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May 20, 2024 · Louis Alexander Mountbatten, 1st marquess of Milford Haven was a British admiral of the fleet and first sea lord, who was responsible, with Winston Churchill, for the total mobilization of the fleet prior to World War I. The eldest son of Prince Alexander of Hesse, he was naturalized as a British
Sep 25, 2023 · 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).
4 days ago · Louis gave up his Battenberg title and took the surname Mountbatten (the anglicized version of Battenberg). The King then created him Marquess of Milford Haven in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Louis was born Count Ludwig Alexander of Battenberg, on May 24, 1854, in Graz, Austria. He was the eldest son of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by ...
The Mountbatten family is a British dynasty that originated as a British branch of the German princely Battenberg family.The name was adopted on 14 July 1917, three days before the British royal family changed its name from "Saxe-Coburg and Gotha" to "Windsor", by members of the Battenberg family residing in the United Kingdom, due to rising anti-German sentiment among the British public ...
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 ...
Prince Louis of Battenberg. Prince Louis of Battenberg (1854-1921), of Polish-German descent, was born in Graz, Austria. He became a naturalised British citizen in 1868 and thereafter joined the Royal Navy, which he eventually rose to command as First Sea Lord in the immediate pre-war years from 1912-14.
Mar 28, 2024 · British raj. Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten (born June 25, 1900, Frogmore House, Windsor, Eng.—died Aug. 27, 1979, Donegal Bay, off Mullaghmore, County Sligo, Ire.) was a British statesman, naval leader, and the last viceroy of India. He had an international royal-family background; his career involved extensive naval commands, the ...
