Prince Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine
Noble person
1931 – 1937
Who was Prince Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine?
Prince Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine, was the eldest son of Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse and Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark, an older sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He was the first great-great-great-grandchild of Queen Victoria.
He was killed at age six in an airplane crash in 1937. He, his parents, younger brother Alexander, and grandmother Grand Duchess Eleonore were flying to London to attend the wedding of his uncle Prince Ludwig to Margaret Geddes. The plane crashed into a factory chimney near Ostend, Belgium.
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- Born
- Oct 25, 1931
Darmstadt - Parents
- Nationality
- Germany
- Died
- Nov 16, 1937
Ostend
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on July 23, 2013
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