Royalty
[ELISABETH
(1895-1903, only daughter of Ernst Ludwig, 1868-1937, last reigning Grand Duke of Hesse & By Rhine, 1892-1918, by his first wife, 1894-1901, Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha, 1876-1936)]
Memorial Portrait Postcard Photograph, by Thiele,
showing her full length, full face, hands together, in a white dress with a broad lace collar, with her name and dates below, published by Lautz & Balzar, Darmstadt, 5½ x 3½, no place, no date but
Item Date: 1903
Background
Elisabeth and her father grew even closer after her mother had left. Tragically she died suddenly of typhoid at the hunting lodge in Poland where they were visiting the Grand Duke's sister Alix and her husband Nicholas II.
Stock No. 54468