 Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, later Victoria, Marchioness of Milford Haven | Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, later Victoria Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven (Victoria Alberta Elisabeth Mathilde Marie) (5 April 1863-24 September 1950), was the eldest daughter of Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1837-1892) and his wife Princess Alice of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1843-1878). Victoria was born at Windsor Castle. Image File history File links Victoriahesse1863. ...
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April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ...
1863 (MDCCCLXIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar). ...
September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, K.G. (12 September 1837 in Bessungen, now Darmstadt - 13 March 1892 in Darmstadt), the ruler of the small German grand duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt (Hesse and by Rhine), was the husband...
Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837 - 1901) 1837 (MDCCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Princess Alice (Alice Maud Mary), (25 April 1843 – 14 December 1878), was a member of the British Royal Family, the third child and second daughter of Queen Victoria. ...
1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Windsor Castle: The Round Tower or keep dominating the castle, as seen from the River Thames. ...
Her maternal grandparents were Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and the first Empress of India from 1 May 1876, until her death on 22 January 1901. ...
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (in full Francis Charles Augustus Albert Emmanuel) (26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband and consort of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ...
She is the maternal grandmother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who is the consort of Queen Elizabeth II. The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, (Philip Mountbatten; born Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark, 10 June 1921) is the husband and consort of Queen Elizabeth II. Originally a Prince of Greece and Denmark, Prince Philip abandoned those titles to serve in the Royal Navy, but did not renounce them. ...
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ...
On 30 April 1884 at Darmstadt, she married HSH Prince Louis of Battenberg, later Louis Mountbatten and 1st Marquess of Milford Haven. Her husband was alleged to have been the father of actress Lillie Langtry's daughter, with whom he had been involved prior to his marriage to Victoria. April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining. ...
1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland (federal state) of Hessen in Germany. ...
Prince Louis of Battenberg Louis Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, (24 May 1854 – 11 September 1921), formerly Prince Louis Alexander of Battenberg, was a minor German prince who married into the British Royal Family and pursued a distinguished career in the Royal Navy, eventually serving as First Sea...
The title of Marquess of Milford Haven was created in 1917 for Prince Louis of Battenberg, the former First Sea Lord, and a relation to the British Royal family, who became Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven. ...
Lillie Langtry [1] [2] [3] [4] (née Emilie Charlotte Le Breton, nicknamed the Jersey Lily) (13 October 1853 – 12 February 1929) was a British actress and courtesan born on the island of Jersey in 1853. ...
Their children were:
She died at Kensington Palace and is buried in the grounds of St. Mildred's Church, Whippingham on the Isle of Wight. Princess Alice of Battenberg Princess Alice of Battenberg, later Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark (25 February 1885 - 5 December 1969) was a great-granddaughter of the British Queen Victoria who married into the royal house of Greece. ...
His Royal Highness Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (January 20, 1882 - December 3, 1944), of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, was the son of George I (1845-1913), King of the Hellenes, and of Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinova (1851-1926) of Russia. ...
1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...
Her Majesty Queen Louise (Louise Alexandra Marie Irene) of Sweden (13 July 1889-7 March 1965) was the second wife of King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden. ...
Gustaf VI Adolf (Oskar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf) (November 11, 1882 – September 15, 1973) was King of Sweden from 1950 until his death. ...
1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...
The Most Honourable George Louis Victor Henry Serge Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven (December 6, 1892–April 8, 1938) was born the son of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine at Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany. ...
1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC (25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979) was a British admiral and statesman and an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. ...
1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ...
This page refers to the year 1979. ...
The south facade of the main block of Kensington Palace, seen through Jean Tijous wrought iron gates. ...
The Isle of Wight is an English island and county, off the southern English coast, to the south of the county of Hampshire. ...
Titles from birth to death
- Her Grand Ducal Highness Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (1863-1884)
- Her Grand Ducal Highness Princess Louis of Battenberg (1884-1917)
- Lady Mountbatten (1917-1917)
- The Most Honourable The Marchioness of Milford Haven (1917-1921)
- The Most Honourable The Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven (1921-1950)
HGDH is an acronym for His Grand Ducal Highness or Her Grand Ducal Highness. ...
1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...
1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
References - Eilers, Marlene A., Queen Victoria’s Descendants, Rosvall Royal Books, Falköping, 1997.
- Fraser, Antonia, The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England
- Massie, Robert K., The Romanovs: The Final Chapter, Ballantine Books, New York, 1995.
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