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Oct. 9th, 2015 03:58 pmDied on this day in 1937 aged 68 Grand Duke Ernest of Hesse and by Rhine (my toy,wikipedia). Grandson of Queen Victoria. Ernest married his first cousin Victoria Melita, but the marriage was not happy. Queen Victoria did not want them to divorce, but after her death they did (an actual divorce, on the grounds of mutual antipathy, not an annulment). As Grand Duke of Hesse Ernest served in the German military during WW1.
Born on this day in 1735 to Charles Guelph I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel and Princess Philippine of Prussia, Charles Brenswick-Bevern , Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel (my toy,wikipedia). Father of Caroline who married George IV. Fought on the Prussian side in the seven years war, and was made a Prussian general. He then invaded the Netherlands successfully putting down a revolution and restoring the house of Orange, he was rather less successful fighting Napoleon.
Born on this day in 1735 to Charles Guelph I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel and Princess Philippine of Prussia, Charles Brenswick-Bevern , Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel (my toy,wikipedia). Father of Caroline who married George IV. Fought on the Prussian side in the seven years war, and was made a Prussian general. He then invaded the Netherlands successfully putting down a revolution and restoring the house of Orange, he was rather less successful fighting Napoleon.