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Prince Francis Joseph of Battenberg GCVO, KCB (German: Franz Joseph; 24 September 1861 – 31 July 1924) was the fourth and youngest son and child of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine and his morganatic wife Julia, Princess of Battenberg .
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Prince Francis Joseph of Battenberg GCVO, KCB ( German: Franz Joseph; 24 September 1861 – 31 July 1924) was the fourth and youngest son and child of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine and his morganatic wife Julia, Princess of Battenberg.
Prince Maurice of Battenberg (1891–1914) Prince Francis Joseph of Battenberg (1861–1924), married Princess Anna of Montenegro; Connections to royal families. One of the original couple's sons, Prince Alexander of Battenberg, was made Sovereign Prince of Bulgaria in 1879. However, he was forced to abdicate in 1886.
Prince Franz Joseph of Battenberg was the youngest child of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine and Countess Julia Hauke, Princess of Battenberg. He was born in Padua, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, part of the Austrian Empire, now in Italy, on September 24, 1861, joining four older siblings:
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 ...
- 14 July 1917; 106 years ago
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Mountbatten. Prince Philip, 1962. Battenberg family, a family that rose to international prominence in the 19th and 20th centuries, the name being a revival of a medieval title. The first Battenbergs were a family of German counts that died out about 1314 and whose seat was the castle of Kellerburg, near Battenberg, in Hesse.
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Prince Franz Joseph of Battenberg (* 24.9.1861, O 18.5.1897, † 31.7.1924) Prince Louis of Battenberg Prince Heinrich of Battenberg: Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine (* 15.7.1823, O 28.10.1851, † 15.12.1888) Grand Duke Ludwig III of Hesse and by Rhine Prince Karl of Hesse and by Rhine
