Grand Duke Ernest Louis … Of Hesse 1868

Grand Duke Ernest Louis … Of HesseAge: 691868–1937

Name: Grand Duke Ernest Louis … Of Hesse

Given names: Ernest Louis

Name prefix: Grand Duke

Name suffix: Of Hesse

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Birth	1868 31 24
Australian History	1868 Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History	1869 (Age 12 months) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Birth of a brother	1870 (Age 2) younger brother - Frederick …
Birth of a sister	6 June 1872 (Age 4) Darmstadt, Germany younger sister - Alexandra Fedorovna "Alix" … Tsarina
Australian History	1872 (Age 4) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Death of a brother	1873 (Age 5) younger brother - Frederick …
Australian History	1873 (Age 5) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Birth of a sister	1874 (Age 6) younger sister - Mary "May" …
Australian History	1875 (Age 7) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed.
Death of a sister	1878 (Age 10) Hesse-Darmstadt, Palace, Germany younger sister - Mary "May" …
Death of a mother	14 December 1878 (Age 10) Darmstadt, Germany mother - Princess Alice Maud Mary …
Australian History	1878 (Age 10) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1879 (Age 11) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History	1880 (Age 12) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work.
Australian History	1882 (Age 14) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1883 (Age 15) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Marriage of a sister	Princess Victoria, Australia Alberta … Of Hesse - View family 1884 (Age 16) brother-in-law - Prince Louis … Of Battenberg elder sister - Princess Victoria, Australia Alberta … Of Hesse
Marriage of a sister	Elizabeth "Ella" … Grand Duchess - View family 1884 (Age 16) brother-in-law - Serge Alexandrovich Romanov Grand Duke elder sister - Elizabeth "Ella" … Grand Duchess
Australian History	1887 (Age 19) Note: An Australian cricket team is established, defeating England in the first Ashes series. First direct Inter-colonial passenger trains begin running between Adelaide and Melbourne.
Marriage of a sister	Princess Irene … Of Hesse - View family 1888 (Age 20) brother-in-law - Prince Henry … Of Prussia elder sister - Princess Irene … Of Hesse
Australian History	1889 (Age 21) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration.
Australian History	1890 (Age 22) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Australian History	1891 (Age 23) Note: A National Australasian Convention meets, agrees on adopting the name 'the Commonwealth of Australia' and drafting a constitution. Note: The first attempt at a federal constitution is drafted. Note: The Convention adopts the constitution, although it has no legal status Note: A severe depression hits Australia
Death of a father	1892 (Age 24) father - Grand Duke Louis IV … Of Hesse
Australian History	1892 (Age 24) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History	1893 (Age 25) Note: The Corowa Conference (the 'people's convention') calls on the colonial parliaments to pass enabling acts, allowing the election of delegates to a new constitutional convention aimed at drafting a proposal and putting it to a referendum in each colony.
Marriage	Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - View family 1894 (Age 26)
Marriage of a sister	Alexandra Fedorovna "Alix" … Tsarina - View family 26 November 1894 (Age 26) Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia brother-in-law - Nicholas II Alexandrovich Romanov Tsar Of Russia younger sister - Alexandra Fedorovna "Alix" … Tsarina
Australian History	1894 (Age 26) Note: South Australia becomes the first Australian colony, and the second place in the world, to grant women the right to vote, as well the first Parliament in the world to allow women to stand for office.
Australian History	1895 (Age 27) Note: The premiers, except for those of Queensland and Western Australia, agree to implement the Corowa proposals. Note: Waltzing Matilda is first sung in public, in Winton, Queensland Note: Banjo Paterson publishes The Man from Snowy River
Australian History	1896 (Age 28) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History	1897 (Age 29) Note: In two sessions, the Second National Australasian Convention meets (with representatives from all colonies except Queensland present). They agree to adopt a constitution based on the 1891 draft, and then revise and amend it later that year. Note: Catherine Helen Spence became the first female political candidate for political office, standing for election as a representative for South Australia.
Australian History	1898 (Age 30) Note: The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people. Note: After much public debate, the Victorian, South Australian and Tasmanian referendums are successful; the New South Wales referendum narrowly fails. Later New South Wales votes 'yes' in a second referendum, and Queensland and Western Australia also vote to join.
Australian History	1899 (Age 31) Note: The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney. Note: The Australian Labor Party holds office for a few days in Queensland, becoming the first trade union party to do so anywhere in the world. Note: The first contingents from various Australian colonies are sent to South Africa to participate in the Second Boer War.
Australian History	1900 (Age 32) Note: Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution. Note: The constitution is passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom as a schedule to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, and is given royal assent
Death of a maternal grandmother	22 January 1901 (Age 33) Osborne House, Isle Of Wight, England maternal grandmother - Alexandrina Victoria Hanover
Australian History	1901 (Age 33) Note: (01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General Note: The first parliament met in Parliament House, Melbourne Note: Immigration Restriction act was introduced- The White Australian Policy Note: The Australian National Flag was flown for the first time
Australian History	1902 (Age 34) Note: The Franchise Act guarantees women the right to vote in federal elections (by this stage, most states had already done this). However, it excludes most non-European ethnic groups, including Aboriginal people, unless already registered to vote on State roles. Note: King Edward VII approved the design of the Australian flag. Note: Breaker Morant is executed for having shot Boers who had surrendered
Australian History	1903 (Age 35) Note: The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice. Note: The Defence Act gives the federal government full control over the Australian Army Note: Alfred Deakin elected Prime Minister
Australian History	1904 (Age 36) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government
Marriage	Princess Eleonore … Of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich - View family 1905 (Age 37)
Birth of a son #1	1906 (Age 38) son - Grand Duke George Donatus … Of Hesse
Australian History	1906 (Age 38) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Birth of a son #2	1908 (Age 40) son - Louis …
Australian History	1908 (Age 40) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead
Australian History	1909 (Age 41) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Australian History	1910 (Age 42) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.
Australian History	1911 (Age 43) Note: The Royal Australian Navy is founded Note: The Northern Territory comes under Commonwealth control, being split off from South Australia Note: The first national census is conducted. Note: Australian Capital Territory proclaimed.
Australian History	1912 (Age 44) Note: Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time Note: Walter Burley Griffin wins a design competition for the new city of Canberra
Australian History	1913 (Age 45) Note: Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains. Note: Matthew Flinders refers to New South Wales by the name 'Australia'.
Australian History	1913 (Age 45) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Australian History	1914 (Age 46) Note: Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's.
Australian History	1915 (Age 47) Note: (25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April. Note: Jervis Bay Territory comprising 6,677 hectares surrendered and becomes part of the Australia Capital Territory. Note: Surfing is first introduced to Australia Note: Billy Hughes became Prime Minister
Australian History	1916 (Age 48) Note: Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill' Note: Australia suffers heavy casualties in the Western Front Battle of the Somme. Note: The Returned Sailors� and Soldiers� Imperial League of Australia, the forerunner to the Returned and Services League of Australia is founded Note: The Labor government under Billy Hughes splits over conscription. First referendum on conscription is rejected
Australian History	1917 (Age 49) Note: Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed. Note: Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade launches last cavalry charge in modern warfare to capture Beersheba from the Ottoman Turks.
Death of a sister	16 July 1918 (Age 50) Ekaterinburg, Russia younger sister - Alexandra Fedorovna "Alix" … Tsarina
Death of a sister	17 July 1918 (Age 50) Alapayevsk, Ural Mts., Russia elder sister - Elizabeth "Ella" … Grand Duchess
Australian History	1918 (Age 50) Note: (08 AUG) Battle of Amiens Note: Australian troops spearhead 8 August offensive against Hindenberg Line - the 'black day of the German Army'. Note: On 12 August, Australian commander General Sir John Monash is knighted in the field of battle by King George V Note: First World War ends - 60,000 Australians dead. Note: The Darwin Rebellion takes place, with 1,000 demonstrators demanding the resignation of the Administrator of the Northern Territory, John A. Gilruth.
Australian History	1919 (Age 51) Note: Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea.
Australian History	1920 (Age 52) Note: The airline Qantas is founded
Australian History	1921 (Age 53) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
Australian History	1922 (Age 54) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney
Australian History	1923 (Age 55) Note: Vegemite is first produced
Australian History	1926 (Age 58) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held
Australian History	1927 (Age 59) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital
Australian History	1928 (Age 60) Note: Bert Hinkler makes the first successful flight from Britain to Australia, and Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first flight from the United States to Australia. The Shrine of Remembrance is built.
Australian History	1929 (Age 61) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia.
Australian History	1930 (Age 62) Note: Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings Note: Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup
Birth of a grandson #1	1931 (Age 63) grandson - Louis …
Marriage of a son	Grand Duke George Donatus … Of Hesse - View family 1931 (Age 63) son - Grand Duke George Donatus … Of Hesse daughter-in-law - Princess Cecilie Mountbatten Of Greece
Australian History	1931 (Age 63) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia
Australian History	1932 (Age 64) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister
Birth of a grandson #2	1933 (Age 65) grandson - Alexander …
Australian History	1933 (Age 65) Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments
Birth of a granddaughter #3	1936 (Age 68) granddaughter - Joanna …
Death of a wife	1936 (Age 68) wife - Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Australian History	1936 (Age 68) Note: The last Thylacine dies
Marriage of a son	Louis … - View family 1937 (on the date of death) son - Louis … daughter-in-law - Margaret Campbell-Geddes Hon.
Death of a wife	1937 (on the date of death) wife - Princess Eleonore … Of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
Death of a grandson	1937 (on the date of death) grandson - Louis …
Death of a grandson	1937 (on the date of death) grandson - Alexander …
Death of a son	1937 (on the date of death) son - Grand Duke George Donatus … Of Hesse
Australian History	1937 (on the date of death) Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins
Death	1937 (Age 69)

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father	Grand Duke Louis IV … Of Hesse Birth 1837 Death 1892 (Age 55) Loading...
6 years mother	Princess Alice Maud Mary … Birth 25 April 1843 23 23 Buckingham, Palace, London, England Death 14 December 1878 (Age 35) Darmstadt, Germany Loading...
	Marriage: 1 July 1862 — Osborne House, Isle Of Wight
6 months #1 elder sister	Princess Victoria, Australia Alberta … Of Hesse Birth 1863 26 19 Death 1950 (Age 87) Loading...
1 year #2 elder sister	Elizabeth "Ella" … Grand Duchess Birth 1864 27 20 Death 17 July 1918 (Age 54) Alapayevsk, Ural Mts., Russia Loading...
2 years #3 elder sister	Princess Irene … Of Hesse Birth 1866 29 22 Death 1953 (Age 87) Loading...
2 years #4 himself	Grand Duke Ernest Louis … Of Hesse Birth 1868 31 24 Death 1937 (Age 69) Loading...
2 years #5 younger brother	Frederick … Birth 1870 33 26 Death 1873 (Age 3) Loading...
2 years #6 younger sister	Alexandra Fedorovna "Alix" … Tsarina Birth 6 June 1872 35 29 Darmstadt, Germany Death 16 July 1918 (Age 46) Ekaterinburg, Russia Loading...
19 months #7 younger sister	Mary "May" … Birth 1874 37 30 Death 1878 (Age 4) Hesse-Darmstadt, Palace, Germany Loading...

Family with Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - View family

himself	Grand Duke Ernest Louis … Of Hesse Birth 1868 31 24 Death 1937 (Age 69) Loading...
8 years wife	Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Birth 1876 31 22 Malta Death 1936 (Age 60) Loading...
	Marriage: 1894

Family with Princess Eleonore … Of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich - View family

himself	Grand Duke Ernest Louis … Of Hesse Birth 1868 31 24 Death 1937 (Age 69) Loading...
3 years wife	Princess Eleonore … Of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich Birth 1871 Death 1937 (Age 66) Loading...
	Marriage: 1905
1 year #1 son	Grand Duke George Donatus … Of Hesse Birth 1906 38 35 Death 1937 (Age 31) Loading...
2 years #2 son	Louis … Birth 1908 40 37 Death 1968 (Age 60) Loading...

Cyril Vladimirovitch Romanov Grand Duke + Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - View family

wife's husband	Cyril Vladimirovitch Romanov Grand Duke Birth 1876 29 22 Death 1938 (Age 62) Loading...
wife	Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Birth 1876 31 22 Malta Death 1936 (Age 60) Loading...
	Marriage: 1905 — Tegernsee, Bavaria
2 years #1 step-daughter	Grand Duchess Maria … Of Russia Birth 1907 31 31 Death 1951 (Age 44) Loading...
2 years #2 step-daughter	Grand Duchess Kira … Of Russia Birth 1909 33 33 Death 1967 (Age 58) Loading...
9 years #3 step-son	Vladimir Cyrilovitch Romanov Grand Duke Birth 30 August 1917 41 41 Near Borga, Finland, Finland Death yes Loading...

Grand Duke Ernest Louis … Of Hesse has 33 first cousins recorded

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Mother's family (33)

Parents Frederick III … German Emperor + Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

1 William II … German Emperor 1859–1941

2 Duchess Charlotte … Of Saxe-Meiningen 1860–1919

3 Prince Henry … Of Prussia 1862–1929

4 Sigismund … 1864–1866

5 Friederike Amalia Wilhelmine Viktoria Lippe 1866–1929

6 Waldemar … 1868–1879

7 Queen Of Greece Sophie … Of Prussia 1870–1932

8 Princess Margarete … Of Hesse 1872–1954

Parents Edward VII Wettin King Of England + Princess Alexandra … Of Denmark

1 Albert Victor Christian Edward Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1864–1892

2 George Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor 1865–1936

3 Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar Windsor 1867–1931

4 Victoria Alexandra Olga … 1868–1935

5 Princess Maude Charlotte Mary … 1869–1938

6 John Alexander … 1871–1871

Parents Alfred Ernest Albert … Prince + Marie Alexandrovna … Grand Duchess

1 Alfred … Prince 1874–1899

2 Queen Of Romania Marie … Of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha 1875–1938

3 Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1876–1936

4 Princess Alexandra … 1878–1942

5 Beatrice … Princess 1884–1966

Parents (Frederick) Christian Charles … Prince + Helena Augusta Victoria Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

1 Christian Victor … 1867–1900

2 Albert … Duke Of Schleswig-Holstein 1869–1931

3 Helena Victoria Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg 1870–1948

4 Princess Marie Louise … 1872–1956

5 Frederick Harold … 1876–1876

Parents Prince Arthur William Patrick … + Duchess Louise Margaret … Of Prussia

1 Crown Princess Margaret … Of Sweden 1882–1920

2 Duke Arthur … Of Connaught 1883–1938

3 Patricia … Lady Ramsay 1886–1974

Parents Prince Leopold George Duncan … + Princess Helena Frederica … Of Waldeck

1 Princess Alice … Of Athlone 1883–1981

2 Duke Charles Edward … 1884–1954

Parents Prince Henry Maurice … Of Battenberg + Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore Battenberg

1 Marquess Alexander … Of Carisbrooke 1886–1960

2 Victoria Eugenie Julia Ena Battenberg 1887–1969

3 Leopold … 1889–1922

4 Maurice … Prince 1891–1914