NOBLEMAN

Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine

1864 - 1918

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Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia (born Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine; 1 November 1864 – 18 July 1918) was a German Hessian and Rhenish princess of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt, and the wife of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, the fifth son of Emperor Alexander II of Russia and Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine. A granddaughter of Queen Victoria and an older sister of Alexandra, the last Russian Empress, Elisabeth became famous in Russian society for her dignified beauty and charitable works among the poor. After the Socialist Revolutionary Party's Combat Organization assassinated her husband with a bomb in 1905, Elisabeth publicly forgave Sergei's murderer, Ivan Kalyayev, and campaigned without success for him to be pardoned. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine has received more than 200,011 page views. Her biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine is the 87th most popular nobleman (up from 99th in 2019), the 390th most popular biography from Germany (up from 421st in 2019) and the 7th most popular German Nobleman.

Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine is most famous for being the mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who is the husband of Queen Elizabeth II.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

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  • 67.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine ranks 87 out of 1,415. Before her are Elisabeth Farnese, Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Ramesses IV, Duchess Helene in Bavaria, Arthur, Prince of Wales, and Roger I of Sicily. After her are Prince Claus of the Netherlands, Maria Alexandrovna, Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Joan of France, Duchess of Berry, Fatma Sultan, and Pyotr Wrangel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine ranks 12. Before her are Alois Alzheimer, Camille Claudel, Walther Nernst, Hermann Minkowski, Eleftherios Venizelos, and Princess Stéphanie of Belgium. After her are Miguel de Unamuno, Alfred Hermann Fried, Dmitri Ivanovsky, Rudolf Kjellén, Heinrich Wölfflin, and Vilhelm Hammershøi. Among people deceased in 1918, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine ranks 24. Before her are Otto Wagner, Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, and Georgi Plekhanov. After her are Roland Garros, Niko Pirosmani, Fanny Kaplan, Lavr Kornilov, César Cui, and Frederick Trump.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine ranks 390 out of 7,253. Before her are Pina Bausch (1940), Christopher of Bavaria (1416), Hermann Fegelein (1906), Adolf Windaus (1876), James Franck (1882), and Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner (1780). After her are Leo von Caprivi (1831), Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1911), Frederica of Hanover (1917), Franz Bopp (1791), Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1776), and Sepp Maier (1944).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine ranks 7. Before her are Princess Sophie of Bavaria (1805), Albert, Prince Consort (1819), Alexandra Feodorovna (1872), Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine (1652), Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria (1808), and Duchess Helene in Bavaria (1834). After her are Prince Claus of the Netherlands (1926), Maria Alexandrovna (1824), Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (1573), Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France (1731), Albert, Duke of Prussia (1490), and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (1687).

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