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Alexander was known to his family, and many later biographers, as "Sandro" or "Drino". [3] Alexander's brother, Prince Louis of Battenberg, married Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Their children included Queen Louise of Sweden, Earl Mountbatten of Burma and Princess Alice of Battenberg, the mother of ...
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.
Two of Alexander and Julia's sons, Prince Henry of Battenberg and Prince Louis of Battenberg, became associated with the British Royal Family. Prince Henry married The Princess Beatrice, the youngest daughter of Queen Victoria.
Prince Alexander of Battenberg. Alexander (known as ‘Sandro’) was elected Prince of Bulgaria and held the throne from 1879-1886. He later married Johanna Loisinger and took the style Count of Hartenau. The couple had two children who took on the surname ‘von Hartenau’.
Battenberg family, a family that rose to international prominence in the 19th and 20th centuries, the name being a revival of a medieval title. Its notable members included Prince Philip, who was married to England’s Queen Elizabeth II. Learn more about the family.
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His mother had only been allowed to marry Prince Henry on condition that he gave up his German commitments and lived permanently with Princess Beatrice and ultimately with the aged Queen - who took great pleasure at spoiling her favourite Battenberg grandchild by her favourite child.
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Alexander had for some time been in love with his cousin - Princess Viktoria of Prussia (1866-1929), the second daughter of Kaiser Frederick III of Germany (1831-1888) and Empress Victoria, The Princess Royal (1840-1901), the eldest child of Queen Victoria (1819 (1837-1901).
