Volume IV of "Royal Collections" serie. The Grand Ducal House of Hesse, the descendants of the Hesse and by Rhine (Hesse-Darmstadt) branch of the Hessian dynasty is one of the most beloved dynasties of the European Gotha. The chapters include: 1. The Ancient House of Hesse – From Medieval to Reformation Hesse: 1264-1567 2. The Landgraves of Hesse-Darmstadt: 1567-1790 3. A New Grand Duchy: 1806-1848 4. Grand Duke Ludwig IV and his Siblings: 1848-1877 5. Darmstadt and Windsor: Ludwig IV and the English Connection 6. The Battenbergs – Prince Alexander and his lady 7. The Greek-Battenberg Alliance – The Royal House of Greece: Alice and Andreas 8. Russian Turmoil and Pre-Sarajevo Days – The Great War and the Mountbattens 9. The Next Generation Settles Down (1920-1940): The Greek Princesses, Don & Lu, the Mountbattens – Joys and Tragedies 10. The Mountbatten-Windsor Connection: A Greek Prince in England and the Milfor Havens 11. The End of a Long Line: Lu and Peg After Steene 12. The Women of Darmstadt 13. Epilogue. Hardback edition, fully illustrated (just like the previous volumes) with 400 rare photographs, in English, 336 pages, size 28x23cm.