Prince Louis of Battenberg

Louis Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, (24 May 1854 ? 11 September 1921), formerly Prince Louis Alexander of Battenberg, was a minor German prince who married into the British Royal Family and pursued a distinguished career in the Royal Navy, eventually serving as First Sea Lord from 1912 to 1914. He was the father of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma and the maternal grandfather of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

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1 In 1881, Prince Louis of Battenberg allegedly had an illegitimate daughter Jeanne Marie Langtry Malcolm by the actress, Lillie Langtry, a one-time mistress of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales.

Related Topics:
Jeanne Marie Langtry Malcolm - Lillie Langtry - Albert Edward, Prince of Wales

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2 Upon relinquishing his princely title and anglicizing his surname to Mountbatten, Prince Louis allegedly wrote in a letter to his son George, "Enter Prince Jekyll, exit Lord Hyde."

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