(Abolished 9 November 1918)
Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse
During World War I, Grand Duke Ernest Louis served as an officer at Kaiser Wilhelm's headquarters.
In July 1918, roughly sixteen months after the February Revolution, which forced his brother-in-law, Nicholas II from his throne, Ernst's two sisters in Russia, Elizabeth, who had become a nun following the assassination of her husband, Grand Duke Sergei, in 1905, and Alexandra, the former tsarina, were killed by the Bolsheviks.
At the end of the war, he lost his throne during the revolution of 1918, after refusing to abdicate.
Ernst was the last Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 1892 until 1918.
(Abolished 9 November 1918)
Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse
During World War I, Grand Duke Ernest Louis served as an officer at Kaiser Wilhelm's headquarters. In July 1918, roughly sixteen months after the February Revolution, which forced his brother-in-law, Nicholas II from his throne, Ernst's two sisters in Russia, Elizabeth, who had become a nun following the assassination of her husband, Grand Duke Sergei, in 1905, and Alexandra, the former tsarina, were killed by the Bolsheviks. At the end of the war, he lost his throne during the revolution of 1918, after refusing to abdicate. Ernst was the last Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 1892 until 1918.
Former German nobility in the Nazi Party