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
Princess Alice of Battenberg
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Princess Alice of Battenberg was the mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, mother-in-law of Queen Elizabeth II, and paternal grandmother of King Charles III. After marrying Prince Andrew of Gree
Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
…many royal relations. She was regarded by her family as liberal in outlook, straightforward, practical, and intelligent. The couple had four children: Alice, Louise, George, and Louis. During World War I, Victoria and her husband abandoned their German titles and adopted the surname Mountbatten, an anglicised…
Alice in 1903
Alice with her first two children, Margarita and Theodora, c. 1910
Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark by Philip de László, 1907. Private collection of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark by Philip de László, 1922. Private collection of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.