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Offspring of Ludwig Alexander von Battenberg and Viktoria von Hessen und bei Rhein (1863-1950) Name. Birth. Death. Joined with. Alice Mountbatten (1885-1969) 25 February 1885 Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom. 5 December 1969 Buckingham Palace, London, England, United Kingdom.
May 29, 2022 · Biography. Louis was born as Ludwig Alexander von Battenberg in Graz, Austria, the eldest son of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine by his morganatic marriage to Countess Julia von Hauke. Because of his morganatic parentage, Louis was denied his father's rank in the Grand Duchy of Hesse, and from birth his style of Illustrious Highness and ...
Battenberg expressed his desire to join the Royal Navy, and was sent to Burney's Royal Academy at Southsea, a crammer, to prepare for the entrance examination to the Navy. A minute of the Board of Admiralty of 3 August records that Battenberg was to be examined in December even though he was over the age laid down in the regulations.
The English royal family has deep Teutonic ties. In 1714, George Louis, elector of Hanover, became the first king of German origin to succeed to the English crown. Over the past 300 years, strong ...
Died 1888. 1851. Immediately after their scandalous morganatic marriage in Breslau, Alexander and Julia are allowed to settle in Hessen-Darmstadt, although their marriage is not recognised as being dynastic. Julia is granted the title 'countess von Battenberg' after the small town with its ruined castle in the northern part of the duchy.
From the little we know of Cook’s personality, he continually strove to extend himself and to experience new things. It was these traits that contributed to his success later in the Pacific but, in 1755, they manifested themselves as reasons to leave the merchant service and join the Royal Navy. The colliers he had sailed on delivered coal to ...
Julia, The Princess of Battenberg. HSH The Princess of Battenberg, formerly Countess Julia Therese Salome VON Hauke was born on 12th November 1825 in Warsaw, Poland (then ruled by Russia), the daughter of Count John Maurice VON Hauke (1775-1830), Poland's Deputy Minister of War and Sophie Lafontaine (1790-1831).
