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Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine

This page is about the Marchioness of Milford Haven. For her first cousin, see Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom. For her maternal aunt, see Victoria, Princess Royal.

Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, then Princess Louis of Battenberg, later Victoria Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven (5 April 1863 – 24 September 1950) was the eldest daughter of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom. She was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Through her eldest daughter, she was the grandmother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, grandmother-in-law of Queen Elizabeth II and great-grandmother of King Charles III.[1]

Princess Victoria
Marchioness of Milford Haven
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Portrait by Alexander Bassano, c. 1878
Born(1863-04-05)5 April 1863
Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England
Died24 September 1950(1950-09-24) (aged 87)
Kensington Palace, London, England
Burial28 September 1950
St Mildred's Church, Whippingham, Isle of Wight
Spouse
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(m. 1884; died 1921)​
Issue
Full name
Victoria Alberta Elisabeth Mathilde Marie
HouseHesse-Darmstadt
FatherLouis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
MotherPrincess Alice of the United Kingdom

In 1884, she married Prince Louis of Battenberg. They had four children together named Louis, Alice, Louise, and George. Victoria died on 24 September 1950 age 87. She was buried on 28 September 1950 with her husband Prince Louis of Battenberg at St Mildred Church Whippingham on the Isle of Wight.[2]

Ancestry

Princess Victoria Of Hesse And By Rhine Media

  • Four of the Hesse sisters: (left to right) Irene, Victoria, Elisabeth, and Alix, 1885

  • Victoria of Hesse-Darmstadt (of Hesse and by Rhine) in 1871.

  • Photograph by Alexander Bassano, c. 1878

  • A 1917 Punch cartoon depicting King George V sweeping away the German titles held by members of his family

  • Victoria Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven

  • Portrait by Philip de László, 1937

References

  1. ↑ Queen Victoria's Journals – Monday 27 April 1863
  2. ↑ Hough, p. 30
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Weir, Alison (1996). Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (Revised ed.). London: Pimlico. pp. 305–307. ISBN 978-0-7126-7448-5.
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