NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse

Louis IV (Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Karl) (12 September 1837 - 13 March 1892), was the fourth Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, reigning from 13 June 1877 until his death. Through his own and his children's marriages he was connected to the British Royal Family, to the Imperial house of Russia and other royal houses of Europe. Image File history File links LudwigIVhesse. ... Image File history File links LudwigIVhesse. ... Portal:Currentevents September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). ... | Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837 - 1901) 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Hesse is a region of west-central Germany. ... June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... 1877 (MDCCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Early life

Louis was born at Darmstadt, Germany as the son of Prince Charles of Hesse-Darmstadt (23 April 1809-20 March 1877) and Princess Elizabeth of Prussia (18 June 1815-21 March 1855), granddaughter of King Frederick William II of Prussia. Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland (federal state) of Hessen in Germany. ... April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ... 1809 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in Leap years). ... 1877 (MDCCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. ... The Battle of New Orleans 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Frederick William II (German: ; September 25, 1744 â€“ November 16, 1797) was the fourth king of Prussia, reigning from 1786 until his death. ...

Marriage

On 1 July 1862, Louis married Princess Alice, the third child of Queen Victoria of Great Britain at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. On the day of the wedding, the Queen issued Letters Patent granting her new son-in-law the style of Royal Highness. This style was only in effect in Great Britain, not the German confederation where Prince Ludwig was only a Grand Ducal Highness. The Queen subsequently created him a Knight of the Garter. July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Princess Alice (Alice Maud Mary), (25 April 1843 â€“ 14 December 1878), was a member of the British Royal Family, the third child and second daughter of Queen Victoria. ... Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 â€“ 22 January 1901) was the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and the first Empress of India from 1 January 1877, until her death in 1901. ... The Isle of Wight is an English island and county, off the southern English coast, to the south of the county of Hampshire. ... HRH is an abbreviation for the style His Royal Highness or Her Royal Highness. ... The Garter is the most recognizable insignia of the Order of the Garter. ...

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Military career

During the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, Louis commanded the Hessian cavalry in support of the Austrian side. In the 1870-71 Franco-Prussian War, Louis led the Hessian contingent of the armies of the North German Confederation. Combatants Austria, Saxony, Bavaria, Baden, WÃ¼rttemberg, Hanover and some minor German States (formerly as the Deutscher Bund) Prussia, Italy and some minor German States Strength 600,000 Austrians and German allies 500,000 Prussians and German allies 300,000 Italians Casualties 20,000 dead or wounded 37,000 dead... Combatants Second French Empire North German Confederation allied with south German states (later German Empire) Commanders Napoleon III Helmuth von Moltke Strength 500,000[citation needed] 550,000[citation needed] Casualties 150,000 dead or wounded 284,000 captured 350,000 civilian [citation needed] 100,000 dead or wounded 200... North German Federation (in German, Norddeutscher Bund), came into existence in 1867, following the dissolution of the German Confederation. ...

Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine

On 13 June 1877, he succeeded his uncle as Grand Duke of Hesse taking the name Ludwig IV. June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... 1877 (MDCCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Second Marriage

Following the death of Princess Alice in 1878, Ludwig IV contracted a morganatic marriage on 30 April 1884 with Alexandrina Hutten-Czapska (3 September 1854-8 May 1941), the former wife of Alexander Kolémine, the Russian chargé d'affaires in Darmstadt. His second wife received the title Countess von Romrod. The marriage, which caused great concern within his family, was annulled within a year. 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... A morganatic marriage is a type of marriage which can be contracted in certain countries, usually between persons of unequal social rank (unebenbÃ¼rtig in German), which prevents the passage of the husbands titles and privileges to the wife and any children born of the marriage. ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining. ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... This article is about the year. ...

Later life

Grand Duke Ludwig IV died on 13 March 1892 and was succeeded by his son, Ernest Louis. His remains are buried at Rosenhöhe, the mausoleum for the Grand Ducal House of Hesse outside of Darmstadt. March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Titles, Styles, Honours & Arms

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