Lord Mountbatten Family Tree
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Lord mountbatten family tree. Lord mountbatten was a british statesman and naval leader the fourth child of prince louis of battenberg. The mountbatten family is a british dynasty originating as a cadet branch of the german princely battenberg family. The name is a direct anglicisation of the german battenberg a small town in hesse.
Husband of edwina mountbatten countess mountbatten of burma. A grandson of queen victoria he was known as prince leopold of battenberg from his birth until 1917 when the british royal family relinquished their german titles during world war i and the battenberg family changed their name to mountbatten. How was lord mountbatten related to prince philip and charles.
Louis francis albert victor nicholas mountbatten was born in windsor on. Mountbatten was a well respected member of the royal family where does lord mountbatten fit in the royal family tree. The geneanet family trees are powered by geneweb 70.
He had been married to lady edwina. The title of count of battenberg later prince of battenberg was granted to a morganatic branch of the house of hesse darmstadt. Expresscouk takes a look at lord mountbattens family tree.
Queen victoria who married prince albert of saxe coburg and gotha follow link was the last british monarch of the german house of hanover. Louis mountbatten of burmas 4x great grandmother was princess louise of saxe gotha altenburg louis mountbatten of burmas 4x great grandfather was ernest ii duke of saxe gotha altenburg louis mountbatten of burmas 4x great grandfather was louis ix landgrave of hesse darmstadt louis mountbatten of burmas 4x great grandmother was countess karoline of zweibruecken birkenfeld louis mountbatten of burmas 5x great grandfather was king george ii of great britain louis mountbatten of burmas. Her son king edward vii belonged to the same line as his father.
Deceased persons do not fall within the scope of these legal provisions. The name was adopted during world war i by members of the battenberg family residing in the united kingdom due to rising anti german sentiment amongst the british public. In 1947 he became a british citizen whereupon he relinquished his former titles and changed his name to mountbatten giving whitness to his mothers family line.
Lord leopold mountbatten gcvo was a british army officer and a descendant of the hessian princely battenberg family and the british royal family. Son of louis alexander mountbatten 1st marquess of milford haven and viktoria alberta elisabeth mathilde marie von hessen und bei rhein herzogin marchioness of milford haven.