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| | Alexander Palace Time Machine - Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse |
 | | Ernst Ludwig, destined to be the last Grand Duke of Hesse und bei Rhein, was born in November of 1868. |
 | | The 1880s saw the marriages of Ernie's two eldest sisters, Victoria to Prince Louis of Battenberg, the future Marquess of Milford Haven, and Elizabeth to Grand Duke Serge Alexandrovich, son of Emperor Alexander II and Empress Maria Alexandrovna, herself a Hessian princess. |
 | | In February 1931, the Grand Duke's eldest son, Prince Georg Donatus, married Princess Cecilie, daughter of Prince and Princess Andrew of Greece, sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. |
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