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The Battenberg family are morganatic descendants in the male-line of the House of Hesse, issuing from the marriage of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine with Countess Julia Hauke who, along with her children and agnatic descendants, were made princes and princesses of Battenberg and Serene Highnesses. [1]
Albert, Prince Consort: Prince Charles of Hesse and by the Rhine (1809–1877) Louis III (1806–1877) Grand Duke of Hesse and by the Rhine 1848—1877: Prince Alexander of Hesse and by the Rhine (1823–1888) Julia v. Hauke [a] (1825–1895) Countess, later Princess of Battenberg: Marie (1824–1880) Empress Maria Alexandrovna: Alexander II ...
The Battenberg family is a non-dynastic cadet branch of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt, which ruled the Grand Duchy of Hesse until 1918. The first member was Countess Julia von Hauke, whose brother-in-law Grand Duke Louis III of Hesse created her Countess of Battenberg in 1851, along with the style of Illustrious Highness (H.Ill.H.), at the time of her morganatic marriage to Grand Duke Louis's ...
Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine GCB (Alexander Ludwig Georg Friedrich Emil; 15 July 1823 – 15 December 1888), was the third son and fourth child of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Wilhelmine of Baden. He was a brother of Tsarina Maria Alexandrovna, wife of Tsar Alexander II of Russia.
Julia, Princess of Battenberg, previously Countess Julia von Hauke and Countess of Battenberg (born Julia Therese Salomea Hauke; 24 November [O.S. 12 November] 1825 – 19 September 1895), was the wife of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, the third son of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse.
Alexander II (1818–1881) Emperor of All Russia 1855—1881: Edward VII: Alice (1843–1878) Grand Duchess of Hesse and by the Rhine: Louis IV (1837–1892) Grand Duke of Hesse and by the Rhine 1877—1892: Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (1857–1944) Prince Henry of Battenberg (1858–1896) Prince Alexander of Battenberg (1857–1893 ...
Prince Louis photographed by Franz Backofen, c. 1865. Louis Alexander of Battenberg was born in Graz, Styria, on 24 May 1854, [3] the eldest son of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine by his morganatic marriage to Countess Julia von Hauke.
Alexander Albert Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke (born Prince Alexander Albert of Battenberg; 23 November 1886 – 23 February 1960) was a British Royal Navy officer, a member of the Hessian princely Battenberg family and the last surviving grandson of Queen Victoria.