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Louis Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven (24 May 1854 – 11 September 1921), formerly Prince Louis Alexander of Battenberg, was a British naval officer and German prince related by marriage to the British royal family.
From 1955 to 1959, he was First Sea Lord, a position that had been held by his father, Prince Louis of Battenberg, some forty years earlier. Thereafter he served as chief of the Defence Staff until 1965, making him the longest-serving professional head of the British Armed Forces to date.
Prince Louis of Battenberg (1854–1921), renounced his title in 1917 and was created Marquess of Milford Haven — he married his first cousin once removed Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, daughter of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom.
Sep 24, 2021 · Louis Battenberg or Ludwig Alexander von Battenberg was born in Graz in modern-day Austria on the 24th May 1854, Queen Victoria’s 35th birthday. He was the eldest son of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine (1823–1888) and the former courtier Countess Julia von Hauke (1825–1895).
May 20, 2015 · Prince Louis of Battenberg was known to family and close friends as Dickie. His sister was Princess Alice of Battenberg, mother to the Duke of Edinburgh, making him Prince Charles's...
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.
Prince & Princess Louis of Battenberg (as they were now styled) took a lease on 'Sennicotts', a small country estate on the outskirts of Chichester, Sussex - not far from Portsmouth, and was their first home together as a married couple.
