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)
Julia, Princess of Battenberg, previously Countess Julia von Hauke and Countess of Battenberg, was the wife of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, the third son of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse.
Alexander of Battenberg
…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 from an old residence of the Grand Dukes of Hesse) and the style…
Julia Hauke by Woldemar Hau
Julia in middle age