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Rare 1848 Royal HRH Prince Ludwig II Grand Duke Signed Document German Royalty For Sale
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Rare 1848 Royal HRH Prince Ludwig II Grand Duke Signed Document German Royalty: $337.46
LOT-Y24. For your consideration is a rare and important hand-signed Royal manuscript document by Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse.
Louis II / Ludwig II (26 December 1777 – 16 June 1848) was Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 6 April 1830 until 5 March 1848, resigning during the German Revolution of 1848. He was the son of Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt.
On 19 June 1804, in Karlsruhe, he married his double first cousin Princess Wilhelmine of Baden, youngest daughter of Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden, and his wife, Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt.
Due to Louis\'s affairs, the union proved an unhappy one, and the couple separated after the birth of their third child. Through Wilhelmine, Louis had four surviving children:
Prince Ludwig of Hesse-Darmstadt (9 June 1806 – 13 June 1877); (the future Grand Duke).
Stillborn son (18 August 1807).
Prince Karl Wilhelm Ludwig of Hesse-Darmstadt (23 April 1809 – 20 March 1877).
Princess Amalia Elisabeth Luise Karoline Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt (20 May 1821 – 27 May 1826).
Stillborn daughter (7 June 1822).
Prince Alexander Ludwig Georg Friedrich Emil of Hesse-Darmstadt (15 July 1823 – 15 December 1888).
Princess Maximiliane Wilhelmine Auguste Sophie Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt (8 August 1824 – 3 June 1880); the future Empress consort of Alexander II of Russia.
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