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Another Liberal MP, Edward Pickersgill, backed up by Conybeare and Irish nationalist Charles Tanner, questioned the propriety of Battenberg's appointment to the Navy in 1868, given Battenberg's failure to get the required medical certificate, and suggested that he only got in the Navy because of royal favour.
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Sep 25, 2023 · At birth, Louis was an Illustrious Highness, Count of Battenberg. In 1858, Julia was created Princess of Battenberg by her brother-in-law Ludwig III, Grand Duke of Hesse (1806–1877), so Louis and his siblings were raised to Serene Highnesses. Louis had three younger brothers, Alexander, Henry and Francis Joseph, and an elder sister, Marie.
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Battenberg, Ludwig von ALTERNATIVNAMEN Battenberg, Ludwig Alexander von; Mountbatten, Louis, 1. Marquess of Milford Haven KURZBESCHREIBUNG britisch-deutscher Admiral der Royal Navy GEBURTSDATUM 24. Mai 1854 GEBURTSORT Graz: STERBEDATUM 11. September 1921 STERBEORT London
The Battenbergs were a morganatic branch of the Grand Ducal family of Hesse and by Rhine. The name began when Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, the youngest son of Grand Duke Ludwig II, entered into a morganatic marriage in 1851. Later, the name would be anglicized to Mountbatten, a name very familiar to the British Royal Family.
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 ...
- May 24, 1854
- September 11, 1921
Louis Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, GCB GCVO KCMG PC (24 May 1854 – 11 September 1921), formerly Prince Louis Alexander of Battenberg, was a British naval officer and German prince related to members of the British Royal Family. Although born in Austria, and brought up in Italy and Germany, he enrolled in the United Kingdom's Royal Navy at the age of fourteen. Queen ...
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.
