Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
(1843-1878), Third child of Queen Victoria; wife of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by RhineSitter associated with 112 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
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(150a)
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
compiled by Cecilia Mary Jocelyn (née Elliot), after Disdéri, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall, after Camille Silvy, and after Unknown photographers
1860s
NPG Ax129160
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 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
Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent and Strathearn; Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by Messrs Day
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860
NPG Ax38463
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
by Ashford Brothers & Co, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall, and John & Charles Watkins, and Georg Emil Hansen
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x134740
by Ashford Brothers & Co, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall, and John & Charles Watkins, and Georg Emil Hansen
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x134741
Queen Victoria with her family
after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x134742
King Edward VII; Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860
NPG x197200
Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent and Strathearn; Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by Messrs Day
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1860
NPG x197208
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Queen Victoria and their children
after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1861
NPG Ax9571
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG x26111
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG x26116
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, (February 1861)
NPG x26115
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG Ax39788
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG Ax46725
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by Mayall & Co, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen Imperial cabinet card, 1890s (February 1861)
NPG x4190
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by Camille Silvy
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 4 July 1861
NPG Ax46708
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by Camille Silvy
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 4 July 1861
NPG Ax46766
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by Camille Silvy
albumen carte-de-visite, 4 July 1861
NPG x26109
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by Camille Silvy
albumen carte-de-visite, 4 July 1861
NPG x26112
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by Camille Silvy
albumen carte-de-visite, 4 July 1861
NPG Ax9576
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by Camille Silvy
albumen carte-de-visite, 4 July 1861
NPG x32960
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG Ax131375
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by Camille Silvy
albumen carte-de-visite, 4 July 1861
NPG Ax131393
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by John & Charles Watkins, published by Mason & Co (Robert Hindry Mason)
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1861
NPG Ax131377
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by (Octavius) Charles Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1861
NPG x132242
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 4 July 1861
NPG Ax54756
Related People
- Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (brother)
- Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (father)
- Alexandra, Empress of Russia (née Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine) (daughter)
- Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (brother)
- Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (nephew)
- Princess Alice of Greece and Denmark (granddaughter)
- Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (brother)
- Princess Beatrice of Battenberg (sister)
- King Edward VII (brother)
- Ernest Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (son)
- King George V (nephew)
- Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (sister)
- Irene of Hesse and by Rhine, Princess Henry of Prussia (daughter)
- Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (grandfather)
- Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent and Strathearn (grandmother)
- Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (husband)
- Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll (sister)
- Queen Victoria (mother)
- Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia (sister)
- Princess Victoria Alberta Elisabeth Mathilde Marie (née Princess of Hesse), Marchioness of Milford-Haven (daughter)
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