Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine Royalty
Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (Irene Luise Maria Anna Prinzessin von Hessen und bei Rhein, 11 July 1866 – 11 November 1953) was the third child and third daughter of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom and Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine. Her maternal grandparents were Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Her paternal grandparents were Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine and Princess Elizabeth of Prussia. She was the wife of Prince Heinrich of Prussia, a younger brother of Kaiser Wilhelm II and her first cousin. The SS Prinzessin Irene, a liner of the North German Lloyd was named after her.Her siblings included Princess Victoria, wife of Prince Louis of Battenberg, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia, wife of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, empress consort of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Like her younger sister, the tsarina, Irene was a carrier of hemophilia gene, and Irene would lose both of her sisters in Russia to the Bolsheviks.
Personal facts
| Alias (AKA) | Princess Irene of Prussia |
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| Birth date | July 11, 1866 |
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| Date of death | November 11, 1953 |
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| Parents | Louis IV Grand Duke of Hesse Princess Alice of the United Kingdom |
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| Title | Princess Heinrich of Prussia |