August von Senarclens de Grancy

August Ludwig Freiherr von Senarclens de Grancy (; 19 August 17943 October 1871) was the life partner of Wilhelmine of Baden, the Grand Duchess consort of Hesse, and the alleged father of Empress Maria Alexandrovna of Russia and Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine.

Life Senarclens-Grancy was the firstborn son of César Auguste de Senarclens de Grancy (1763–1836) and Élisabeth de Loriol (1773–1846).

After nine years without pregnancy, Grand Duchess Wilhelmine gave birth to four children from 1821 to 1824. Senarclens-Grancy's paternity of the children was alleged at the time. However, Louis II did not deny paternity nor did he disinherit the children who lived to adulthood.

Senarclens-Grancy married Luise von Otting und Fünfstetten in 1836. His eldest daughter with Luise, Wilhelmine Marie (1837–1912), was appointed a Lady-in-waiting to the Hessian court and later served as chief steward to Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse. She was the daughter of Count Friedrich von Otting und Fünfstetten (1767–1834) and Wilhelmine de Montperny (1788–1874). Baroness Wilhelmine Marie (11 August 183722 November 1912), unmarried. Baron Ludwig (9 June 18392 February 1910), on 27 October 1870, married Amalie Barbara Löw von und zu Steinfurth (1852–1936), daughter of Wilhelm Löw von und zu Steinfurth and Elisabeth Seipel. Baroness Marie Wilhelmine (9 June 18405 July 1908), on 26 September 1871, married Ludwig Heinrich von Hesse (1827–1895), sometimes written Hess, son of Andreas Wilhelm von Hesse. Baroness Katharine Karoline Maria Wilhelmine Louise (10 March 1842 – 4 December 1842), died in infancy Baron Heinrich Adolph Maximilian Ludwig (31 July 184517 January 1908), unmarried. Baron Albert Ludwig Friedrich (9 February 184720 January 1901), married Antoinette Wilhelmine de Senarclens de Grancy (1852-1914), a distant cousin. Baroness Constance Marie Wilhelmine (11 September 18529 March 1933), married Karl von Oertzen.

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