Lord Mountbatten And Princess Alice Related
He was the maternal uncle of prince philip his sister princess alice was philips mother and a second cousin once removed of queen elizabeth ii so his family ties were very close.
Lord mountbatten and princess alice related. Princess alice of battenberg victoria alice elizabeth julia marie. As with many royal relatives louis mountbatten was related to both prince philip and queen elizabeth. Lord mountbattens assassination in 1979 therefore has major reverberations on the shows characters and decisionsin fact it may be what brought prince charles and his wife princess diana togetherper tina browns the diana chronicles a year after the funeral diana spencer told charles.
The series is set to include the tragic assassination of lord mountbatten at the hands of the ira in 1979 which left the firm completely heartbroken. Lord mountbattens assassination in 1979 therefore has major reverberations on the shows characters and decisionsin fact it may be what brought prince charles and his wife princess diana. 25 february 1885 5 december 1969 was the mother of prince philip and mother in law of queen elizabeth ii.
In 1952 on the accession of his wife as queen elizabeth ii there was some dispute regarding the dynasty to which descendants of elizabeth and phillip would belong. According to brittanica the first battenbergs were a family of german counts that died out. Prince philip duke of edinburgh the son of princess alice of battenberg and grandson of the 1st marquess of milford haven took the name mountbatten when he became a naturalised british subject.
A great granddaughter of queen victoria she was born in windsor castle and grew up in the united kingdom the german empire and the mediterraneana hessian princess by birth she was a member of the battenberg. How was lord mountbatten related to the queen. Philips mother princess alice of battenberg was louis sister.
A great grandson of queen victoria he was both a distant cousin of the queens and prince. Princess alice of battenberg was. Lord mountbatten was the uncle of the queens husband prince philip.
Lieutenant philip mountbatten married princess elizabeth daughter of king george vi of the united kingdom on 20 november 1947. The battenberg family later mountbatten was originally a family of german counts.