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26-405: Ernest Louis may refer to: Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (1868–1937) Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1667–1739) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to

52-592: A long illness at Schloß Wolfsgarten , near Darmstadt. He received what amounted to a state funeral on 16 November 1937 and was buried next to his daughter, Elisabeth, in a new open air burial ground next to the New Mausoleum he had built in the Rosenhöhe park in Darmstadt. His former sister-in-law, Marie of Romania , described Grand Duke Ernest in her memoirs: Ernie could be the gayest of companions, he

78-457: A woman from a mediatised family, Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich . Ernest Louis remarried in Darmstadt , on 2 February 1905, to Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (17 September 1871 – 16 November 1937). This marriage proved harmonious and happy. The couple had two sons: In addition to his marriage, Ernest Louis maintained a close friendship with the bisexual Karl August Lingner,

104-723: The February Revolution in Russia forced his brother-in-law, Tsar Nicholas II, to abdicate. Sixteen months later, in July 1918, his two sisters in Russia, Elizabeth, the widow of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich , and Alexandra, the wife of Nicholas II, were murdered by the Bolsheviks , Alexandra dying alongside her husband and children. At the end of the war, he lost his throne during the revolution of 1918 , after refusing to abdicate . In October 1937, Ernest Louis died after

130-481: The Veste Coburg as the dukes' town Residenz . The new town palace was built around a Franciscan monastery dissolved during Reformation . According to tradition, the palace was named Ehrenburg ("Palace of Honour") by Emperor Charles V for having been constructed without the use of forced labour. Under Duke Johann Casimir the first major rebuilding took place. Around 1590 the (still extant) south wing

156-769: The 19th century, Ernst I had the palace redesigned by Karl Friedrich Schinkel in English Gothic Revival style, beginning in 1810. Most of the work took place between 1816 and 1840, with the palace façade clothed in sandstone . Also between 1816 and 1840 the state apartments were redesigned in the French Empire style . Because the palace was the home of the ducal House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (previously Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld), many royal occasions happened here. In 1863, Queen Victoria (whose mother, Princess Victoria , and husband, Prince Albert , grew up here) met Austrian Emperor Franz Josef for

182-463: The Grand Duke of Hesse very well, for he had often stayed with us at Arkhangelskoye. He was a very good-looking fellow, gay and attractive. He had a passionate love of beauty and boundless imagination. Having taken it into his head one day that his white pigeons were not in keeping with the old stones of his palace, he had their feathers dyed skye blue. His marriage was not a happy one. He received

208-606: The Supreme Court of Hesse. After the divorce had come through, Victoria told some close relatives that Ernest was a homosexual. Allegedly, she had caught her husband in bed with a male servant when, in 1897, she returned home from a visit to her sister Queen Marie of Romania. She did not make her accusation public, but told her sister that "no boy was safe, from the stable hands to the kitchen help. He slept quite openly with them all." Victoria later married another first cousin, this time on her mother's side, while Ernest married

234-493: The United Kingdom , daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha . He was named Louis after his father. His nickname was "Ernie". One of seven siblings, two of whom died in childhood, Ernest grew up with his four surviving sisters in Darmstadt. One of his younger sisters, Alexandra , would marry Tsar Nicholas II , the last Emperor of Russia, while another sister, Victoria Mountbatten , would be

260-438: The age of 30, dispensing with formality on those occasions to indulge in fun and frolic. Victoria's cousin, Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark , remembered one stay with them as having been "the jolliest, merriest house party to which I have ever been in my life." These revelries were more in keeping with Victoria's inclinations than Ernest's. Their marriage was unhappy due to differences in temperament and attitude. Fond as she

286-472: The company of her father to that of her mother. Meanwhile, all efforts to rekindle the marriage failed; Victoria took to spending most of the year in the south of France, spending vast sums of money. When Queen Victoria died in January 1901, significant opposition to the end of the marriage was removed. The couple were divorced 21 December 1901 on grounds of "invincible mutual antipathy" by a special verdict of

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312-505: The daughter of his mother's brother, Prince Alfred . The match was actively encouraged by their mutual grandmother, Queen Victoria, who attended the wedding. At the wedding, Ernest's youngest surviving sister, Alix , became engaged to marry Tsarevich Nicholas of Russia , and the excitement of that imminent match overshadowed the wedding celebrations. Ernest and Victoria Melita had two children: Ernest and Victoria entertained in style, frequently holding house parties for young friends under

338-527: The faculty of real enjoyment; he was too anxious and this gave him a somewhat protesting attitude that we did our best to overrule. The truth was he was too much in  awe of Uncle  ; the fear of his “vetoes” was always with him, so he could never “let himself go” to complete enjoyment. Ernie, however, often helped him to overcome his inborn diffidence; the young brother-in-law, so to say, conquered Nando’s doubts with his much greater self-assurance. Felix Yusupov also described him in his memoirs: I knew

364-460: The first time in the Hall of Giants (a sign marks the occasion). In 1894, the wedding of Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha brought together, at the palace, Queen Victoria, her son the future King Edward VII , her grandson the future King George V , her daughter German Empress Victoria , her other grandson Kaiser Wilhelm II , her son's nephew

390-517: The following orders and decorations: Schloss Ehrenburg Ehrenburg Palace (German: Schloss Ehrenburg ) is a palace in Coburg , Franconia , Germany . It served as the main Coburg residence for the ruling princes from the 1540s until 1918. The palace's exterior today mostly reflects Gothic Revival style. The palace was built by Johann Ernst , Duke of Saxe-Coburg , in 1543–7. It replaced

416-470: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ernest_Louis&oldid=1233902410 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse Ernest Louis was the elder son of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine and Princess Alice of

442-674: The inventor of Odol, one of the first liquid mouthwashes. When Lingner died of tongue cancer, he bequeathed Tarasp Castle in Switzerland to Ernest Louis. However, the Hesse family never lived in it, and it was sold in 2016. In 1892, Ernest Louis succeeded his father as grand duke. Throughout his life, Ernest Louis was a patron of the arts, founding the Darmstadt Artists' Colony , and was himself an author of poems, plays, essays, and piano compositions. Ernest Louis commissioned

468-406: The mother of Queen Louise of Sweden , Louis Mountbatten and Princess Alice of Battenberg , who was the mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh . Ernest Louis grew up in a loving household, with parents who demonstrated their affection for their children, which was unusual for those with their social standing. He grew very attached to his parents and siblings, and it was his misfortune that he

494-428: The new mausoleum in 1903. It was consecrated on 3 November 1910, in the presence of the Grand Duke and his immediate family. The remains of Grand Duke Ludwig IV, Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine along with their children 'Frittie' and 'May' were re-interred in the New Mausoleum. During World War I , Ernest Louis served as a general of the infantry at Kaiser Wilhelm's headquarters. In February, 1917,

520-498: The news from her family for several weeks, until Ernest Louis, who was devoted to little Marie, asked for his sister. When his mother revealed Marie's death, Ernest Louis was overcome with grief. In comforting her grieving son, Alice kissed him. She fell ill within a week, and died on 14 December, the anniversary of her own father's death. On 19 April 1894, at Schloss Ehrenburg , Ernest Louis married his maternal first cousin , Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh nicknamed "Ducky",

546-529: The wall, and tossed anything that was handy at Ernest during their arguments. Queen Victoria was saddened when she heard of the trouble in the marriage from Sir George Buchanan , her chargé d'affaires at Darmstadt , but because of their daughter, Elisabeth, she refused to consider permitting her grandchildren to divorce. Ernest also held off from divorce mainly for this reason. He adored his daughter to distraction and lavished his time and attention on her. The child reciprocated her father's affection, preferred

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572-519: Was constructed by the Renaissance architect Michael Frey. In 1690, a fire destroyed the northern part of the palace. This was an opportunity for Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Coburg , who had a new Baroque style palace built in 1699. The construction of a new chapel in the west wing, the east wing and the central part of the building gave the Ehrenburg the basic structure it retains today. In

598-453: Was dead and was gone up to Heaven, and there I asked God to let me have Frittie again and he came to me and took my hand." In 1878, when Ernest was ten, an epidemic of diphtheria swept through Darmstadt . His father and all the children, except Elisabeth , who was visiting her paternal grandmother , fell ill. Princess Alice cared for her sick husband and children, but on 16 November, the youngest of them, Princess Marie , died. Alice kept

624-494: Was fated to witness several deaths among them during his childhood. When he was five, his only brother Prince Friedrich died. The two boys had been playing a game when the younger boy, who suffered from haemophilia , fell through a window onto the balcony twenty feet below. Ernest Louis was inconsolable. "When I die, you must die too, and all the others. Why can't we all die together? I don't want to die alone, like Frittie," he told his nurse. To his mother he said, "I dreamt that I

650-417: Was in fact full of almost feverish life. There was something effervescent about him, rather restless even; he was highly strung and had the artistic temperament developed to the highest degree. He enjoyed everything and could also be a clever inventor of varied amusements.[...] Ernie enjoyed himself as much as we did and, his vitality being infectious, he did Nando a lot of good. In his youth my husband had not

676-529: Was of revelry, Victoria was less enthusiastic about fulfilling her public role. She avoided answering letters, put off visits to elderly relations whose company she did not enjoy, and talked to people who amused her at official functions while ignoring people of higher social or official standing whom she found boring. Victoria's inattention to her duties provoked quarrels with Ernest. The young couple had loud arguments which sometimes turned physical. The volatile Victoria shouted, threw tea trays, smashed china against

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