What is Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (1874-1878)?
{{Infobox royalty | name = Princess Marie | image = Maria de Hesse.jpeg | image_size = 180px | caption = Princess Marie in 1878 | house = [[House of Hesse-Darmstadt|Hesse-Darmstadt]] | father = [[Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse]] | mother = [[Princess Alice of the United Kingdom]] | full name = Marie Viktoria Feodore Leopoldine | birth_date = {{Birth date|1874|5|24|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Darmstadt]], [[Grand Duchy of Hesse]], [[German Empire]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1878|11|16|1874|5|24|df=y}} | death_place = Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Empire | burial_place = }} '''Marie of Hesse and by Rhine''' was the youngest child of [[Princess Alice of the United Kingdom|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 [[Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)|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== {{Commons category|Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine}} *Mager, Hugo (1998). ''Elizabeth: Grand Duchess of Russia''. Carroll and Graf Publishers, Inc. {{ISBN|0-7867-0678-3}} *[https://archive.org/details/alicegrandduche00alicgoog ''Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse'', G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1885.] {{DEFAULTSORT:Marie Of Hesse And By Rhine}} [[Category:1874 births]] [[Category:1878 deaths]] [[Category:Infectious disease deaths in Germany]] [[Category:Deaths from diphtheria]]