Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine

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German noble human military officer prince

Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine was a 19th-century German prince and military officer best known as a morganatic founder of the Battenberg (later Mountbatten) family, which became closely connected to several European royal houses.

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Label Occurrences
Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine canonical 9

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German noble ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
prince ⓘ
birthDate 1823-07-15 ⓘ
birthPlace Darmstadt ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Hesse ⓘ
child Alexander of Battenberg ⓘ
surface form: Prince Alexander of Battenberg

Prince Francis Joseph of Battenberg ⓘ
Prince Henry of Battenberg ⓘ
Prince Louis of Battenberg ⓘ
Princess Marie of Battenberg ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Grand Duchy of Hesse ⓘ
deathDate 1888-12-15 ⓘ
deathPlace Grand Duchy of Hesse ⓘ
Seeheim-Jugenheim ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
familyName von Hessen und bei Rhein ⓘ
father Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse ⓘ
founderOf House of Battenberg ⓘ
surface form: Battenberg family

House of Battenberg ⓘ
fullName Alexander Ludwig Georg Friedrich Emil von Hessen und bei Rhein ⓘ
givenName Alexander ⓘ
language German ⓘ
militaryBranch Hessian military ⓘ
Imperial Russian Army ⓘ
militaryRank general ⓘ
mother Princess Wilhelmine of Baden ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Hesse-Darmstadt ⓘ
notableDescendantFamily British royal family ⓘ
Mountbatten family ⓘ
Spanish royal family ⓘ
Swedish royal family ⓘ
notableFor dynastic connections to multiple European royal houses ⓘ
founding the morganatic Battenberg line ⓘ
participatedIn Crimean War ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
residence Darmstadt ⓘ
Schloss Heiligenberg, Jugenheim ⓘ
surface form: Heiligenberg Castle, Jugenheim
sibling Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse ⓘ
Prince Karl of Hesse and by Rhine ⓘ
Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine ⓘ
spouse Countess of Hohenstein ⓘ
surface form: Countess Julia von Hauke
spouseTitleConferred Princess of Battenberg ⓘ
surface form: Countess of Battenberg

Princess of Battenberg ⓘ
spouseType morganatic marriage ⓘ
title Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine self-link ⓘ
Prince of Hesse-Darmstadt ⓘ
surface form: Prince of Hesse and by Rhine

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

House of Hesse-Darmstadt → member → Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine ⓘ
Princess Alice of Battenberg → grandfather → Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine ⓘ
House of Battenberg → hasMember → Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine ⓘ
House of Battenberg → foundedBy → Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine ⓘ
Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse → sibling → Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine ⓘ
Prince Louis of Battenberg → father → Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine ⓘ
Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine → title → Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine self-link ⓘ
Alexander I of Bulgaria → father → Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine ⓘ
Alexander of Battenberg → father → Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine ⓘ