Alice Maud Mary (1843–1878)
Alice Maud Mary (1843–1878)
Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, duchess of Saxony, and grand duchess of Hesse-Darmstadt. Name variations: Alice Saxe-Coburg. Born April 25, 1843, at Buckingham Palace, London, England; died of diphtheria, Dec 14, 1878, in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany; 2nd dau. of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert; m. Prince Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt (1837–1892), also known as Grand Duke Louis IV, in 1862; children: 7, including Victoria of Hesse-Darmstadt (1863–1950, who m. Louis Alexander of Battenberg, marquis of Milford Haven, and was the mother of Lord Mountbatten); Ella (1864–1918, who m. Grand Duke Serge of Russia and became Elizabeth Feodorovna); Irene (1866–1953, who m. Prince Henry of Prussia); Ernest (who m. Victoria Melita of Edinburgh); Alix (1872–1918, who became empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia and m. Nicholas II); Mary Victoria (b. May 1874–1878, who died of diphtheria in infancy, the same year as her mother).
Founded the Women's Union for Nursing Sick and Wounded in War.