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She married Prince Louis of Battenberg in 1884, and took the title Marchioness of Milford Haven... Prince Louis of Battenberg, First Sea Lord of the Admiralty, c1914. Louis Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven , formerly Prince...
Battenberg family, a family that rose to international prominence in the 19th and 20th centuries, the name being a revival of a medieval title. Its notable members included Prince Philip, who was married to England’s Queen Elizabeth II.
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Sep 7, 2021 · In 1884, Prince Louis had married his cousin, Victoria, eldest daughter of Grand Duke Louis of Hesse and a favorite granddaughter of Queen Victoria, and their children, Alice, Louise and George ...
Nov 18, 2019 · Princess Alice (1885-1969) was the wife of Prince Andrew of Greece (1882-1944) and mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
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Louis Battenberg or Ludwig Alexander von Battenberg was born in Graz in modern-day Austria on the 24th May 1854, Queen Victoria’s 35th birthday. He was the eldest son of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine (1823–1888) and the former courtier Countess Julia von Hauke (1825–1895). Their union was a love match, but because Julia was not of royal bi...
At the age of 14, Louis was encouraged by Princess Alice of Hesse (1843–1878), Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s second daughter, and their second son, Prince Alfred (1844–1900), to become a British citizen and serve in the British navy. Despite his parents' objections to his change of nationality, he became a naturalised British citizen and was a...
In 1880, he had an affair with the married socialite and actress Lillie Langtry (1853–1929), who would later become the Prince of Wales’ (1841–1910) mistress. Approximately seven months after Louis’ departure on the HMS Inconstant, Lillie gave birth to a daughter that she called Jeanne Marie (1881–1964). Lillie led Louis to believe that he was Jean...
Cousins once removed, Louis and the intelligent and spirited Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (1863–1950), the eldest daughter of Grand Duke Ludwig IV of Hesse (1837–1892) and Princess Alice, had known one another since childhood, and they developed feelings in 1882. They married on the 30th April 1884. According to Charles Nevin, the Batten...
When Louis was promoted to the rank of navy commander in 1885, a group of xenophobic politicians questioned why a foreignerwas being promoted instead of hard-working British men. It was even mooted that he should not have been permitted to join the British navy in 1868. In 1889, he was appointed Assistant Director of the Naval Intelligence Division...
In 1912, when he was recommended for the prestigious role of First Sea Lord, there was again dissent in parliament about Louis not being British by birth. To soothe the situation, Louis was made an admiral and the Second Sea Lord, answerable to the First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman (1848–1929). In late 1912, Louis was promoted to First ...
George V made him a privy counsellor, one of his key advisors. In 1917, he renounced his German titles to become Louis Mountbatten, Marquess of Milford-Haven, Earl of Medina and Viscount Alderney. He refused a dukedom from George V because he was concerned that his income was not large enough to entertain or live as a duke was expected to. His youn...
The Milford-Havens were forced to sell Kent House and Schloss Heiligenberg and to auction some of Louis’ medals after the collapse of the German economy, and the fall of Russia left them in straitened financial circumstances with their investments rendered worthless. Louis was created Admiral of the Fleet (Retired) in George V’s 1921 New Year’s Hon...
May 20, 2015 · Image source, Getty Images. Image caption, Prince Louis of Battenberg was known to family and close friends as Dickie. ... Lord Mountbatten married the heiress Edwina Ashley in 1922.
Marriage and Children. On 30 April 1884 in the presence of Queen Victoria, Prince Louis of Battenberg married Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine ( 5 April 1863 - 24 September 1950) at Darmstadt. His wife was the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria's second daughter Alice ( 26 April 1843 - 14 December 1878 ), by Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse ...
