Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-09-18
THE APPROACHING NUPTIALS OF QUEEN VIC
TORIAS SECOND DAUGHTER

Now that the second Of the royal daughters OF log.
land bestoW her hand upon foreign Prince,
will be uninteresting 10 readers 10 have short
Of the ancestry and snteceden Of the Queens
son.in-aw, in order that they may know something
OF the family among whom the Princess Alice
be received as daughter.
The Grand Duchy Of Hesse. Darmstadt Is one Of the
lesser German States which generally adhere In their
policy to the interests of Austria Ths original territory
Of Hesse divided between Hesse Csssel snd Hes
Dumsadt, evangelical by Bonface, the apostle Of
Germany, before the reign of Charlemague Ia 1858
il assigned by contract 10 Henry, son OF Sophs,
Ddtchess OF Drsbsn who became the common ancestor
OF its future Landgravee. At the death OF Philip
about the time Of the Reformation divided into
four petty States but the representatives of two be-
coming speedily extinct Hesse proper ultimately settled
down into two ate. whose main branches to ,hs day
exist under the Of HesseC.ssel and H,sjeD,rm
s,ad'.
The Grand Duohy Of H.sso Darmstadt was founded BY
George t. sen of the aforementioned Philip; is inpor
tInoe considerably Augmented a. The time OF the
French revcnoe shsn nus . e sH N H
Dor nation Also Subsequent additions we're made also
IN 1906, whan Louis joined the confederation Of the
Rhine al ON that occasion Hesse Darmsadt rails d
20 the dignity Of Grand Duchy, and Its ruler took The
title OF Louis u 1915 the Grad Duke joined the
i,rmanc confederation and at the present time Hesse-
Dlrm,tadt stands ninth in rank enyipg three votes in
the full council and in the minor council lie terri
tory Of large portons separated from each
other by long strip bJnsng 70 Hesse-Cassel and the
city of Frankfort aud extending from east to west /,
lies between Plussia Nassau, BAVARIA AMI Baden, and
:ntabs al area Of about $500 square mi es Hesss.
Drnstadt Is partly mountainous and partly level scme
portions agricultural and others rich in mineral
ures aid as Whsle The country would not appear to b
behind the rest of its ne hbors 10 manufactures and
commerce. ia religion Hssse Dsrmst,d. Is mainly Lu
theran aud Cslvnstc though contains above 200 000
of Roman Catholics. 10 1888 the military establishment
of the Grand Duchy fIed at 1888 but the
establishment raised TO 1854 ia 1885, It's popula
tou according to the census OF 1851 three bundled
and fifty fouythoussnd three busdred and fourteen.
The present regnins Grand Duke of Hesse- Dsrmstad
is Louis ILL., he born 10 June, 1906 and ma rried
the Grand Duchess Of Bavaria. by whom he has no is
sue Accordingly the heirpresurptive to bis tits ID
hi. brother Prince Charles William Louis father Of tbs
aauced husband OF youthful princess This prince
was born in 1902 and married in October IS36 TO The
Princess Marie Of Prussia By this marriage the prince
has issue of daughter the Princess Marie born in ls43
and also three sons-Is Prince Frederick William Lou
is, the bridegroom elect who born Sept H. 1887
and il cons queny in the the 24h year Of biz age
the Grand Duke has children the Prince must ulti
ustey inherit the sovereignty, If be suvives his father
| aad unele.
Our readers ars aware that 3o0o0l has been settled
by the Engish parliament the Princess Alice by She
vsy Of doWry and that she will also have an allowance
Of 6000l. year. Her royal hghness born The
ASH Of April ls43, has consequently just completed
her Is b year.