Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine
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| Born | 15 July 1823 Darmstadt, Hesse | ||||
| Died | 15 December 1888 (aged 65) Jugenheim, Hesse | ||||
| Burial | Rosenhohe, Darmstadt | ||||
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| House | Hesse-Darmstadt | ||||
| Father | Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse (officially) August von Senarclens de Grancy (rumored) | ||||
| Mother | Wilhelmine of Baden | ||||
| Grand Ducal Family of Hesse and by Rhine |
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Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine GCB (Alexander Ludwig Georg Friedrich Emil; 15 July 1823 – 15 December 1888), was the third son and fourth child of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Wilhelmine of Baden. He was a brother of Tsarina Maria Alexandrovna, wife of Tsar Alexander II of Russia. The Battenberg-Mountbatten family descends from Alexander and his wife Countess Julia von Hauke, a former lady-in-waiting to his sister.