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Karl Wilhelm Ludwig III, Prince of Hessen-Darmstadt und Rhein 1809–1877 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 April 1809

Birth Location: Darmstadt, Darmstädter Stadtkreis, Hessen, Germany

Death Date: 20 March 1877

Death Location: Darmstadt, Darmstädter Stadtkreis, Hessen, Germany

Father: Ludwig Rhein

Mother: Wilhelmina Durlach

Spouse(s): Elisabeth Prussia

Children(s): Ludwig Rhein

Karl Wilhelm Ludwig III, Prince of Hessen-Darmstadt und Rhein was born in 1809 in Darmstadt, Darmstädter Stadtkreis, Hessen, Germany, the child of Ludwig Ii Groherzog Von Hessen Und Bei Rhein And Wilhelmina Louise Baden Durlach. Karl Wilhelm Ludwig III, Prince of Hessen-Darmstadt und Rhein married Elisabeth Marie Karoline Viktoria Von Hohenzollern Princess Of Prussia, and had children including Ludwig Iv Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Von Hessen Grand Duke Of Hesse And Bei Rhein. Karl Wilhelm Ludwig III, Prince of Hessen-Darmstadt und Rhein passed away in 1877 in Darmstadt, Darmstädter Stadtkreis, Hessen, Germany.

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Biography

  • Karl Wilhelm Ludwig III, Prince of Hessen-Darmstadt und Rhein was born in 1809 in Darmstadt, Darmstädter Stadtkreis, Hessen, Germany, the child of Ludwig Ii Groherzog Von Hessen Und Bei Rhein And Wilhelmina Louise Baden Durlach.
  • Karl Wilhelm Ludwig III, Prince of Hessen-Darmstadt und Rhein married Elisabeth Marie Karoline Viktoria Von Hohenzollern Princess Of Prussia, and had children including Ludwig Iv Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Von Hessen Grand Duke Of Hesse And Bei Rhein.
  • Karl Wilhelm Ludwig III, Prince of Hessen-Darmstadt und Rhein passed away in 1877 in Darmstadt, Darmstädter Stadtkreis, Hessen, Germany.

Immediate Family

Parents

Ludwig Rhein
1777–1848
Birth Location: Darmstadt (D)
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Wilhelmina Durlach
1788–1836
Birth Location: Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
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Spouses(s)

Elisabeth Prussia
1815–1885
Birth Location: Berlin, Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia
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Children(s)

Ludwig Rhein
1837–1892
Birth Location: Hesse, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany
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Karl Rhein's Ancestors

Self
Karl Rhein
1809–1877
Birth Place: Darmstadt, Darmstädter Stadtkreis, Hessen, Germany
Parents
Ludwig II. Großherzog von Hessen und bei Rhein
1777–1848
Darmstadt (D)
Wilhelmina (Louise Baden) Durlach
1788–1836
Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Karl Rhein's Descendants

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Karl (Wilhelm Ludwig III, Prince of Hessen-Darmstadt und) Rhein (23 April 1809–20 March 1877) m. Elisabeth (Marie Karoline Viktoria, von Hohenzollern, Princess of) Prussia (18 Jun 1815–21 March 1885)
  1. 1. Ludwig (Iv Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Von Hessen Grand Duke of Hesse and bei) Rhein 1837–1892 m. Princess (Alice Maud Mary Hanover Saxe-Coburg-Gotha: Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine,) Battenburg 1843–1878
    1. 1. Ernest (("Ernie") Louis Charles Albert William Grand Duke of Hesse and by) Rhine 1868–1937 m. Eleonore (Ernestine Marie Solms Hohensolms) Lich 1871–1937 m. Victoria (Melita Saxe) Coburg 1876–1936
      1. 1. Ludwig (Hermann Alexander Chlodwig Hesse) Darmstadt 1908–1968
      2. 2. Georg (Donatus Wilhelm Nikolaus Eduard Heinrich Karl Hesse) Darmstadt 1906–1937
      3. 3. Elisabeth (Marie Alice Viktoria Hesse) Darmstadt 1895–1903
    2. 2. Alix (Victoria Helena Louise Beatrice (Alexandra Feodorovna) Of Hesse Princess of Hesse and bei) Rhein 1872–1918 m. Nikolai (II Alexandrovich) Romanov 1868–1918
      1. 1. Grand (Duchess Olga) Romanov 1895–1918
      2. 2. Grand (Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia) Romanov 1897–1918
      3. 3. Grand (Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia) Romanov 1899–1918
      4. 4. Grand (Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia) Romanov 1901–1918
      5. 5. Alexei (Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia) Romanov 1904–1918
    3. 3. Irene (Louise Marie Anne (née Princess of Hesse and by Rhine) Princess Henry of) Prussia 1866–1953 m. Prince (Albert William Heinrich of) Prussia 1862–1929
      1. 1. Prince (Waldemar Wilhelm Ludwig Friedrich Viktor Heinrich of) Prussia 1889–1945
      2. 2. Prince (Wilhelm Victor Karl August Heinrich 'Sigismund' of) Prussia 1896–1978
      3. 3. Prince (Henry Victor Louis Frederick of) Prussia 1900–1904
    4. 4. Victoria (Alberta Elisabeth Mathilde Marie (née Princess of Hesse and by Rhine) Marchioness of Milford) Haven 1863–1950 m. Prince (Louis Alexander Mountbatten 1st Marquess of Milford) Haven 1854–1921
      1. 1. Victoria (Alice Elizabeth Julia Marie Von Battenberg Princess Andrew of Greece and) Denmark 1885–1969 m. Prince (Andrew of Greece and) Denmark 1882–1944
        1. 1. Prince (Philip, Duke of) Edinburgh 1921–2021 m. Elizabeth (II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) Queen of) England 1926–2022
        2. 2. Philip Mountbatten 1921–1944
      2. 2. Louis (Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten 1st Earl Mountbatten of) Burma 1900–1979 m. Lady (Edwina Cynthia Annette Ashley-Cooper Countess Batten of) Burma 1901–1960
        1. 1. Patricia (Edwina Victoria (Right Honourable) Countess of Mountbatten) Burma 1924–2017
      3. 3. Lady (Louise Alexandra Marie Irene) Mountbatten 1889–1965 m. Gustav (VI Adolf King) Bernadotte 1882–1973
        1. 1. Infant (Daughter) Bernadotte 1925–1925
        2. 2. Sigvard (Oskar) Fredrik 1907–
      4. 4. George (Louis Victor Henry Serge Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford) Haven 1892–1938 m. Nadejda (Mikhailovna, Countess de) Torby 1896–1963
        1. 1. Tatiana (Elizabeth, Lady) Mountbatten 1917–1988
        2. 2. David (Michael Mountbatten 3rd Marquess of Milford) Haven 1919–1970
    5. 5. Marie (("May") Viktoria Feodore Leopoldine Princess of Hesse and by) Rhine 1874–1878
    6. 6. Friedrich (("Frittie") Wilhelm August Victor Leopold Ludwig, of Hesse Prince of Hesse and by) Rhine 1870–1873
    7. 7. Princess (Elisabeth of Hesse and by) Rhine 1864–1918 m. Sergei (Alexandrovich Romanov, Grand Duke of) Russia 1857–1905

Karl Rhein's Timeline

2 Records

1809
23 April 1809
Birth of Karl Wilhelm Ludwig III, Prince of Hessen-Darmstadt und Rhein in Darmstadt, Darmstädter Stadtkreis, Hessen, Germany
Darmstadt, Darmstädter Stadtkreis, Hessen, Germany
1877
20 March 1877
Age 68
Death of Karl Wilhelm Ludwig III, Prince of Hessen-Darmstadt und Rhein in Darmstadt, Darmstädter Stadtkreis, Hessen, Germany
Darmstadt, Darmstädter Stadtkreis, Hessen, Germany

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 April 1809
    Event Place: Darmstadt, Darmstädter Stadtkreis, Hessen, Germany

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 March 1877
    Event Place: Darmstadt, Darmstädter Stadtkreis, Hessen, Germany
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