The Lives And Deaths Of The Princesses Of Hesse Frances Welch Short Books £25, 288pp As well as being Britain’s monarch, Empress of India and the ruler of a vast empire over which ‘the sun ...

Princess Alice married Prince Louis of Hesse and was the mother of Alexandra, last Empress of Russia, who in turn transmitted hemophilia to her only son, Tsarevitch Alexis.

She was raised as an English princess, although her parents, Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine and Prince Louis of Battenberg were very much German.

She was the granddaughter of Queen Victoria, and the daughter of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (Victoria's third child and second daughter), and Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine.

Prince Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas was born at Frogmore House on the Windsor Estate on June 25, 1900 to Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, reports OK!

In 1861, following Victoria's consent, Alice became engaged to Prince Louis of Hesse, with whom she got on ‘very well’. Queen Victoria had expressed her wish that her children should marry for love, ...

On July 1, 1862, Alice married the handsome and rather uncomplicated Louis of Hesse and Rhine, and set off to start a new life in conservative Darmstadt (now part of Germany).

While her marriage to Prince Louis of Hesse provided some respite from her family, it was not an escape from her mother.

Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse (1806-1877), Alexander’s elder brother, wasn’t happy either with Julia’s title – “only” a Countess, her rank was insufficient compared to Prince Alexander.

The couple’s daughter was Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, and she married Prince Louis of Battenberg. READ MORE: Lord Mountbatten family tree: How was Mountbatten related to Queen?

On the show, Lord Mountbatten is called “Uncle Dickie” by both Prince Philip and his son, Prince Charles, so many viewers might not understand how exactly he is related to the members of the ...

In The Crown season 3, Princess Alice—mom to Prince Philip and mother-in-law to Queen Elizabeth—is shown as a reclusive Greek nun. Here's the true story.