Who married Henri de Prusse (1862-1929)?
Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine married Henri de Prusse (1862-1929) on . Prince Henry of Prussia was 25 years old on the wedding day (25 years, 9 months and 10 days). Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine was 21 years old on the wedding day (21 years, 10 months and 13 days). The age gap was 3 years, 10 months and 27 days.
The marriage lasted 40 years, 10 months and 27 days (14940 days ). The marriage ended on . Cause: death of subject's spouse
Henri de Prusse (1862-1929): Marriage Status Timeline
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Henri de Prusse (1862-1929)
Albert Guillaume Henri de Prusse, prince de Prusse et d’Allemagne, est né le à Berlin et est décédé le au manoir de Hemmelmark. Fils de l'empereur Frédéric III d'Allemagne et de la princesse Victoria du Royaume-Uni, il est de trois ans le frère cadet du Kaiser Guillaume II.
En , il effectue une visite officieuse en Grande-Bretagne pour y sonder son cousin le roi George V sur l'attitude à attendre du Royaume-Uni en cas de guerre européenne. Le Cabinet étant divisé à ce moment, le roi lui répondit que son gouvernement ferait tout pour rester en dehors du conflit. Cette réponse dilatoire fut mal interprétée à Berlin et compte parmi les causes de la Première Guerre mondiale.
Il est commandant en chef de la flotte de la Baltique pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. Il demeura au château de Kiel entre 1888 et 1918.
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Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine
Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (Irène Luise Marie Anne; 11 July 1866 – 11 November 1953), later Princess Henry of Prussia, was the third child and third daughter of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom and Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine. Her maternal grandparents were Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Her paternal grandparents were Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine and Princess Elisabeth of Prussia. She was the wife of Prince Henry of Prussia, a younger brother of Wilhelm II, German Emperor and her first cousin. The SS Prinzessin Irene, a liner of the North German Lloyd was named after her.
Her siblings included Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, wife of Prince Louis of Battenberg, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia, wife of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia, wife of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Like her younger sister, the empress, Irene was a carrier of the hemophilia gene, and Irene would lose her sisters Alix and Elisabeth in Russia to the Bolsheviks.
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