Lord Mountbatten Sister Alice

The battenberg family later mountbatten was originally a family of german counts. He was in charge of raising his nephew felipe de edimburgo from a very young age because his sister princess alice of battenberg had to be admitted to different asylums. 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 sister alice

Lord mountbattens great grandmother was queen victoria and his sister was princess alice of battenberg prince philips mother.

Lord mountbatten sister alice. Episode 4 of the crown season 3. Princess alice of battenberg philips mother is lord mountbattens sister. Princess alice of battenberg was the mother of prince philip and mother in law of queen elizabeth ii. He was prince charless great uncle and was described by the.

Lord mountbatten had a great influence during the reign of elizabeth ii. According to brittanica the first battenbergs were a family of german counts that died out. A great granddaughter of queen victoria she was born in windsor castle and grew up in the united kingdom the german empire and the mediterranean. Lady louise alice elizabeth mary mountbatten windsor born 8 november 2003 is the elder child and only daughter of prince edward earl of wessex and sophie countess of wessexshe is the youngest granddaughter of queen elizabeth ii and prince philip duke of edinburghshe is 13th in the line of succession to the british throne.

As weve seen in previous series lord mountbatten born prince louis of battenberg was a formidable figure who exerted a strong influence over the windsors. Once he was engaged to the then princess elizabeth it was mountbatten who fought for his nephew to. After marrying prince andrew of greece and denmark in 1903 she adopted the style of her husband. Standing behind is mountbattens sister princess andrew of greece denmark princess alice of battenberg and his nephew prince philip the duke of edinburgh below.

Edwinas coffin draped in the union flag onboard hms wakeful. Philips mother princess alice of battenberg was louis sister. She was congenitally deaf. However as a great grandson of queen victoria himself louis was also a distant cousin of the queen.

Prince charles and lord louis. Just to shed a little more light on that branch of the family tree connection. Mountbatten right with his daughters pamela patricia at portsmouth for edwinas burial at sea. At the end of the episode after the queen scolds mountbatten he goes to visit his sick sister princess alice and the episode alludes to the fact that the two dont spend much time together.

A hessian princess by birth she was a member of the battenberg family a morganatic branch of the house of hesse darmstadt.