1864 - 1918
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 93,241 page views. Her biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine is the 99th most popular nobleman (down from 91st in 2019), the 421st most popular biography from Germany (up from 428th in 2019) and the 9th 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.
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Among noblemen, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine ranks 99 out of 842. Before her are Ismihan Sultan, John of Gaunt, William IX, Duke of Aquitaine, Philippe of Belgium, Piero the Unfortunate, and Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy. After her are Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria, Roger I of Sicily, Albert I of Germany, Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, Duchess Helene in Bavaria, and Louis I, Duke of Orléans.
1544 - 1585
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 93
1340 - 1399
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 94
1071 - 1127
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 95
1960 - Present
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 96
1472 - 1503
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 97
1383 - 1451
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 98
1864 - 1918
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 99
1808 - 1888
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 100
1031 - 1101
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 101
1255 - 1308
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 102
1573 - 1651
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 103
1834 - 1890
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 104
1372 - 1407
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 105
Among people born in 1864, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine ranks 15. Before her are Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Walther Nernst, Hermann Minkowski, Alfred Hermann Fried, Eleftherios Venizelos, and Miguel de Unamuno. After her are Nellie Bly, Vilhelm Hammershøi, Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach, Dmitri Ivanovsky, John Jacob Astor IV, and Heinrich Wölfflin. Among people deceased in 1918, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine ranks 23. Before her are Alexandra Feodorovna, Otto Wagner, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, Louis Renault, Georgi Plekhanov, and Roland Garros. After her are César Cui, Lavr Kornilov, Niko Pirosmani, Ferdinand Hodler, Fanny Kaplan, and Edmond Rostand.
1864 - 1931
HPI: 68.68
Rank: 9
1864 - 1941
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 10
1864 - 1909
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 11
1864 - 1921
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 12
1864 - 1936
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 13
1864 - 1936
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 14
1864 - 1918
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 15
1864 - 1922
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 16
1864 - 1916
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 17
1864 - 1928
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 18
1864 - 1920
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 19
1864 - 1912
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 20
1864 - 1945
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 21
1872 - 1918
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 17
1841 - 1918
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 18
1897 - 1918
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 19
1843 - 1918
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 20
1856 - 1918
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 21
1888 - 1918
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 22
1864 - 1918
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 23
1835 - 1918
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 24
1870 - 1918
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 25
1862 - 1918
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 26
1853 - 1918
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 27
1890 - 1918
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 28
1868 - 1918
HPI: 64.41
Rank: 29
Among people born in Germany, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine ranks 421 out of 6,142. Before her are Friedrich Bessel (1784), Julius von Mayer (1814), Frederica of Hanover (1917), Caroline of Baden (1776), Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (1758), and Hans Krebs (1898). After her are Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928), Wolfram von Eschenbach (1170), Hans Fritzsche (1900), Ernst Abbe (1840), Gerhard Richter (1932), and Oskar Dirlewanger (1895).
1784 - 1846
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 415
1814 - 1878
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 416
1917 - 1981
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 417
1776 - 1841
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 418
1758 - 1840
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 419
1898 - 1945
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 420
1864 - 1918
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 421
1928 - 2007
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 422
1170 - 1220
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 423
1900 - 1953
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 424
1840 - 1905
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 425
1932 - Present
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 426
1895 - 1945
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 427
Among noblemen born in Germany, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine ranks 9. Before her are Alexandra Feodorovna (1872), Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine (1652), Maria Alexandrovna (1824), Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France (1731), Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786), and Prince Claus of the Netherlands (1926). After her are Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria (1808), Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (1573), Duchess Helene in Bavaria (1834), Albert, Duke of Prussia (1490), Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1750), and Prince Leopold of Bavaria (1846).
1872 - 1918
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 3
1652 - 1722
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 4
1824 - 1880
HPI: 68.63
Rank: 5
1731 - 1767
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 6
1786 - 1861
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 7
1926 - 2002
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 8
1864 - 1918
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 9
1808 - 1888
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 10
1573 - 1651
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 11
1834 - 1890
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 12
1490 - 1568
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 13
1750 - 1806
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 14
1846 - 1930
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 15