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Tram, bus: Schloss. The Residential Palace Darmstadt (German: Residenzschloss Darmstadt, often also called Stadtschloss) is the former residence and administrative seat of the landgraves of Hesse-Darmstadt and from 1806 to 1919 of the Grand Dukes of Hesse-Darmstadt. It is located in the centre of the city of Darmstadt.
Marie of Hesse and by Rhine. Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia ( Saint Petersburg 14 January 1850 (4 January O.S.) – Paris, 14 November 1908) was the sixth child and the fourth son of Alexander II of Russia and his first wife Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse). Destined to a naval career, Alexei Alexandrovich started his military ...
1859 thaler of Hesse, depicting Louis III. He was the son of Grand Duke Louis II of Hesse and his consort, Princess Wilhelmine of Baden. He succeeded as Grand Duke in 1848 upon the abdication of his father during the March Revolution in the German states. During the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, Louis sent word more than once to Queen Victoria ...
On the upper floor stands the Cappella dei Principi, the mausoleum of the Medici Grand Dukes, dazzling with multi-coloured marbles and hardstones, crafted by the highly-specialized grand-ducal workshop; started in the Baroque period, the chapel was completed with the frescoed dome by Pietro Benvenuti (1828-37) under the Habsburg-Lorraine family, who took over from the Medici on the throne of ...
Prince Jean of Luxembourg, the Grand Duke's brother, was born on 15 May 1957. He was married on 27 May 1987 to Hélène Vestur, later Countess Hélène of Nassau until divorce, who was born in 1958. They have children. On 26 September 1986, Prince Jean renounced his right of succession to the Luxembourg throne.
Military career. Gustav Wilhelm was born in Ludwigslust on 31 January 1781, the second surviving son of Frederick Francis, Hereditary Prince of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, later Grand Duke, and Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg . In 1807, the ducal family went into exile in Altona during the Napoleonic Wars.
She was buried in the Ducal Mausoleum in the Churchyard of St. Gertrude (St. Gertrudenkirchhof / Gertrudenfriedhof) in the city of Oldenburg. Her sister Amalia Maria Charlotta was also buried there. Cecilia as Grand Duchess of Oldenburg. Marriage. She married Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1783–1853) on 5 May 1831 in Vienna.
