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Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine

1823 - 1888

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Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine (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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine is the 1,779th most popular politician (up from 3,996th in 2019), the 446th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,074th in 2019) and the 128th most popular German Politician.

Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine is most famous for his marriage to Princess Alice of Great Britain, the daughter of Queen Victoria.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine ranks 1,779 out of 19,576. Before him are Corazon Aquino, Feodor II of Russia, Hoshea, Raisa Gorbacheva, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, and Cemal Gürsel. After him are Diadumenian, John Buchan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Berenice IV of Egypt, Dara Shukoh, and Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1823, Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine ranks 8. Before him are Abdulmejid I, Phineas Gage, Alfred Russel Wallace, Gyula Andrássy, Ernest Renan, and Sándor Petőfi. After him are Leopold Kronecker, Édouard Lalo, Alexandre Cabanel, Li Hongzhang, Jean-Henri Fabre, and John Sherman. Among people deceased in 1888, Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine ranks 9. Before him are John Stith Pemberton, John Bosco, Frederick III, German Emperor, Rudolf Clausius, Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria, and Carl Zeiss. After him are Nikolay Przhevalsky, François Achille Bazaine, Anton Mauve, Charles-Valentin Alkan, Paul Langerhans, and Johannes Zukertort.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine ranks 446 out of 7,253. Before him are Karl Drais (1785), Conradin (1252), Hedwig of Silesia (1174), Anselm Kiefer (1945), Christopher of Bavaria (1416), and Adam of Bremen (1100). After him are Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick (1735), Valentinian II (371), Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria (1660), Traudl Junge (1920), Theodor Schwann (1810), and Peter Behrens (1868).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine ranks 128. Before him are Leo von Caprivi (1831), Maria Anna of Bavaria (1805), Frederick I of Sweden (1676), Conradin (1252), Hedwig of Silesia (1174), and Christopher of Bavaria (1416). After him are Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick (1735), Valentinian II (371), Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria (1847), Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (1750), Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1911), and Ananda Mahidol (1925).

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