Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse

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Ernest Louis (German: Ernst Ludwig Karl Albrecht Wilhelm; 25 November 1868 – 9 October 1937) was the last Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, reigning from 1892 until 1918. A grandson of Queen Victoria, he was known as a patron of the arts and founded the Darmstadt Artists' Colony. He married Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh and later Princess Eleonore of Solms‑Hohensolms‑Lich. During World War I he served at Kaiser Wilhelm II's headquarters and was deposed in the German revolution of 1918–1919.

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