Elizabeth Von Mountbatten

Queen elizabeth ii at lord mountbattens funeral in 1979.

Elizabeth von mountbatten. Dont think too hard about how this suggests that the english royal family marries its own relatives. Mountbatten a war hero elder. She was christened victoria alice elizabeth julia marie in darmstadt on 25 april 1885. On august 27 1979 lord louis mountbatten is killed when irish republican army ira terrorists detonate a 50 pound bomb hidden on his fishing vessel shadow v.

Her father the duke of york later king george vi was the second son of the king. A member of the house of gluecksburg the ruling house of denmark he was a prince of both greece and denmark by virtue of his patrilineal descent from george i of greece and. Elizabeth was born at 0240 gmt on 21 april 1926 during the reign of her paternal grandfather king george v. Admiral of the fleet louis francis albert victor nicholas mountbatten 1st earl mountbatten of burma born prince louis of battenberg.

His fishing boat named shadow. Instead think about how neat it is that mountbatten is related to the british royal family twice over. Her three younger siblings louise george and louis later became queen of sweden marquess of milford haven and earl mountbatten of burma respectively. Prince philip of greece and denmark was born in mon repos on the greek island of corfu on 10 june 1921 the only son and fifth and final child of prince andrew of greece and denmark and princess alice of battenberg.

After all lord mountbatten is queen elizabeth iis second cousin and the uncle of elizabeths husband prince phillip. In august of 1979 lord mountbatten was killed at age 79 in a terrorist attack by the irish republican army. 25 june 1900 27 august 1979 was a british royal navy officer and statesman an uncle of prince philip duke of edinburgh and second cousin once removed of queen elizabeth iiduring the second world war he was supreme allied commander south east asia.