| Princess Elisabeth | |
| Princess Charles of Hesse and by Rhine | |
| House: | Hohenzollern |
| Father: | Prince Wilhelm of Prussia |
| Mother: | Princess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg |
| Birth Date: | 18 June 1815 |
| Birth Place: | Berlin Palace, Kingdom of Prussia |
| Death Place: | Bessungen, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Empire |
Princess Elisabeth of Prussia (18 June 1815 – 21 March 1885) was the second daughter of Prince Wilhelm of Prussia and Princess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg and a granddaughter of Frederick William II of Prussia. Through her eldest son Louis IV, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh was her great-great-grandson, and she is consequently an ancestor of Charles III.
Elisabeth was born in Berlin to Prince Wilhelm of Prussia and Princess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg. Through her father, she was a granddaughter of Frederick William II of Prussia. Through her mother, she was a granddaughter of Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. She was the fifth of seven surviving children. One of her sisters, Marie, became Queen of Bavaria.
Elisabeth had good relationship with her daughter-in-law, Alice.[1] She lived to see her son ascend the throne as Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine on 13 June 1877 and to see Louis and Alice's two eldest daughters marry. Elisabeth and Charles' first great-grandchild, Princess Alice of Battenberg, was also born during her lifetime. In her later years, Elisabeth gained more weight and became obese. She died in Bessungen at the age of 69, outliving her husband by eight years.
Elisabeth married Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine, second son of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, on 22 October 1836 in Berlin. She had four children: