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This is an extremely rare work. The title asks What does a Hessen expect from their Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig, by an honest, but not blind, Hessen. The frontispiece of two young girls looking adoringly at Grossherzog Ernst Ludwig is by Heinz Heim.
Ernst Ludwig Karl Albert Wilhelm Grossherzog von Hessen und bei Rhein was born at Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany on November, 25, 1868 and died October 9, 1939. He was the son of Ludwig IV Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Grossherzog von Hessen and Alice Maud Mary Saxe-Coburg, Princess of the United Kingdom. He married, firstly, Victoria Melita Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, on April 19, 1894 at Coburg, Bayern, Germany. He divorced her on the 21st of December, 1901. His second marriage was to Eleonore Ernestine Marie Prinzessin zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich on February 2, 1905 at Darmstadt, Hessen. He succeeded to the title of Grossherzog Ernst Ludwig von Hessen und bei Rhein on March 13, 1892 and abdicated as Grand Duke of Hesse on November 8, 1918.
Hesse the Grand duchy; state of the German federation. In 1847 the disgraceful "moral patent," dating from the time of Napoleon and intended for Rhein-Hessen, was repealed; and after this last restriction had been removed the law promulgated on Aug. 2, 1848, decreed that "a difference in religion entails no difference in political or civic rights." The friendliness which the Hessian grand dukes displayed toward the Jews deserves special mention. Ludwig IV and Ernst Ludwig (1903), both in speeches and by special decrees, strongly condemned anti-Semitism. |
