Lord Mountbatten Queen Victoria

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. 21 may 1889 23 april 1922 was a british army officer and a descendant of the hessian princely battenberg family and the british royal family. Prince louis married victorias granddaughter princess victoria of hesse and by rhine and became the first sea lord of the royal navy.
lord mountbatten queen victoria

His siblings are princess alice of battenberg mother of the duke of edinburgh queen louise of sweden remarried to king gustav vi adolf and george mountbatten second marquis of milford haven.

Lord mountbatten queen victoria. A british naval officer during. Due to anti german feelings prevalent in britain during world war i prince louis his children and his nephews the living sons of prince henry renounced their german titles and changed their name to the more english sounding mountbatten. Louis francis albert victor nicholas mountbatten was born in windsor on june 25 1900 a great grandson of queen victoria and the son of prince louis of battenberg. Lord mountbattens great grandmother was queen victoria and his sister was princess alice of battenberg prince philips mother.

Lord mountbatten was the uncle of the queens husband prince philip. The provisional irish republican army claimed responsibility for the august 27 1979 murder of lord louis mountbatten 79 earl of burma great grandson of queen victoria second cousin of queen. As the son of prince louis of battenberg and princess victoria of hesse and by rhine and as the great grandson of queen victoria lord mountbatten was uncle to prince philip and a distant cousin. Admiral of the fleet louis francis albert victor nicholas mountbatten 1st earl mountbatten of burma born prince louis of battenberg.

Philips mother princess alice of battenberg was louis sister. 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 ii. In the first episode of the new series of the crown the queen is lunching en famille at buckingham palace with lord. Louis francis albert victor nicholas george mountbatten is the son of prince louis of battenberg later mountbatten and princess victoria of hesse.

Lord leopold mountbatten gcvo leopold arthur louis. Lord mountbatten was close to the royals but his role was a complex one. He was prince charless great uncle and was described by the. However as a great grandson of queen victoria himself louis.