Alexander of Battenberg
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Alexander Joseph, known as Alexander of Battenberg, was the first prince of the autonomous Principality of Bulgaria from 1879 until his abdication in 1886.
Formal portrait, c. 1879–1893
Battenberg family Mausoleum in Sofia, Bulgaria (2011)
Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, was the third son and fourth child of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Wilhelmine of Baden. He was a brother of Tsarina Maria Alexandrovna, wife of Tsar Alexa
Alexander of Battenberg
…Bulgarian Army officers forced him to abdicate in September 1886. He later became a general in the Austrian army. Alexander was the second son of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine by the latter's morganatic marriage with Countess Julia von Hauke. The Countess and her descendants gained the title of Princess of Battenberg (derived…
Photograph of Prince Alexander and his morganatic wife Julia