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Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine
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1843-1878
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She was born to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, a second girl of three children. The Queen, along with the rest of her family, were still in mourning when Alice married Louis, the grand duke of Hesse-Darmstadt seven months after her father's death from typhoid fever. Their union produced seven children: Victoria, Ella, Irene, Ernst, Friedrich, Alix(later the last Tsarita of Russua; name became Alexandra) and May. She had a desire to help and both the poor and wounded soldiers received her aid. She developed a great interest in nursing and befriended the Florence Nightingale, taking an active role to help soldiers during the second of Bismarck's wars, which occurred in 1866. She contacted diphtheria and passed away at age 35.
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Baker, Raegan. Diaries and Letters - Princess Alice of Hesse and by Rhine. Retrieved from http://www.alexanderpalace.org/palace/alicehessebio.html.