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Issue Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse
Prince Henry
Anna, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Prince William House House of Hohenzollern (by birth)
House of Hesse-Darmstadt (by marriage) Father Prince Wilhelm of Prussia Mother Landgravine Marie Anna of Hesse-Homburg Died March 21, 1885, Darmstadt, Germany Spouse Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine (m. 1836) Children Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, Princess Anna of Hesse and by Rhine, Prince Heinrich of Hesse and by Rhine Parents Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, Princess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg Grandchildren Alexandra Feodorovna Similar People Princess Anna of Hesse an, Louis IV - Grand Duke of H, Princess Maria Anna of Hesse, Princess Irene of Hesse an, Princess Wilhelmine of Baden | ||
Princess Elisabeth of Prussia (18 June 1815 – 21 March 1885) was the second daughter of Prince Wilhelm of Prussia and Landgravine Marie Anna of Hesse-Homburg and a granddaughter of Frederick William II of Prussia. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is her great-great-grandson.
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Elisabeth was born in Berlin to Prince Wilhelm of Prussia and Landgravine Marie Anna of Hesse-Homburg. Through her father, she was a granddaughter of Frederick William II of Prussia. Through her mother, she was a granddaughter of Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. She was the fifth of seven surviving children. One of her sisters, Marie, became Queen of Bavaria.
Elisabeth married Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine, second son of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, on 22 October 1836 in Berlin. Elisabeth had good relationship with her daughter-in-law, Alice. In her later years, Elisabeth gained more weight and became obese. She lived to see her son ascend the throne as Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine on 13 June 1877 and to see Louis and Alice's two eldest daughters marry. Elisabeth and Charles' first great-grandchild, Princess Alice of Battenberg, was also born during her lifetime. She died in the borough of Darmstadt-Bessungen at the age of 69, outliving her husband by eight years.