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Apr 14, 2021 · The life of Princess Alice of Battenberg is an embodiment of the old saying that truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. The mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who died...
Princess Alice of Battenberg (Victoria Alice Elizabeth Julia Marie; 25 February 1885 – 5 December 1969) was the mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, mother-in-law of Queen Elizabeth II, and paternal grandmother of King Charles III.
Alice of Battenberg (1885–1969) Princess of Greece and Denmark, mother of the duke of Edinburgh, and a "Righteous Gentile" as rescuer of Greek Jews in World War II. Name variations: Princess Andrew, Princess Alice.
A tree planted in Jerusalem at Yad Vashem’s “Avenue of the Righteous Among the Nations,” honoring Mother Alice-Elizabeth (Princess Alice of Battenberg) for her heroism in con-fronting anti-Semitism during the German occupation of Greece in the Second World War.
Princess Alice was born in Windsor Castle in 1885, as Princess Victoria Alice Elizabeth Julia Marie. Her parents were Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse, granddaughter of Queen Victoria. The Princess was related to most European royal families.
Jun 5, 2017 · Incredibly, Princess Alice of Battenberg endangered her life and that of her royal family by undertaking to rescue Jews in Athens during the German occupation, despite her own family’s...
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Princess Alice, a life uncommon. When HRH Princess Alice of Battenberg arrived at the Kurhaus Schloß Tegel in early. February 1930, she was a 45-year-old mother of five, who had been living with her. husband, the disgraced Prince Andreas of Greece and Denmark (1882-1944), her children.
