Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse (1843-1878), Third child of Queen Victoria; wife of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
Sitter associated with 96 portraits
The great-grandmother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the consort of Queen Elizabeth II. She had a reputation for sweetness of disposition, and was said to play the role of peacemaker in the often stormy royal household. In 1862 she married Prince Louis of Hesse; the couple lived at Darmstadt, Hesse and had seven children. An interest in child welfare led the princess to make the Neues Palais a centre of philanthropic activity. It was later learned that Alice carried and passed on the haemophilia gene she inherited from Queen Victoria to several of her own children.
The Royal Family on the terrace of Osborne House
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen print, 1857
NPG P26
by William Bambridge
albumen print, March 1862
NPG P27
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by Susan D. Durant
metal medallion, circa 1864-1866
NPG 2023a(8)
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by Susan D. Durant
metal medallion, circa 1864-1866
NPG 2023a(9)
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by Susan D. Durant
metal medallion, 1867
NPG 2023a(7)
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by Susan D. Durant
metal medallion, 1867
NPG 2023a(10)
Queen Victoria with her family
by Caldesi, Blanford & Co, after Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s (1857)
NPG x134737
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1860
NPG x26111
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1860
NPG x26116
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1860
NPG x26115
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1860
NPG Ax39788
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1860
NPG Ax46725
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860
NPG x26113
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860
NPG x26114
Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine; Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x32963
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1860
NPG Ax131375
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by William Henry Southwell, published by Thomas McLean & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860
NPG Ax131376
Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent and Strathearn; Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by Messrs Day
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1860
NPG Ax46718
by and after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite photomontage, early 1860s
NPG x132718
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse; Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Heinrich Graf
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax46776
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (father)
Princess Alice of Greece and Denmark (granddaughter)
King Edward VII (brother)
Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (grandfather)
King George V (nephew)
Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (husband)
Queen Victoria (mother)
Princess Victoria Alberta Elisabeth Mathilde Marie, Marchioness of Milford-Haven (daughter)
Category
Royalty, Rulers and Aristocracy
Place
Germany
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