Ludwig IV, Grand Duke o Hesse an bi Rhine

Ludwig IV
Ludwig IV, 1878
Grand Duke o Hesse an bi Rhine
Ring	13 Juin 1877 – 13 Mairch 1892
Predecessor	Louis III
Successor	Ernst Ludwig
Born	12 September 1837(1837-09-12) Prinz-Carl-Palais, Darmstadt, Grand Duchy o Hesse, German Confederation
Dee'd	13 Mairch 1892(1892-03-13) (aged 54) New Pailace, Grand Duchy o Hesse, German Empire
Buirial	17 March 1892 Rosenhöhe, Darmstadt, Grand Duchy o Hesse, German Empire
Spouse	Princess Alice o the Unitit Kinrick (m. 1862; d. 1878) Coontess Alexandrina Hutten-Czapska (m. 1884; annulled 1884)
Issue	Victoria, Marchioness o Milford Haven Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna o Roushie Irene, Princess Hienrich o Proushie Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke o Hesse an bi Rhine Prince Friedrich Alix, Empress o Roushie Princess Marie
Full name Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Karl
Hoose	Hesse-Darmstadt
Faither	Prince Karl o Hesse an bi Rhine
Mither	Princess Elisabeth o Proushie

Ludwig IV, Grand Duke o Hesse an bi Rhine (Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Karl; 12 September 1837 – 13 Mairch 1892) wis Grand Duke of Hesse [an bi Rhine] frae Juin 1877 tae his daith in Mairch 1892. He wis a brith-in-law o German Empress Victoria

Mairiage

On 1 Julie 1862, Ludwig mairit Princess Alice, a dochter o Queen Victoria, at Osborne House on the Isle o Wight. On the day o the wedding, the Queen issued a ryal warrant granting her new son-in-law the style o Ryal Highness in the Unitit Kinrick. The Queen also subsequently made a knicht o the Order o the Gairten.

Issue

1. Princess Victoria o Hesse an bi Rhine (5 Aprile 1863 – 24 September 1950) mairit Prince Louis o Battenberg an haed issue.
2. Princess Elisabeth o Hesse an bi Rhine (1 November 1864 – 18 Julie 1918) mairit Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich o Roushie but haed nae issue.
3. Princess Irene o Hesse an bi Rhine (11 Julie 1866 – 11 November 1953) mairit Prince Heinrich o Proushie an haed issue.
4. Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke o Hesse an bi Rhine (25 November 1868 – 9 October 1937) mairit twice an haed issue.
5. Prince Friedrich o Hesse an bi Rhine (7 October 1870 – 29 May 1873) died young.
6. Princess Alix o Hesse an bi Rhine (6 Juin 1872 – 17 Julie 1918) mairit Nicholas II o Roushie an haed issue.
7. Princess Marie o Hesse an bi Rhine (24 Mey 1874 – 16 November 1878)

Teetles an styles

• 12 September 1837 - 13 Juin 1877 His Grand Ducal Highess Prince Ludwig o Hesse an bi Rhine.
• 13 Juin 1877 – 13 Mairch 1892 Ryal Highness The Grand Duke o Hesse an bi Rhine.