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Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine

1864 - 1918

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Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia (born Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine; 1 November 1864 – 18 July 1918) was a German Hessian and Rhenish princess of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt, and the wife of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, the fifth son of Emperor Alexander II of Russia and Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine. A granddaughter of Queen Victoria and an older sister of Alexandra, the last Russian empress, Elisabeth became famous in Russian society for her dignified beauty and charitable works for the poor. Elisabeth married Grand Duke Sergei on 15 (3) June 1884. The couple never had children of their own, but their Ilyinskoye estate was usually filled with parties that Elisabeth organized especially for children. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine is the 103rd most popular nobleman (down from 87th in 2019), the 398th most popular biography from Germany (down from 390th in 2019) and the 8th most popular German Nobleman.

Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine is most famous for being the mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who is the husband of Queen Elizabeth II.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine ranks 103 out of 1,415. Before her are Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia, Albert II, Prince of Monaco, Pepin of Landen, Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, and Piero the Unfortunate. After her are Roger I of Sicily, Louise Élisabeth of France, John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine, Dmitry Donskoy, and Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine ranks 14. Before her are Walther Nernst, Maurice Leblanc, Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, Hermann Minkowski, Alfred Hermann Fried, and Eleftherios Venizelos. After her are Miguel de Unamuno, Frances Cleveland, Charles Cooley, Yun Chi-ho, Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach, and Alexej von Jawlensky. Among people deceased in 1918, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine ranks 24. Before her are Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, Roland Garros, Louis Renault, Otto Wagner, Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia, and Georgi Plekhanov. After her are Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, George Reid, Niko Pirosmani, Lavr Kornilov, and César Cui.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine ranks 398 out of 7,253. Before her are Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg (1655), Maria Anna of Bavaria (1551), Samuel Hahnemann (1755), Gerhard Domagk (1895), Jürgen Klopp (1967), and Helmuth Weidling (1891). After her are Ilse Koch (1906), Rupert, King of Germany (1352), Max Bruch (1838), Wilhelm Maybach (1846), Einhard (770), and Ernst Thälmann (1886).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine ranks 8. Before her are Alexandra Feodorovna (1872), Princess Sophie of Bavaria (1805), Albert, Duke of Prussia (1490), Duchess Helene in Bavaria (1834), Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria (1808), and Prince Claus of the Netherlands (1926). After her are Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine (1652), Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France (1731), Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria (1660), Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover (1845), Maria Alexandrovna (1824), and Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (1573).

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