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Louis Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven (24 May 1854 – 11 September 1921), formerly Prince Louis Alexander of Battenberg, was a British naval officer and German prince related by marriage to the British royal family . Although born in Austria, and brought up in Italy and Germany, Louis enrolled in the British Royal Navy at ...
Sep 25, 2023 · Despite his parents' objections to his change of nationality, he became a naturalised British citizen and was accepted into the navy on the 3rd October 1868. This was the start of a remarkable career. His first ship was the HMS Victory, Admiral Nelson’s former ship, which was in dock at the time.
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Feb 24, 2023 · On 28 December, 1858, when his mother became a princess, he became His Serene Highness Prince Ludwig von Battenberg. 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.
Louis knew by the age of 12yrs that England and the Royal Navy was where his future lay. Louis was impressed at hearing first hand stories of life in the Royal Navy direct from Queen Victoria's second son - Admiral of the Fleet Prince Alfred, The Duke of Edinburgh (1844-1900), who later succeeded as the reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha in 1893.
May 29, 2022 · Battenberg joined the Royal Navy on 3 October 1868 at the age of fourteen and thus became a naturalised British subject. At the behest of the King, Louis relinquished the title Prince of Battenberg in the Grand Duchy of Hesse, along with the style of Serene Highness, on 14 July 1917.
- May 24, 1854
- September 11, 1921
After Lockers Park Prep School, and Naval Cadet School, Mountbatten served in the Royal Navy during World War I. He accompanied Edward, Prince of Wales on a 1922 royal tour of India (where Edwina Ashley met him and he proposed marriage) and consolidated a firm friendship with the Prince. His relations with Edward cooled substantially during the ...
Feb 3, 2024 · Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Queen Elizabeth II, is his grandson. Admiral of the Fleet Louis Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, GCB, GCVO, KCMG, PC, formerly Prince Louis Alexander of Battenberg, was a British naval officer and German prince related to members of the British Royal Family.
