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Princess Alice of Battenberg. Princess Alice of Battenberg (Victoria Alice Elizabeth Julia Marie; 25 February 1885 – 5 December 1969) was the mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II . She was a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria. She was born in Windsor Castle. She grew up in Great Britain, Germany and Malta.
Princess Alice was born in Windsor Castle in 1885, as Princess Victoria Alice Elizabeth Julia Marie. Her parents were Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse, granddaughter of Queen Victoria. The Princess was related to most European royal families. When she was a young child, her deafness was diagnosed and by the age of eight ...
Nov 15, 2019 · A great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, Philip’s mother was born as Princess Alice of Battenberg at Windsor Castle in 1985, and was born congenitally deaf. She met her husband, Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark in 1902 at the coronation of King Edward VII, with the two marrying a year later. The couple went on to have five children, four ...
Apr 9, 2021 · Princess Alice was born at Windsor Castle in 1885, the daughter of Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, and the great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, who ...
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Nov 21, 2019 · The Crown at last delves deeper into the extraordinary life of Philip’s mother, the elusive Princess Alice of Battenberg. A congenitally deaf woman taught to read lips in four languages ...
Nov 18, 2019 · Below, the real-life details surrounding the last years of Princess Alice of Battenberg, who died at Buckingham Palace at the age of 84 on December 5, 1969. Netflix introduced us to a host of new royals and actors for season 3 of The Crown. But along with Helena Bonham Carter's tortured Princess Margaret, the firecracker that is Princess Anne ...
1. Queen Victoria Saw Her Birth. Princess Alice was born in Windsor Castle's Tapestry Room—a far cry from the sanatorium she'd eventually find herself in. Her great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, was present for her birth. Princess Alice was low on the totem pole, but her connection to Victoria ensured she'd end up embroiled in Europe's messy ...
