis of hesse #grand Duke Ernst Louis of hesse and by Rhine #prince georg donatus of hesse and by Rhine #prince Ludwig of hesse and by Rhine #georg donatus of hesse #Ludwig of hesse #hesse #Livadia #Crimea #1912 #russian imperial family #russian history

[princesselisabethofhesse]

Ernst Ludwig's memoirs' latest edition

I recently got Thomas Aufleger's edition on Ernst Ludwig Memoirs: "Ernst Ludwig Großherzog von Hessen und bei Rhein - Geschehnisse und Menschen, Erinnerungen". And I must write a little review from my humble point of view, because this book is a treasure.

After buying Thomas' book on Gretchen von Fabrice (Alix of Hesse's maid and personal friend) I had high expectations on his edition of Ernie's memoirs, and this book really meet them.

At first glance, the book caught my attention for its quality and design. One can tell it was done with care, love and attention to every detail, as if I Ernst Ludwig himself had been in charge of editing it.

I leave a photo of the pages dedicated to Elisabeth, which illustrate very well the approach of the book:

Almost every page is illustrated with never-before-seen images of fine art, portraits, personal belongings, letters, drawings or photographs that come from Ernie's personal albums or collections held at the Hessian State Archives. Also, each page includes a few footnotes that help you understand what or who Ernst is talking about. These footnotes often include extra information as excerpts of personal letters, vintage articles or memoirs that really make you feel as if Ernst was talking to you personally.

I can only congratulate Thomas for this masterpiece and wish him the best of luck. I don't understand German myself, but the book's clear structure, organised in chapters based on different topics, makes it easy for the reader to find what they are looking for and they can translate it, as I do, with an online translator or app. Also, as it is very richly illustrated, it is easy for the reader to find the pages in which Ernst talks about the royal or event they are interested in. Even if you don't understand German, give this book a chance, you won't regret it.

Thank you Thomas for this jewel!

❤️

#princess Elisabeth of Hesse #Ernst Ludwig's memoirs #Ernst Ludwig Erinnertes #Ernst Ludwig Erinnerungen

[loiladadiani]

Grand Duke Serge Alexandrovich and the Hessians

The main reason I like this picture is that Ella is smiling in a very different, spontaneous way. Her eyes are involved in the smile. She has not turned into the “ethereal” beauty yet. I don't have a date for the picture. It might be around her engagement to Serge.

In the picture, from left to right: A very young Ernst Ludwig with a pup under each arm, Ella with a little girl in her arms whom I don't know; sitting on the steps in front of Ella, Princess Victoria, standing by Ella, Princess Alix, sitting right in front of Alix, the Grand Duke Ludwig IV, and sitting next to him, Grand Duke Serge.

There are two young women in the photo, one sitting next to Victoria and the other standing behind Sergei, whom I do not know.

#russian history #romanov family #hessian royal family #grand duchess elizabeth feodorovna #Empress Alexandra Feodorovna #Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse #grand duke ernst ludwig of hesse #Princess Victoria of Hesse #Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich

[ykzzr]

Princess Louise of Battenberg and her uncle Grand Duke Ernst Louis of Hesse and by Rhine in Dramstadt 1910.

#louise of battenberg #Ernst Louis #1910s #darmstadt #louise mountbatten #Queen Louise #duke of hesse #hesse and by rhine #Ernst Ludwig #Battenberg #Mountbatten #hesse family

[foreverinthepagesofhistory]

Princess Ella’s playhouse!

This playhouse belonged to Princess Elisabeth of Hesse (1895-1903)

The story of the playhouse is as followed:

When Ella went to spend half of the year with her mother, her father had a special plan. Grand Duke Ernst Louis of Hesse commissioned a little playhouse to be built for his daughter in the forest of Schloss Wolfsgarten (a hunting lodge in Darmstadt, the capital of Hesse). When Princess Elisabeth got back, she was surprised by the little playhouse and was so happy! When her cousins came over, they played in the playhouse and had so much fun.

When she died in 1903, the playhouse wasn’t used anymore until her half brothers (Georg Donatus and Ludwig) started to play in it

(Photo from @princesselisabethofhesse. Go check out her account for more in-depth information on this subject!)

If you go visit Wolfsgarten today, you can find the playhouse sitting in the same spot as it was in 1902.

No one is allowed inside the house out of respect for its past visitors but there are photos of the inside.

Ella had immense fun in this little house and whenever you visit, you can know that you are standing in the same spot as Ella and her cousins and friends once did.

#princess elisabeth of hesse #otma #ella of hesse #ella’s playhouse #wolfsgarten #hesse #mine #elisabeth of hesse #ernst louis #early 1900s #1902 #1903 #prince georg donatus #prince ludwig #playhouse

[grossherzoginalice]

The family of the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse in 1872. From left to right- Irene, Ernst, Louis, Elisabeth, Alice, Victoria and Friedrich.

#princess alice #grand duchess alice #ludwig iv #victoria mountbatten #Princess Victoria of Hesse #Princess Louis of Battenberg #Victoria of Battenberg #Princess Elisabeth of Hesse #Ella of Hesse #hesse sisters #Grand Duchess Elisabeth #Princess Irene #Princess Irene of Hesse #Princess Henry of Prussia #Princess Irene of Prussia #Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig #Prince Friedrich of Hesse

[postcard-from-the-past]

Ernst Ludwig Karl Albrecht Wilhelm, Grand Duke of Hesse and her daughter Princess Elisabeth Marie Alice Viktoria of Hesse

German vintage postcard, mailed in 1903

#1903 #marie #historic #ernst #grand #photo #briefkaart #vintage #daughter #ernst ludwig #karl albrecht wilhelm #ludwig #sepia #albrecht #grand duke #photography #wilhelm #viktoria #carte postale #hesse #postcard #mailed #postkarte #postal #tarjeta #elisabeth marie alice viktoria #karl #ansichtskarte #old #duke

[otmacamera]

5th May 1912 part 1/2

Photo 1-2 : Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna and Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna in Oreanda, 5th May 1912.

Photo 3 : Grand Duchess Eleonore of Hesse and by Rhine and Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine in Oreanda, 5th May 1912.

Photo 4 : Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna at the ruins of the Oreanda palace, 5th May 1912.

Photo 5 : Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna at the ruins of the Oreanda palace, 5th May 1912.

Photo 6 : Tsar Nicholas II at the ruins of the Oreanda palace, 5th May 1912.

Photo 7 : Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna in Oreanda, 5th May 1912.

Photo 8 : Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna and Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna in Oreanda, 5th May 1912.

"5th May. Saturday. With A[unt] and T[atiana] rode on horseback to Oreanda on the Cross Hill. Zlebov and Kublitsky had breakfast with us. In the afternoon, all together and with Mama went to Oreanda and from there we 2 with Aunts, Papa and Uncle went to Harax for tea. The weather was wonderful. Was at vsenoshchnoy. Had dinner on the balcony. There was a thunderstorm."

1912 Diary of Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna

Photos from: Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna's 1912-1916 Album/ Pages 9&9b - photo 125, 126, 128, 129, 130, 132 Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna's 1910-1912 Album/ Page 25b - photo 384, 385

#1912 #oreanda #big pair #Tatiana Nikolaevna Romanova #Olga Nikolaevna Romanova #alexandra feodorovna #Nicholas II #grand duke ernst ludwig of hesse #grand duchess eleonore of hesse #elisabeth feodorovna

[romanovsonelastdance]

Maria Nikolaevna in a car with her father, Nicholas II, and uncle Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse.

#romanov #otma #nicholas ii #maria nikolaevna #ernst ludwig of hesse #ernest louis of hesse #hessian royal family #my collection

[heavyarethecrowns]

Prince Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Ernst Ludwig of Hesse (future Grand Duke of Hesse) and Prince George of Wales (future King George V of the United Kingdom)

#king george v

[stupidgirl2003]

The Old Mausoleum and Princess Elisabeth.

In the Grand Ducal Hessian family, the name Elisabeth evokes melancholic feelings; as the lives of the beholders of this beautiful name, which means 'God-given', the princesses Elisabeth, later Grand Duchess Elizaveta Feodorovna (1864-1918) and Elisabeth, Elizaveta Feodorovna's niece (1895-1903), were princesses whose lives and destinies were intermingled with happiness, devotion, service, and sadness. Today, remembering the beholders of this name, we can remember another Hessian princess named Elisabeth who, like Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig's daughter, also died in childhood. Being so young when she passed away, information about her is scarce. She was the fourth child and first daughter of the Hereditary Princely couple of Darmstadt, Ludwig and Wilhelmine, but the fact is that Elisabeth's parents had been leading separated lives for a while and, the age gap with her older brothers, Princes Ludwig and Karl, was of more than a decade. Therefore, that her biological father was not the Hereditary Prince does not come as a surprise, being the most probable biological father August von Senarclens-Grancy, a Swiss noble in service to the court. He was also the possible biological father of her younger siblings, Alexander and Marie, but, like her, they were also recognized by Ludwig. Wilhelmine's pregnancy with Elisabeth is mentioned in a letter from her sister, Russian Empress Elizaveta Alexeievna to her mother, Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt: '...I am very sorry for my poor aunt in Darmstadt [Luise, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by the Rhine, mother-in-law of Wilhelmine], whose eyes are in such a bad state. Is she happy with Mimi's [Wilhelmine's nickname] pregnancy ? Dear mother, I don't think I have been secretive with you, but when Mimi told me that I was the first person she had spoken to about her pregnancy, I thought it was not for me to be the first to speak of it, but for her in every way. I still don't know how far along she is, she hasn't told me, but I'm sure you do, dear mother...' . Three months after this letter was written, on the 20 of May of 1821, Amalie Elisabeth Luise Caroline Friederike was born. Although not directly mentioned, she was possibly named in honor of her maternal grandmother and maternal aunts and her official paternal grandmother. She, as a child, possibly spent the majority of her time with nannies that took care of her, and with her mother Wilhelmine. Elisabeth has been referred to as her mother's favorite daughter. Her mother, who loved to travel to Switzerland and had visited it several times before, decided to take all her children in a travel there, but what was to be a happy event, was marked by tragedy, as Elisabeth, in the outward journey, contracted scarlet fever and died on May 27, 1826, in Lausanne, a week after her fifth birthday.

Little Elisabeth was laid to rest first in the Darmstadt City Church for some time until 1831, when the mausoleum her mother had asked court architect Georg Moller to erect in the Rosehöhe, a most loved place for her, was finished. This mausoleum with time became an important burial place for the Hessian Grand Ducal family.

As for Wilhelmine, with the death of Elisabeth, her love for Switzerland, traveling, and life in general decayed. She said some years later 'the old wanderlust is no longer to be found in me'.

Wilhelmine died in 1836, and asked her husband, now Grand Duke Ludwig II, to have a simple funeral and to be laid to rest with her beloved Elisabeth.

Sources: L'impératrice Élisabeth, épouse d'Alexandre 1er by Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich, podcast 'Treffpunkt Heilingenberg' #3 'Eine Affäre in der Schweiz', Die Hessin auf dem Zarenthron: Maria, Kaiserin von Russland, http://www.park-rosenhoehe.info/Park_Geschichte.html and https://freunde-des-schlossmuseum-darmstadt.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/flyer_palais.pdf

Thanks to @abigaaal for her feedback on this!

#grand ducal family of hesse-darmstadt #princess elisabeth of hesse-darmstadt (1821-1826) #Grand Duchess Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt #Princess Wilhelmine of Baden #Prinzessin Elisabeth (1821-1826) #Altes mausoleum #Old Mausoleum #Rosenhöhe #darmstadt #Too much Elizabeths

[foreverinthepagesofhistoryy]

Today, 145 years ago, Princess Alice of Hesse (née Great Britain and Ireland) died of Diptheria 🖤🕊️

 “Alice and the doctors nursed the family round the clock. On the morning of 16 November, Marie choked to death from the membrane covering her throat. Her mother, awakened by the doctors, hurried to the nursery, only to find her daughter dead. Alice sat by her daughter's body, kissing Marie's face and hands, trying to work up the strength to tell her ill husband. She watched as Marie's coffin was wheeled off to the family mausoleum. For weeks, Alice concealed Marie's death from the other sick children, who asked about her and tried to send their little sister oys. Elisabeth, who had been sent to stay with her paternal andmother, was the only child who escaped infection. The sick children were finally told at the beginning of December that Marie had died. Ten-year-old Ernst-Ludwig first refused to believe the news and then broke down in tears. His mother hugged and kiss him, despite the risk of infection. On 7 December Alice recognize the symptoms of diphtheria in herself. She died on the morning 14 December, murmuring "From Friday to Saturday -- four week-- May -- dear Papa." Alice was interred beside her daughter.”

#rest in piece 🤍🕊️ #princess alice #Grand Duchess of hesse #princess alice of hesse #princess Alice of hesse and by rhine #Princess Alice of Great Britain and Ireland #Alice of hesse #December 14th #On this day

[princesselisabethofhesse]

1902-1903 Postcards

In December 1902, Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig began his trip to India and Egypt. During his journey, he sent his daughter, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse, numerous postcards, which are preserved in the Hessian State Archives in Darmstadt.

When he departed in December 1902, Ernst Ludwig left his first “Gruss Haus Darmstadt” postcard for his beloved daughter, where he wrote in English: “Goodbye my darling. God bless you. Papa’s love is always near you, sleeping or walking."

On the outward journey, Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig sent numerous postcards to Elisabeth, e.g. “tender kisses” from Paris or a picture of his hotel in Marseille with details of his balcony.

On the postcard above, written on board the Arabia on December 16, 1902, Ernst Ludwig told his daughter: "I send you a big kiss. Till now the weather was bad & I was seasick but now it is lovely & the sun is shinning & it is warm. I saw flying fish. A big kiss from Papa.” He celebrated Christmas on board the "Arabia" and Elisabeth sent him and his entourage a Christmas card.

On January 1, 1903, Ernst Ludwig enthusiastically reported to his daughter about his impressions from Delhi: “All those many people dressed in every color of the rainbow. It was lovely. A big kiss from Papa.” The cards are mostly in black and white, but for her daughter to get a better impression, he also described the colours of everything he saw.

On the postcard above, written on January 15, 1903, he wrote: "This lovely place is all in white marble with a blue (sky ?) & lots of green parrots flying about & screaming. They are green with red beak & a red ring round their necks. Papa"

Almost every day he sent his daughter postcards with picturesque pictures and short, sweet greetings. Postcards with motifs that were exotic to Elisabeth document his journey to destinations in northern India that are still classic today, such as Benares, Agra with the Taj Mahal, Jaipur and Fatehpur Sikri.

At the end of February, Ernst Ludwig finally began his return journey - but made a stopover in Egypt. On March 5, 1903, on a postcard from the Shephard's Hotel, the most famous luxury hotel in Cairo at that time, Ernst Ludwig announced to his daughter what should not be missed on a trip to Egypt: “Today, I go for a week up the Nile.”

On March 11, 1903, he sent birthday greetings to Elisabeth on a card from Aswan. He also visited Luxor and Karnak and, of course, the pyramids of Giza at the end.

On the postcard above, written on March 22, 1903, he proudly reported to Elisabeth about his climb to the pyramids: "I klimbed (sic.) up the pyramid yesterday & got very out of breath. Today I krept (sic.) into the inside. It was very difficult because all was so very slippery. Papa."

On the postcard above, written on March 23, 1903, Ernst Ludwig sent his daughter "a big hug from Papa".

He finally returned to Darmstadt via Genoa on April 3, 1903. In the following months, Ernst Ludwig continued to send postcards with loving greetings to Elisabeth from his travels through Germany. In one of his last cards, written on August 6, 1903, he told her: “Next time you must come with me.”

source: landesarchivhessen.de Thank you Thomas Aufleger for sharing this little treasure with me!

#princess Elisabeth of Hesse #Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse #1902 Letters & Diary entries #1902 #1903 Letters & Diary entries #1903 #1902 Biography #1903 Biography