Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine

Ludwig IV, born as Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Karl,(12 September 1837 - 13 March 1892) was the eldest son and child of Charles and Elizabeth and the elder brother of Heinrich, Anna and Wilhelm. He married Princess Alice of the United Kingdom and had seven children: Victoria, Yelizaveta Feodorovna, Irene, Ernst Ludwig, Friedrich, Aleksandra II and Marie.