Biography of Ernest Louis Hesse Darmstadt Grand Duke 1868
Ernest Louis Hesse Darmstadt Grand Duke 1868-1937 Double Heese Darmstadt Marriage
Biography of Ernest Louis Hesse Darmstadt Grand Duke 1868-1937 including his birth, marriages, death and life events, life events of his siblings, and his ancestry to five generations, royal ancestors and royal descendants.
On 30 Apr 1884 father and daughter, [his father] Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke (age 46) and [his sister] Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven (age 21), were both married on the same, of near, days, he taking advantage pf his relatives being in Darmstadt for his daughter's wedding. He, apparently, didn't approve of his daughter's choice of his first cousin Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven (age 29) since they, Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven (age 29) and Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven (age 21) would live in Britain.

Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven (age 29) and Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven (age 21) were married. She the daughter of Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke (age 46) and Princess Alice Saxe Coburg Gotha. They were first cousin once removed. She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

In the evening Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke (age 46) and [his step-mother] Alexandrina Hutten Czapska (age 29) were married. She being his former mistress. Apparently, they separated within a week and the marriage was annulled within three months.

On 19 Apr 1894 Ernest Louis Hesse Darmstadt Grand Duke (age 25) and Victoria Melita Windsor (age 17) were married. She the daughter of Prince Alfred Windsor (age 49) and Maria Holstein Gottorp Romanov (age 40). He the son of Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke and Princess Alice Saxe Coburg Gotha. They were first cousins. He a grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

In 1931 [his son] Georg Donatus Hesse Darmstadt Grand Duke (age 24) and [his daughter-in-law] Cecilie Glücksburg Grand Duchess (age 19) were married. She by marriage Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine. He the son of Ernest Louis Hesse Darmstadt Grand Duke (age 62) and Eleonore Solms Hohensolms Lich Grand Duchess. They were first cousin once removed. He a great grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. She a great x 2 granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.