Photograph of Prince Ernest Louis of Hesse, standing in a full length portrait with his back to the viewer. He wears a kilt and rests his left arm on a small, circular table. The Prince is aged approximately 3 years old.

Ernest Louis was the eldest son of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse. On 9th April, 1894, he married Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe Coburrg and Gotha in Coburg. Following an unhappy marriage and subsequent divorce, Ernest Louis re-married on the 2nd February 1905, to Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms with whom he had two children.