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Grand Duchess consort of Hesse and by Rhine | |||||
Tenure | 13 June 1877 – 14 December 1878 | ||||
Predecessor | Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria | ||||
Successor | Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | ||||
Born | Buckingham Palace, London, England | 25 April 1843||||
Died | 14 December 1878 New Palace, Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Empire | (aged 35)||||
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House | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | ||||
Father | Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | ||||
Mother | Queen Victoria | ||||
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Princess Alice (25 April 1843 – 14 December 1878) was Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine from 1877 until her death in 1878 as the wife of Grand Duke Louis IV. She was the third child and second daughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
She was the sister of Edward VII of the United Kingdom and German Empress Victoria and the mother of Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia.