Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine

Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine was the first son and fourth child of Ludwig IV and Alice, the younger brother of Victoria, Yelizaveta Feodorovna and Irene, and the older brother of Friedrich, Aleksandra Feodorovna and Marie. He first married Victoria Melita, and they had one daughter together: Elisabeth. After he and Victoria divorced, he married Eleonore and they had two sons together: Georg Donatus and Louis.