_Louis II HESSE-DARMSTADT _____________________+
                                                                                                                     | (1777 - 1848)                                 
                                                    _Charles HESSE-DARMSTADT ________________________________________|
                                                   | (1809 - 1877)                                                   |
                                                   |                                                                 |_Wilhelmine of ZÄHRINGEN _____________________+
                                                   |                                                                   (1788 - 1836)                                 
 _Frederick William Louis Charles HESSE-DARMSTADT _|
| (1837 - 1892)                                    |
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|                                                  |_Marie Elisabeth Caroline Victoria of HOHENZOLLERN ______________|
|                                                    (1815 - 1885)                                                   |
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|--Ernst Louis Charles Albrecht William HESSE-DARMSTADT 
|  (1868 - 1937)
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|                                                   _Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel SAXE-COBURG-AND-GOTHA _|
|                                                  | (1819 - 1861) m 1840                                            |
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|_Alice Maud Mary SAXE-COBURG-AND-GOTHA ___________|
  (1843 - 1878)                                    |
                                                   |                                                                  _Edward Augustus HANOVER ______________________+
                                                   |                                                                 | (1767 - 1820)                                 
                                                   |_Alexandrina Victoria HANOVER ___________________________________|
                                                     (1819 - 1901) m 1840                                            |
                                                                                                                     |_Marie Luise Viktoria of SAXE-COBURG-SAALFELD _
                                                                                                                       (1786 - 1861)