Princess Alice of the United Kingdom

Princess Alice, 1859

The Princess Alice (Alice Maud Mary: Princess Louis and Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine by marriage; April 25, 1843 – December 14, 1878) was the second daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. In 1861, she acted as the nurse to her dying father, and became interesting in nursing. In 1862, she married Prince Louis of Hesse and moved to Hesse, where she had several children including Princess Elisabeth of Hesse, Alice Romanov Chaytow and Alexandra, future Russian Empress and wife of Tsar Nicholas II. After an unhappy marriage and a number of family deaths, the royal family of Hesse caught diphtheria. Alice's younger son died, and after kissing the elder one, she caught the disease and died on the anniversary of her father's death, 14 December 1878. She is buried in Hesse.

Titles and styles

• 25 April 1843 – 1 July 1862: Her Royal Highness The Princess Alice
• 1 July 1862 – 13 June 1877: Her Royal Highness Princess Louis of Hesse and by Rhine
• 13 June 1877 – 14 December 1878: Her Royal Highness The Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine

References

• Packard, Jerrold M. (1998). Victoria's Daughters. New York: St. Martin's Griffin.

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• Pakula, Hannah (1995). An Uncommon Woman: The Empress Frederick. London: Phoenix Press.

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• Van der Kiste, John (1986, 2003). Queen Victoria's Children. Gloucestershire, England: Sutton Publishing Limited.

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Other websites

• K. D. Reynolds, ‘Alice, Princess (1843–1878)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 2007 accessed 27 Nov 2008