- Daughter of Louis IV and Grand Duchess Alice.
- Sister of Victoria Mountbatten, Princess Irene of Prussia, Ernest Louis, Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (1870 - 1873), Tsarina Alexandra, and Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine.
- Granddaughter of Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine (1809 - 1877), Princess Elisabeth of Prussia (1815 - 1885), Prince Albert (1819-1861) and Queen Victoria (1819-1901).
- Great-granddaughter of Duke of Kent and Strathearn Prince Edward and Duchess of Kent and Strathearn.
- Great-Niece of Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse) (1824 - 1880).
- Adopted Mother of Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna (1890-1958) and Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich (1891-1942).
- First cousin of Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941), Princess Charlotte of Prussia (1860 - 1919), Prince Henry of Prussia (1862-1929), Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1864-1866), Princess Viktoria of Prussia (1866 - 1929), Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1868-1879), Sophia of Prussia (1870 - 1932) and Princess Margaret of Prussia (1872 - 1954), Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1874 - 1899), Queen Marie of Romania (1875-1938), Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1876 - 1936), Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ( 1878 - 1942), Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884 - 1966).
- Second cousin of Crown Prince Hohenzollern (1882-1951), Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen (1879 - 1945), Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1889-1945), Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1896-1978), Prince Henry of Prussia (1900-1904), George II of Greece (1890-1947), Alexander of Greece (1893 - 1920), Helen of Greece and Denmark (1896 - 1982), Paul of Greece (1901 - 1964), Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta (1904 - 1974), Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark (1913 - 2007), Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Hesse-Kassel (1893- 1916), Prince Maximilian of Hesse-Kassel (1894 - 1914), Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse (1896 - 1980), Prince Wolfgang of Hesse (b. 1896 - 1989), Prince Christoph of Hesse (1901 - 1943).
- Third cousin of Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1906-1940), Princess Barbara of Prussia (1920 - 1994), Prince Alfred Friedrich Ernst Heinrich Conrad of Prussia (b. 1924), Sofía de Grecia b. (1938), King Constantine II (b. 1940), Princess Irene of Greece (b. 1942), Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta (b. 1943), Richard Paul George Andrew Brandram (b. 1948), Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse (b. 1926 - 2013), Prince Heinrich of Hesse-Kassel (1927 - 1999), Prince Otto Adolf of Hesse-Kassel (1937 - 1998), Princess Elisabeth Margarethe of Hesse-Kassel (b. 1940), Princess Christina Margarethe of Hesse (1933 - 2011), Princess Dorothea Charlotte Karin of Hesse (b. 1934), Prince Karl Adolf Andreas of Hesse (b. 1937), Prince Rainer Christoph Friedrich of Hesse (b. 1939), Princess Clarissa Alice of Hesse (b. 1944).
- 4th cousin of Princess Felicitas of Prussia (1934- 2009), Princess Christa Friederike Alexandrine Viktoria of Prussia (b. 1936), Duchess Donata of Mecklenburg (b. 1956), Duchess Edwina of Mecklenburg-Schwerin b. 1960), Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia (b. 1945), Margareta of Romania (b. 1949), Princess Elena of Romania (b. 1950), Irina Walker (b. 1953), Princess Sophie of Romania (b. 1957), Princess Marie of Romania (b. 1964), Elena de Borbón (b. 1963), Cristina de Borbón (b. 1965), Crown Prince King Felipe VI of Spain (b. 1968), Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark (b. 1965), Crown Prince of Greece Pavlos (b. 1967), Prince Nikolaos (b. 1969), Theodora Greece (b. 1983), Prince Philippos (b. 1986), Princess Bianca of Savoy-Aosta (b. 1966), Prince Aimone, Duke of Apulia (b. 1967), Princess Mafalda of Savoy-Aosta (b. 1969), Ginevra Maria Gabriella van Ellinkhuizen (b. 2006), Sophie Eila Brandram (b. 1981), Nicholas George Brandram (b. 1982), Alexia Katherine Brandram (b. 1985), Mafalda von Hessen (b. 1965), Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse (b. 1966), Princess Elena Elisabeth Madeleine of Hesse (b. 1967), Prince Philip Robin of Hesse (b. 1970), Count Friedrich Karl Philipp Wilhelm Hans Moritz Maria von Oppersdorff (b. 1962) and Count Alexander Wolfgang Johannes Georg Viktor Emanuel Maria von Oppersdorff (b. 1965), Princess Maria Tatiana ("Tania") of Yugoslavia (b. 1957), Prince Christopher of Yugoslavia (1960 - 1994), Helen Sophia van Eyck (b. 1963), Mark Nicholas van Eyck (b. 1966), Johanna von Hesse (b. 1980).
- 5th cousin of Friederike Thyra Marion Wilhelmine Dorothea von der Osten (b. 1959), Dinnies Wilhelm Karl Alexander von der Osten (b. 1962-1989), Hubertus Christoph Joachim Friedrich von der Osten, b. 1964), Cecilie Felicitas Katherina Sophie von der Osten (b. 1967), Diana Renata Friederike von Nostitz-Wallwitz (b. 1974), Peter, Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia (b. 1980), Prince Philip of Yugoslavia (b. 1982), Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (b. 1982), Nicholas Medforth-Mills (b. 1985), Elisabeta Karina de Roumanie Medforth-Mills (b. 1989), Michael Torsten (b. 1984), Angelica Margareta Bianca (b. 1986), Elisabeta-Maria de Roumanie Biarneix (b. 1999), Felipe Juan Froilán de Marichalar y Borbón (b. 1998), Victoria Federica de Marichalar y Borbón (b. 2000), Juan Urdangarín y de Borbón (b. 1999), Pablo Urdangarín y de Borbón (b. 2000), Miguel Urdangarín y de Borbón (b. 2002), Irene Urdangarín y de Borbón (b. 2005), Leonor, Princess of Asturias (b. 2005), Infanta Sofía of Spain (b. 2007), Arrietta Morales y de Grecia (b. 2002), Ana María Morales y de Grecia (b. 2003), Carlos Morales y de Grecia (b. 2005), Amelia Morales y de Grecia (b. 2007), Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece and Denmark (b. 1996), Prince Constantine Alexios of Greece and Denmark (b. 1998), Prince Achileas-Andreas of Greece and Denmark (b. 2000), Prince Odysseas-Kimon (b. 2004), Prince Aristidis-Stavros (b. 2008), Viola Arrivabene-Valenti-Gonzaga (b. Rome, 31 May 1991), Vera Arrivabene-Valenti-Gonzaga (b. 1993), Mafalda Arrivabene-Valenti-Gonzaga (b. 1997), Maddalena Arrivabene-Valenti-Gonzaga (b. 2000), Leonardo Arrivabene-Valenti-Gonzaga (b. 2001), Prince Umberto of Savoy-Aosta (b. 2009), Prince Amedeo Michele of Savoy-Aosta, (b. 2011), Princess Isabella Vita Marina of Savoy-Aosta (b. 2012), Anna Lombardo di San Chirico (b. 2002), Carlo Lombardo di San Chirico (b. 2003), Elena Lombardo di San Chirico (b. 2004), Maximillian Walter Voelcker (b. 2018), Alexander Paul Voelcker (b. 2019), Theodora Katherine Anne Hicks (b. 2019), Tatiana Galdo (b. 1992), Polissena Galdo (born 1993), Count Cosmo Brachetti Peretti (b. 2000) and Count Briano Brachetti Peretti (b. 2002), Princess Paulina (b. 2007), Hereditary Prince Moritz (b. 2007) and Prince August (b. 2012), illegitimate ? (b. 1976), Madeleine Immacolata Tatiana Theresa Caiazzo (b. 1999), Princess Elena Margherita Lotti Christiane Elisabeth (b. 2006), Prince Tito (b. 2008), Princess Mafalda (b. 2014), Sonia Tatiana Thune-Larsen (b. 1992), Olga Kristin Thune-Larsen (b. 1995), Sascha Alexandra Sophia Harman (b. 1986), Pascale Olivia Harman (b. 1989), Anna Clarissa Dietrich (b. 2013), Nikolaus Karl Dietrich (b. 2014), Heinz Anton Dietrich (b. 2016), Marie Elisabeth Dietrich (b. 2016).
- 6th cousin of Felicitas Catharini Malina Johanna von Reiche (b. 1986), Victoria Cecilie Alexandra Josephine von Reiche (b. 1989), Donata Friederike Diana Sophie von Reiche (b. 1992), Julius Marxen (b. 1998), Victor Marxen (b. 2002), Prince Stefan (b. 2018), Iris Anna Cîrjan (b. 2016), Kohen (b. 2012), Courtney Bianca (b. 2007), Diana (b. 2011).
- In 1915 the All-Russian Zemstvo Union was organised under her auspices to provide support for sick and injured soldiers during the First World War.
- The couple never had children of their own, but their Ilyinskoe estate was usually filled with parties that Elisabeth organized especially for children. They eventually became the foster parents of Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, Sergei's niece and nephew.
- Sergei and Elisabeth married on 15 (3) June 1884, at the Chapel of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg; upon her conversion to Russian Orthodoxy, she took the name Elizabeth Feodorovna. It was actually at the wedding that Sergei's 16-year-old nephew, Tsarevich Nicholas, first met his future wife, Elisabeth's youngest surviving sister Alix.
- She soon opened a hospital, a chapel, a pharmacy and an orphanage on its grounds. Elisabeth and her nuns worked tirelessly among the poor and the sick of Moscow. She often visited Moscow's worst slums and did all she could to help alleviate the suffering of the poor.
- Elisabeth was not legally required to convert to Russian Orthodoxy from her native Lutheran religion, but she voluntarily chose to do so in 1891. Although some members of her family questioned her motives, her conversion appears to have been sincere.
- Besides the future Kaiser Wilhelm II, she had many other admirers, among them Lord Charles Montagu, the second son of the 7th Duke of Manchester, and Henry Wilson, later a distinguished soldier.
- Kalyayev was hanged on 23 May 1905.
- Great-aunt of Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark (1905 - 1981), Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906-1969), Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark (1911 - 1937), Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark (1914 - 2001) and Prince Philip (b.1921).
- For many years, Elisabeth's institution helped the poor and the orphans in Moscow by fostering the prayer and charity of devout women.
- After her husband's assassination, she sold her jewels and other possessions, including her wedding ring, and opened the Convent of Saints Martha and Mary (Moscow, Russia), becoming its first abbess.
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