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August von Senarclens de Grancy
Summary
August Ludwig Freiherr von Senarclens-Grancy (Auguste Louis de Senarclens de Grancy; 19 August 1794 - 3 October 1871) was the firstborn son of three sons and four daughters of César Auguste, Baron von Senarclens de Grancy, (born in 1763) and his wife Élizabeth Claudine Marie-Rose de Loriol (born in 1773). He is reputed to have been the long-time lover of Wilhelmine of Baden, the Grand Duchess consort of Hesse, and the actual father by her of the Empress consort Maria Alexandrovna of Russia and Prince Alexander of Hesse, ancestors of modern royalty in Bulgaria, Germany, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom and Russia.
He became the stable master of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, a major general and a knight in the Order of Malta. It is also alleged that he was the biological father of four of the children of his employer's wife and, therefore, a likely ancestor of Felipe VI of Spain and Charles III of the United Kingdom . He may also be a direct-line ancestor of several royal pretenders: Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia, Margareta of Romania and Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia, heir to the throne of the German Empire which collapsed at the end of World War I.
Senarclens de Grancy died in Jugenheim on 3 October 1871.
Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, bought the Heiligenberg estate near Jugenheim in 1820, where he installed Senarclens-Grancy as his chamberlain later that year. Louis II's wife, the Grand Duchess Wilhelmine, began living at Heiligenberg during the summers, and wintered at other estates, rarely accompanying her husband from then on. The Grand Duchess gave birth to four more children between 1821 and 1824 after not bearing any children to Louis II for nine years. Senarclens-Grancy's paternity was strongly suspected, and was treated as an open secret by the Hessian court. Louis II did not deny paternity nor sought to disinherit the two children who lived to adulthood.
Grand Duchess Wilhelmine's children born after 1820 were:
Princess Amalia Elisabeth Luise Karoline Friederike Wilhelmine (20 May 1821 - 27 May 1826).
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