Photograph of Prince Ernest Louis of Hesse, standing in three-quarters length portrait, facing the viewer. He leans on a rustic style chair with his arms folded in front of him and wears Scottish costume comprising a kilt and sporran.

Prince Ernest Louis was the first son of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom and succeeded his father as the last Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine. He was born on the 25 November 1868 at the New Palace, Darmstadt, Germany. He married Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe Coburg and Gotha on the 9 April 1894 and they had two children. On the death of his father in 1892, he succeeded as Grand Duke of Hesse and died on the 9 October 1937 at Schloss Wolfsgarten in Hesse.