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Jul 1, 2023 · Contents 1Early life 2Early naval career 3Marriage and family 4Commander 5Captain 6Admiral 7Sea Lord 8Adoption of the surname Mountbatten 9Final years and death 10Titles, styles, honours and arms 10.1Titles and styles 10.2Honours 10.3Arms 1...
Prince Louis Alexander of Battenberg was born in Graz, Austria in 1854. Settling in Britain as a boy, he was naturalized as a British subject, and in 1868, entered the Royal Navy as a cadet. Advancing to midshipman and later lieutenant, he served on the North American and West Indies station and during the Egyptian War.
Prince Louis photographed by Elliott & Fry in London, 1884. In September 1883, Queen Victoria appointed him to her yacht, HMY Victoria and Albert. On 30 April 1884 at Darmstadt in the presence of the Queen, Prince Louis married her granddaughter, Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine. [41] His wife was the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria's ...
Aug 22, 2022 · Admiral of the Fleet 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 to members of the British royal family. Although born in Austria, and brought up in
Louise was born a Princess of Battenberg at Schloss Heiligenberg, Seeheim-Jugenheim, in the Grand Duchy of Hesse. Her father, Prince Louis of Battenberg, who was an admiral in the British Royal Navy, renounced his German title during the First World War and anglicised his family name to "Mountbatten" at the behest of George V.
Aug 27, 1979 · Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC, FRS, was born Prince Louis of Battenberg and became known informally as Lord Mountbatten. He was an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and second cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain.
Nov 16, 2020 · Louis of Battenberg. Prince Louis’ second son, Lord Louis Mountbatten, has written that one of his life’s enduring motivations was to recover what his father had lost, and remove the dishonour of having been removed from the post of First Sea Lord. And that he did, becoming First Sea Lord in 1954…but only after holding even higher posts.