Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, later Princess Louis of Battenberg and then Victoria Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven, was the eldest daughter of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by
Four of the Hesse sisters: (left to right) Irene, Victoria, Elisabeth, and Alix, 1885
Photograph by Alexander Bassano, c. 1878
Victoria (back row, second from right) at the marriage of her brother Ernest Louis (back row, right) to Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (seated, second from right), 1894. Nicholas II of Russia and his fiancé Alix are on the back row left, Irene and Elisabeth are seated front row left, and Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia (Elisabeth's husband) is seated right.
Victoria in 1932
Prince Louis of Battenberg
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Louis Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, formerly Prince Louis Alexander of Battenberg, was a British naval officer and German prince related by marriage to the British royal family
Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
…young, placing her in an early position of responsibility within the family. Despite her father's disapproval, she married his morganatic first cousin, Prince Louis of Battenberg, an officer in the British Royal Navy. Victoria lived in various parts of Europe during her husband's naval career and through visits to her many royal…
Prince Louis photographed by Franz Backofen, c. 1865
Portrait of Prince Louis by Backofen in Darmstadt, 1869
HMS Agincourt, c. 1878
Prince Louis photographed by Elliott & Fry in London, 1884