Mountbatten family

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King Charles III of the United Kingdom
  • Queen Louise of Sweden
  • Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
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    The Mountbatten family is a British dynasty that originated as a British branch of the German princely

    House of Hesse-Darmstadt, itself a cadet branch of the House of Hesse
    .

    The family includes the

    Gustaf VI Adolf
    ascended the Swedish throne 1950.

    Origins

    The Mountbatten family are a branch of the German house of

    Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine. Julia was elevated in her title to Princess of Battenberg with the style Serene Highness (HSH) in 1858.[1]

    Two of Alexander and Julia's sons,

    First Sea Lord of the Royal Navy. 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. (They rejected an alternative translation, "Battenhill".)[2] Their cousin George V compensated the princes with British peerages. Prince Louis became the 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, while Prince Alexander, Prince Henry's eldest son, became the 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke.[1][3]

    Members

    Marquesses of Milford Haven

    Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven

    The

    British Royal family. He was at the same time made Earl of Medina and Viscount Alderney, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[3] Princess Alice of Battenberg never took the name Mountbatten as she married Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark in 1903; her son, Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, took the name upon becoming a naturalised British citizen.[4]

    The heir apparent to the marquessate is the present holder's son Henry Mountbatten, Earl of Medina (b. 1991)

    The 1st Marquess's youngest daughter, Lady Louise Mountbatten, married the crown prince of Sweden in 1923. On his accession in 1950 as Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, Louise became Queen consort of Sweden.[5][6]

    Earls Mountbatten of Burma

    Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma

    Earl Mountbatten of Burma is a title in the

    subsidiary titles of the Earldom are Viscount Mountbatten of Burma, of Romsey in the County of Southampton, created 1946, and Baron Romsey, of Romsey in the County of Southampton, created in 1947. Both of these titles, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, have the same special remainder as the Earldom.[7]

    • Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900–1979) m. Edwina Cynthia Annette Ashley, daughter of Wilfrid Ashley, 1st Baron Mount Temple and great-granddaughter of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
      • Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma (1924–2017) m. John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne
        • Norton Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma (b. 1947) m. Penelope Eastwood
          • Nicholas Knatchbull, Lord Brabourne (b. 1981)
          • Lady Alexandra Hooper (b. 1982) m. Thomas Hooper
          • The Hon. Leonora Knatchbull (1986–1991)
        • The Hon. Michael-John Knatchbull (b. 1950) m. Melissa Clare Owen, div. 1997, m. Susan Penelope "Penny" Jane Coates, div. 2006
          • Kelly Knatchbull (b. 1988)
          • Savannah Knatchbull (b. 2001)
        • The Hon. Anthony Knatchbull (1952–1952)
        • Lady Joanna Zuckerman (b. 1955) m. Baron Hubert Pernot du Breuil, div. 1995, m. Azriel Zuckerman
          • Baroness Eleuthera Pernot du Breuil (b. 1986)
          • Alexander Zuckerman (b. 2002)
        • Lady Amanda Ellingworth (b. 1957) m. Charles Vincent Ellingworth
          • Luke Ellingworth (b. 1991)
          • Joseph Ellingworth (b. 1992)
          • Louis Ellingworth (b. 1995)
        • The Hon. Philip Knatchbull (b. 1961) m. Atalanta Cowan, div. 2000, m. Wendy Amanda Leach
          • Daisy Knatchbull (b. 1992)
          • Frederick Knatchbull (b. 2003)
          • John Knatchbull (b. 2004)
        • The Hon. Nicholas Knatchbull (1964–1979)
        • The Hon. Timothy Knatchbull (b. 1964) m. Isabella Julia Norman
          • Amber Knatchbull (b. 2000)
          • Milo Knatchbull (b. 2001)
          • Ludovic Knatchbull (b. 2003)
          • Isla Knatchbull (b. 2005)
          • Wilhelmina Knatchbull (b. 2008)
      • David Nightingale Hicks
        • Edwina Brudenell (b. 1961) m. Jeremy Brudenell, div. 2004
          • Maddison Brudenell (b. 1994)
          • Jordon Brudenell (b. 1995)
          • Rowan Brudenell (b. 2001)
        • Ashley Hicks (b. 1963) m. Marina Allegra Federica Silvia Tondato, div. 2009, m. Katalina Sharkey de Solis
          • Angelica Hicks (b. 1992)
          • Ambrosia Hicks (b. 1997)
          • Caspian Hicks (b. 2018)
          • Horatio Hicks (b. 2019)
        • India Hicks (b. 1967) m. David Flint Wood
          • Wesley Flint Wood (b. 1997) (adopted)
          • Felix Flint Wood (b. 1997)
          • Amory Flint Wood (b. 1999)
          • Conrad Flint Wood (b. 2003)
          • Domino Flint Wood (b. 2007)

    The heir apparent to the earldom is the present holder's son, Nicholas Knatchbull, Lord Brabourne (born 1981).

    Marquess of Carisbrooke

    Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke

    Marquess of Carisbrooke was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, created in 1917 for Prince Alexander of Battenberg, eldest son of Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom and Prince Henry of Battenberg. He was made Viscount Launceston, in the County of Cornwall, and Earl of Berkhampsted at the same time, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[3] The titles became extinct upon Lord Carisbrooke's death in 1960, as he had no sons.

    His siblings were:

    Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

    Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

    married Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King George VI of the United Kingdom, on 20 November 1947. In 1952, on the accession of his wife as Queen Elizabeth II, there was some dispute regarding the dynasty to which descendants of Elizabeth and Phillip would belong. Queen Mary (the new Queen's grandmother) expressed to Prime Minister Winston Churchill her aversion to the idea of the House of Mountbatten succeeding the House of Windsor as the royal dynasty, and so it remained Windsor.[4]

    Mountbatten-Windsor

    Main article: Mountbatten-Windsor

    Mountbatten-Windsor is the personal

    Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor from birth,[11][12] although the children formally became a prince and princess on the accession of their grandfather to the throne on 8 September 2022.[13]

    Mountbatten-Windsor differs from the official name of the British royal family or royal house, which remains Windsor. The adoption of the Mountbatten-Windsor surname applies only to members of the royal family who are descended from Elizabeth, and not, for example, to her cousins, or descendants of her sister, Princess Margaret.[8]

    Legacy

    The city of

    Admiral of the Fleet.[15]

    The Mountbatten Institute (formerly known as the Mountbatten Internship Programme), an organization based in New York and London dedicated to fostering work experience and cultural exchange by placing international graduate students abroad to earn postgraduate and degrees was set up by his eldest daughter, Patricia, 2nd Countess Mountbatten. It was named in honour of the countess's father, the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma.[16]

    Despite the family's well-known connections with the

    Sir William Batten
    , a 17th-century Surveyor of the Navy.

    Coats of arms

    Family tree

    Genealogical Table of the Battenberg, Mountbatten and Mountbatten-Windsor Family


    Battenberg/
    Mountbatten
    Spanish Royal Family
    Grand Duke of Hesse and by the Rhine
    1830—1848

    Emperor of
    All Russia
    1855—1881
    King of Greece
    1863—1913
    King of Greece

    1913-17 &
    1920-22
    King of Greece

    1947—1964
    King of Greece

    1964–73
    King of Spain
    2014—
    		Pavlos
    Crown Prince
    (1967—)

    Notes

    1. ^ This coat of arms is reported in the "Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe", by Jiri Louda and Michael Maclagan, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc. Publishers, New York, 1981, p216, table 109. While these arms are virtually the same as the city of Mainz, it is a common heraldic law that identical arms are allowed when the bearers are of different nations, but within a nation they are not (see for England, Warbelton v Gorges and Scrope v Grosvenor). However, Wikipedia reports a different set of arms for the family at the article on Hauke-Bosak (. However, these arms are for the family in Russia, and the reference given is an expired page in the Polish Wikipedia. There is no reference for the family seen in the Rietstap Armorial General.
    2. ^ Admiral of the Fleet, RN
      PC
      First Sea Lord, RN
      (1912–1914)
    3. ^ Admiral of the Fleet, RN
      PC FRS
      Chief of
      Combined Operations, Chiefs of Staff Committee (UK) and Combined Chiefs of Staff
      (US & UK) (1941–1943)
      Supreme Allied Commander,  South East Asia Command(1943–1946)
      Viceroy and Governor-General of India
      (1947)
      Governor-General of India(1947–1948)
      Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet, RN (1952–1954)
      Fourth Sea Lord, RN (1950–1952)
      First Sea Lord, RN
      (1955–1959)
      Chief of the Defence Staff (1959–1965)
    4. ^ Prince Philip was born a member of the Danish and Greek Royal
      Greece and Denmark
      .
      On his marriage he became a naturalized British subject, disclaimed his Greek and Danish titles, and adopted his mother's maiden name of Mountbatten as his surname. As documented in the Mountbatten family and
      Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor
      ).
      Philip was created
      British Prince
      .

    See also

    References

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    2. ISBN 0-297-78470-6
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    3. ^ a b c "No. 30374". The London Gazette. 9 November 1917. p. 11594.
    4. ^
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    5. ISBN 9781910198049
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    6. ISBN 9780685701195
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    7. ^ a b "No. 44059". The London Gazette. 21 July 1966. p. 8227.
    8. ^ a b "The Royal Family name". The British Monarchy. n.d. Archived from the original on 15 February 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
    9. ^ Lichfield, John (19 September 2012). "William and Kate win legal battle – but lose war to keep topless photos under wraps". Independent. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
    10. ^ "Tribunal de Grande Instance de Nanterre referes Judgement de Refere Rendu le 18 Septembre 2012" (PDF). Tribunal de Grande Instance de Nanterre. 18 September 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
    11. ^ "Royal baby: Duke and Duchess of Sussex name son Archie". BBC. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
    12. ^ Foster, Max; Said-Moorhouse, Lauren (6 June 2021). "Meghan and Prince Harry welcome second child". CNN. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
    13. ^ "Harry and Meghan's daughter Princess Lilibet Diana christened in US". BBC News. 8 March 2023.
    14. ^ "Mountbatten Avenue". National Inventory of Military Memorials. National Defence Canada. 16 April 2008. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015.
    15. ISBN 0747804958
      .
    16. ^ "About Us". Mountbatten Institute. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.

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