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	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Alexander of Battenberg
		The title of princess of Battenberg, derived from an old residence of the grand-dukes of Hesse, was conferred, with the style Durchlaucht or "Serene Highness," on the countess and her descendants in 1858.
		Prince Alexander, who was born on the 5th of April 1857, was nephew of the tsar Alexander II., who had married a sister of Prince Alexander of Hesse; his mother, a daughter of Count Moritz von Hauke, had been lady-in-waiting to the tsaritsa.
		The prince, after vainly endeavouring to obtain the recall of the generals, restored the constitution with the concurrence of all the Bulgarian political parties (September 18, 1883).
	encyclopedia.kids.net.au /page/al/Alexander_of_Battenberg (909 words)

	Alexander II of Russia Encyclopedia Article @ Forbade.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Alexander gave evidence of a kind disposition and a tender-heartedness which were considered out of place in one destined to become a military autocrat.
		Alexander II would be the second monarch to abolish capital punishment, a penalty which is still legal (although not practiced) in Russia.
		Alexander II resolved to try the effect of some moderate liberal reforms in an attempt to quell the revolutionary agitation, and for this purpose he instituted a ukase for creating special commissions, composed of high officials and private personages who should prepare reforms in various branches of the administration.
	www.forbade.net /encyclopedia/Alexander_II_of_Russia (2244 words)

	Drew Spencer Family Tree - aqwg106
		Alexander of Hesse and the Rhine Prince [Parents] was born 1823.
		Julia married Alexander of Hesse and the Rhine Prince on 1851.
		Alexander of Bulgaria Prince was born 1857 and died 1893.
	members.tripod.com /drewspen/genealogy/aqwg106.htm (909 words)

	Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Prince Alexander of Hesse GCB (15 July 1823 - 15 December 1888), was the third son and fourth child of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse and Wilhelmina of Baden.
		Prince Alexander of Hesse died in 1888, Princess Julia of Battenberg died at Schloss Heiligenberg in 1895 at the age of 70.
		Prince Alexander's descendants currently occupy the Spanish throne and descendants of Elizabeth II by her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, will, in time, sit on the thrones of the United Kingdom.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prince_Alexander_of_Hesse (614 words)

	Drew Spencer Family Tree - aqwg227
		Louis II of Hesse and the Rhine Grand Duke [Parents] was born 1777.
		Charles of Hesse Prince was born 1809 and died 1877.
		Alexander of Hesse and the Rhine Prince was born 1823 and died 1888.
	members.tripod.com /drewspen/genealogy/aqwg227.htm (488 words)

	boys clothing: Hessian royalty--Prince Alexander of Hesse
		Alexander was allowed to retain his rank of Prince, and the Countess was given the defunct title of Princess of Battenburg.
		Prince Henry found an unexpected ally in the Princess of Wales who was not normally fond of Germans, even members of the family.
		Francis Joseph, Prince of Battenberg, was born in 1861.
	histclo.com /royal/gers/hesse/rgshd-l2alex.htm (1020 words)

	Hesse-Darmstadt - LoveToKnow 1911
		In 1803, having formally surrendered the part of Hesse on the left bank of the Rhine which had been taken from him in the early days of the Revolution, Louis received in return a much larger district which had formerly belonged to the duchy of Westphalia, the electorate of Mainz and the bishopric of Worms.
		In 1806, being a member of the confederation of the Rhine, he took the title of Louis I., grandduke of Hesse; he supported Napoleon with troops from 1805 to 1813, but after the battle of Leipzig he joined the allies.
		However, his title of grand-duke was confirmed, and as grandduke of Hesse and of the Rhine he entered the Germanic confederation.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Hesse-Darmstadt (1071 words)

	Famous Bulgarians - Alexander Batenberg - Invest Bulgaria
		Prince Alexander of Battenberg, the second son of Prince Alexander of Hesse by the Rhine and nephew of Russian tsar Alexander II was recommended to the Bulgarians as a candidate for the newly created throne, and Prince Alexander was elected prince of Bulgaria by the unanimous vote of the Grand Sobranye (April 29, 1879).
		The prince, after vainly endeavoring to obtain the recall of the generals, restored the constitution with the concurrence of all the Bulgarian political parties (September 18, 1883).
		Although Serbia was protected from the consequences of defeat by the intervention of Austria, Prince Alexander's success sealed the union with Eastern Rumelia, and after long negotiations he was nominated governor-general of that province for five years by the sultan (April 5, 1886).
	www.investbulgaria.com /people/AlexanderBatenberg.htm (905 words)

	Albert, Prince Consort Biography,info
		Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke in Saxony (Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel; later HRH The Prince Consort; 26 August 1819 - 14 December 1861) was the husband and consort of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
		The Prince Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duke of Edinburgh
		The Prince Albert genital piercing is named after Prince Albert, the claim being that men of the time, in order to wear the tight trousers that were fashionable would use the piercing to secure their male appendages in a compact and discreet manner.
	www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_Prince_Albert_of_Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (2326 words)

	Prince Louis of Battenberg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		His Illustrious Highness Count Louis (Ludwig) Alexander of Battenberg was born in Graz, Austria, the eldest son of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine (1823-1888) by his morganatic marriage to Countess Julia von Hauke (1825-1895), the daughter of a Polish politician.
		One of his younger brothers, Prince Alexander of Battenberg (1857-1893), became the reigning Prince of Bulgaria from 1879 to 1886, and another, Prince Henry of Battenberg (1858-1896), married Princess Beatrice of Great Britain and Ireland, the youngest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
		Prince Louis rose to the rank of captain and became an aide-de-camp to the Queen in 1891.
	88.208.194.172 /wiki/index.php/Prince_Louis_of_Battenberg (1145 words)

	St. Mildred's Church, Whippingham, Isle of Wight - The Battenberg Chapel
		The Prince was married in this church, on 23rd July 1885, to the Queen's ninth and longest surviving child, Princess Beatrice (or 'Baby' as she was known in the family).
		Prince Henry was the 3rd son of Prince Alexander of Hesse and the Rhine, by his wife Countess Julia von Hauke.
		Prince Henry belonged to a branch of one of the oldest families in Christendom.
	www.iow.uk.com /whippingham-church/battchap.htm (376 words)

	Kingdoms of Germany - Hesse
		Hesse is unified with remaining Hessen territories not already under its control (including Hessen-Marburg) to form a single, elevated Duchy of Hesse.
		Created from the division of the Duchy of Hesse, Kassel was the largest of the four new Hessen states, being the most senior and dominant, and owner of approximately half the former duchy's lands.
		Alexander, son of Ludwig II of Hessen-Darmstadt, made a morganatic marriage to Julia of Battenberg, and was effectively barred from acceding to Darmstadt's title.
	www.kessler-web.co.uk /History/KingListsEurope/GermanyHesse.htm (2961 words)

	Alexander of Bulgaria - LoveToKnow 1911
		ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893), first prince of Bulgaria, was the second son of Prince Alexander of Hesse and the Rhine by his morganatic marriage with Julia, countess von Hauke.
		The title of princess of Battenberg, derived from an old residence of the grand-dukes of Hesse, was conferred, with the prefix Durchlaucht or "Serene Highness," on the countess and her descendants in 1858.
		(For the political history of Prince Alexander's reign, see Bulgaria.) Without any previous training in the art of government, the young prince from the outset found himself confronted with difficulties which would have tried the sagacity of an experienced ruler.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Alexander_of_Bulgaria (891 words)

	Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Her Serene Highness Victoria Eugénie Julia, Princess of Battenberg (24 October 1887-15 April 1969), a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, was the queen consort of King Alfonso XIII of Spain and the paternal grandmother of the current King of Spain, Juan Carlos.
		She was born at Balmoral Castle, the second child and the only daughter of HSH Prince Henry of Battenberg and HRH Princess Beatrice of Great Britain and Ireland, the youngest daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
		Accompanied by her widowed mother, Princess Henry of Battenberg, and her cousins, the Prince and Princess of Wales (later King George V and Queen Mary), Princess Victoria Eugénie married King Alfonso at St. Geronimo (Jerome) in Madrid on 31 May1906.
	victoria-eugenie-of-battenberg.mindbit.com (1449 words)

	Ahnentafel
		HGDH Princess Victoria Alberta of Hesse and the Rhine (April 5, 1863 - September 24, 1950).
		HGDH Prince Alexander of Hesse and the Rhine (July 15, 1823 - December 15, 1888)
		HGDH Prince Karl of Hessen and the Rhine (April 23, 1809 - March 20, 1877).
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ah/Ahnentafel.html (608 words)

	Alexander Palace Time Machine - Princess Alice of Hesse and by Rhine
		* Princess Alice of Hesse and by Rhine
		Luckily neither Victoria nor her husband Prince Albert was upset over the fact that this third child was a second girl.
		However Prince Albert could not fight the illness, despite Alice's constant attention, and death snatched him during the late hours of December 14, 1861.
	www.alexanderpalace.org /palace/alicehessebio.html (1121 words)

	woodgate - pafg57 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Alexander George of Teck Earl of Athlone [Parents] was born in 1874.
		She married Alexander of Hesse and the Rhine Prince in 1851.
		Alexander of Carisbrooke Marquess [Parents] was born in 1886.
	homepages.ihug.co.nz /~woodgate/pafg57.htm (487 words)

	The Tecks and Battenbergs
		This prince accompanied his sister Marie to St. Petersburg in 1841, where she was to wed the future Czar Alexander II; he entered the Russian army, and later met and fell in love with Julie von Hauke (1825-95), whom he married in 1851.
		Ludwig Alexander, with the help of Victoria's son Prince Alfred, moved to Britain in September 1868 at the age of 14, and in 1869 he entered the Royal Navy as a cadet, beginning a long career that ended in October 1914, when anti-German feelings forced him to resign as first sea lord of the Admiralty.
		Prince Henry Maurice (1858-96), younger brother of Louis Alexander, was a cavalry lieutenant in the Saxon army from 1877 to 1882 and in the Prussian army 1882 to 1885.
	www.heraldica.org /topics/britain/Tecks_Battenbergs.htm (2042 words)

	HESSE - Online Information article about HESSE
		Nassau, and Meisenheim of the province of the Rhine.
		Saxony, the Thuringian States, Bavaria, Hesse and the Rhine Province.
		Frankfort-on-Main, parts of the grand-duchy of Hesse, the territory of Homburg and the countship of Hesse-Homburg, together with certain small districts which belonged to Bavaria.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /HEG_HIG/HESSE.html (2698 words)

	boys clothing: German royalty--Hesse-Darmstadt
		Prince Alexander contaracted a marganatic mairrage with one of hisbsister's ladies in waitng--Countess Julie von Hauke--Princess of Battenburg.
		Prince Alexander was in fact forced to abdicate largely because he objected to Bulgaria's democratic constitution and attempted to institute arbitrary royal authority.
		Grand Duke Ernst-Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine acceded to the throne in 1892.
	histclo.com /royal/gers/hesse/rgs-hessed.htm (630 words)

	Hesse and by Rhine (Darmstadt) Royal Family
		Elizabeth's father Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1783-1851) was a brother of King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia
		Prince Alexander was elected Prince of Bulgaria in 1879 and after strong pressure from Russia was forced to abdicate 1886.
		Prince Alexander was engaged to Princess Victoria of Prussia.
	www.btinternet.com /~allan_raymond/Hesse_Rhine_Royal_Family.htm (1230 words)

	The Former Ruling House of Hesse and the Rhine, 1939-1945
		Johanna, Princess of Hesse and the Rhine (1936-1939).
		Son of Prince Karl of Hesse and the Rhine (1809-1877)
		Elected Prince of Bulgaria in 1879 and abdicated in 1886.
	gsteinbe.intrasun.tcnj.edu /royalty/houses/hesse-darmstadt.htm (275 words)

	Ahnentafel Encyclopedia Article @ Forbear.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		On an Ahnentafel of HRH Prince William of Wales, Mr John Wark is number 116.
		HRH Grand Duchess Alice of Hesse and by Rhine née HRH The Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (April 25, 1843 – December 14, 1878)
		HRH Princess Karl of Hesse and by Rhine née HRH Princess Elizabeth of Prussia (June 18, 1815 – March 21, 1885)
	www.forbear.net /encyclopedia/Ahnentafel (2509 words)

	VictoriaBattenberg
		Princess Victoria Eugénie of Battenberg later Queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain (24 October 1887-15 April 1969), a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, was the consort of the exiled King Alfonso XIII of Spain and the paternal grandmother of the current King of Spain, Juan Carlos.
		Her Highness Princess Victoria Eugénie Julia Ena of Battenberg was born at Balmoral Castle, the second child and the only daughter of Prince Henry of Battenberg and Princess Beatrice of Great Britain and Ireland, the youngest daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
		Accompanied by her widowed mother, Princess Henry of Battenberg, and her cousins, the Prince and Princess of Wales (later King George V and Queen Mary), Princess Victoria Eugénie married King Alfonso at St. Geronimo in Madrid on 31 May1906.
	www.geocities.com /henry8jane7/VictoriaBattenberg.html (761 words)

	Succession laws of Hesse
		Hesse as an identifiable entity begins with the extinction of the male line in 1247, at the death of Heinrich Raspe, landgrave of Thuringia and count palatine of Saxony.
		Sophia was heir to the landgrave Ludwig, elder brother of Heinrich Raspe; Jutta was closest heir of Heinrich Raspe.
		Heinrich (1244-1308) is the founder of the house of Hesse.
	www.heraldica.org /topics/royalty/HGHessen.htm (7350 words)

	Royal Genealogies Part 5
		NOTES: Prince Michael relinquished his place in the line of succession because of his marriage to a divorced Catholic, but Buckingham Palace subsequently announced that his children would still be eligible to succeed to the throne.
		NOTES: Prince William of Wales; Prince William Arthur Philip Louis; Born at 9:03 pm; Weighed 7 lbs 1 1/2 oz at birth.
		Prince Charles likes to call him "Willie Wombat," but many people have pointed out that it is an unsuitably slothful name for so active a child.
	ftp.cac.psu.edu /~saw/royal/r05.html (1057 words)

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