Alice of the United Kingdom
1843 – 1878 · Generation XXXIV · Grand Duchess of Hesse · House of Windsor
Alice of the United Kingdom (1843–1878). Grand Duchess of Hesse. Married Louis IV of Hesse in 1862. They had 2 children. Nursed her family through diphtheria and died of it at thirty-five; ancestor of Prince Philip.
One of 48 people of House of Windsor (from 1917) in this archive. The present house — it renamed itself Windsor in 1917, setting aside the German title Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Line of descent: Owen Tudor → Edmund Tudor → King Henry VII → Margaret Tudor → King James V of Scotland → Mary Queen of Scots → King James I → Elizabeth Stuart → Sophia of Hanover → King George I → King George II → Frederick Prince of Wales → King George III → Edward Duke of Kent → Queen Victoria → Alice of the United Kingdom.
Parents
- Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1819 – 1861)
- Queen Victoria (1819 – 1901)
Siblings
- Victoria Princess Royal (1840 – 1901)
- King Edward VII (1841 – 1910)
- Alfred Duke of Edinburgh (1844 – 1900)
- Helena of the United Kingdom (1846 – 1923)
- Louise Duchess of Argyll (1848 – 1939)
- Arthur Duke of Connaught (1850 – 1942)
- Leopold Duke of Albany (1853 – 1884)
- Beatrice of the United Kingdom (1857 – 1944)
Partners
- Married Louis IV of Hesse (1837 – 1892) in 1862 — 2 children together
Children
- Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (1863 – 1950)
- Alix of Hesse (1872 – 1918)
Life
- 1843 — Born
- 1862 — Married Louis IV of Hesse
- 1878 — Died