Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (1874-1878)

Marie of Hesse and by Rhine was the youngest child of Princess Alice and Louis IV of Hesse. 

In 1878, diphtheria swept through Hesse. Marie, together with her brother Ernst, and her sisters Victoria, Irene and Alix, fell ill. She died of diphtheria at the age of four and was buried with her mother, who died a few weeks later of the same disease.

References

Mager, Hugo (1998). Elizabeth: Grand Duchess of Russia. Carroll and Graf Publishers, Inc. 
Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1885.

Category:1874 births
Category:1878 deaths
Category:Infectious disease deaths in Germany
Category:Deaths from diphtheria