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She was the eldest child of Prince Louis of Battenberg and his wife, Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine. Her mother was the eldest daughter of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, the Queen's second daughter.
Princess Alice of Battenberg, later Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark (Victoria Alice Elizabeth Julia Marie; 25 February 1885 – 5 December 1969), was the mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh …
Nov 22, 2019 · According to royal biographer and historian Hugo Vickers’ 2001 book Alice: Princess Andrew Of Greece, she was a deeply private person.
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 ties...
Apr 10, 2021 · The death of the Duke of Edinburgh has highlighted the extraordinary legacy of his mother, Princess Alice, a deeply religious woman famed for saving a Jewish family from the Holocaust. A great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, Princess Alice of Battenberg, the eldest child of Prince Louis of Battenberg and his wife Princess Victoria of Hesse ...
Jun 10, 2020 · Lady Pamela Hicks has revealed how Prince Philip's mother, Princess Alice of Battenberg, tried to help bring Tsar Nicholas II of Russia's four daughters, Princesses Olga, Maria, Tatiana and Anastasia to England in the aftermath of the Leninist coup and the Tsar's abdication.
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.
