Peerage Record – 10930

     Baron Maximilian von Bassus married Emilie Baronin von Dornberg, daughter of Simon Hrzic von Topuski and Anna von Grachegg, on 16 July 1906 at Berchtesgaden, Bayern, Germany^G.¹ He died on 26 January 1931.¹

     Karl Baron zu Nidda was born on 4 January 1879 at Trèves, France.¹ He was the son of Heinrich Prinz von Hessen und bei Rhein and Karoline Baronin zu Nidda.¹ He died on 11 June 1920 at age 41 at Ahrweiler, Germany^G.¹
     He gained the title of Baron zu Nidda.¹

     Elimar Baron von Dornberg was born on 3 August 1893.¹ He was the son of Heinrich Prinz von Hessen und bei Rhein and Emilie Baronin von Dornberg.¹ He died on 1 May 1917 at age 23 at Obertsdorf, Germany^G, killed in action.¹
     He gained the title of Baron von Dornberg.¹ He fought in the First World War.

     Gottfried von Lichtenberg was born on 19 November 1877 at Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany^G.¹ He was the son of Wilhelm Prinz von Hessen und bei Rhein and Josephine Bender, Frau von Lichtenberg.¹ He married Elisabeth Muller on 20 July 1901 at Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany^G.¹ He died on 6 September 1914 at age 36 at Esternay, France^G, killed in action.¹
     He fought in the First World War.

     Elisabeth Muller was born on 9 February 1880 at Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany^G.¹ She married, firstly, Gottfried von Lichtenberg, son of Wilhelm Prinz von Hessen und bei Rhein and Josephine Bender, Frau von Lichtenberg, on 20 July 1901 at Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany^G.¹ She married, secondly, Hans Busch.¹ She died on 5 February 1961 at age 80.¹

     Hans Busch married Elisabeth Muller.¹

     Gottfried Wilhelm von Lichtenberg was born on 18 October 1902 at Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany^G.² He was the son of Gottfried von Lichtenberg and Elisabeth Muller.¹ He married Traute Sylvia Knipsel on 4 May 1942.¹ He died on 1 January 1958 at age 55 at Frankfurt-am-Main, Hessen, Germany^G.¹ He was also reported to have died on 17 January 1958.

     Traute Sylvia Knipsel was born on 12 March 1921.¹ She married Gottfried Wilhelm von Lichtenberg, son of Gottfried von Lichtenberg and Elisabeth Muller, on 4 May 1942.¹

     Alexandra von Lichtenberg was born on 29 April 1946 at Tegernsee, Bayern, Germany^G.¹ She is the daughter of Gottfried Wilhelm von Lichtenberg and Traute Sylvia Knipsel.¹ She married Rainer de Neufville on 1 July 1971.
     Her married name became de Neufville.

     Sophie Nikolaievna von Merenberg, Countess de Torbay was born on 1 June 1868. She was the daughter of Nikolaus Wilhelm Prinz von Nassau-Weilburg and Nataliya Aleksandrovna Pushkina, Gräfin von Merenberg.³ She married Mikhail Mikhailovich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia, son of Mikhail Nikolaievich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia and Cäcilie Olga Prinzessin von Baden, on 10 March 1891 [26 Feb 1891 O.S.] at San Remo, Italy^G, in a morganatic marriage.⁴ She died on 14 September 1927 at age 59 at London, England^G.⁴
     She gained the title of Gräfin von Merenberg.³ She was created Countess de Torbay.¹