Lord mountbatten was a british statesman and naval leader the fourth child of prince louis of battenberg.

Lord mountbatten family tree. The name was adopted during world war i by members of the battenberg family residing in the united kingdom due to rising anti german sentiment amongst the british public. Lord mountbattens great grandmother was queen victoria and his sister was. Lord louis mountbatten was born in windsor in 1900.

Mountbatten was a well respected member of the royal family where does lord mountbatten fit in the royal family tree. Major children and living persons must directly contact the owner of this family tree. For his father the 1st marquess of milford haven see prince louis of battenberg.

In 1947 he became a british citizen whereupon he relinquished his former titles and changed his name to mountbatten giving whitness to his mothers family line. Louis mountbatten of burmas 4x great grandmother was princess louise of saxe gotha altenburg louis mountbatten of burmas 4x great grandfather was ernest ii duke of saxe gotha altenburg louis mountbatten of burmas 4x great grandfather was louis ix landgrave of hesse darmstadt louis mountbatten of burmas 4x great grandmother was countess karoline of zweibruecken birkenfeld louis mountbatten of burmas 5x great grandfather was king george ii of great britain louis mountbatten of burmas. The name is a direct anglicisation of the german battenberg a small town in hesse.

He had been married to lady edwina. Her son king edward vii belonged to the same line as his father. 25 june 1900 27 august 1979 was a british royal navy officer and statesman an uncle of prince philip duke of edinburgh and second cousin once removed of queen elizabeth ii.

In accordance with the legal provisions you can ask for the removal of your name and the name of your minor children. The title of count of battenberg later prince of battenberg was granted to a morganatic branch of the house of hesse darmstadt. Queen victoria who married prince albert of saxe coburg and gotha follow link was the last british monarch of the german house of hanover.

Lord leopold mountbatten gcvo was a british army officer and a descendant of the hessian princely battenberg family and the british royal family. With his wife edwina mountbatten countess mountbatten of burma lord mountbatten was father to two daughters patricia knatchbull later 2nd countess mountbatten of burma and lady pamela hicks. The geneanet family trees are powered by geneweb 70.

Deceased persons do not fall within the scope of these legal provisions. The mountbatten family is a british dynasty originating as a cadet branch of the german princely battenberg family. Admiral of the fleet louis francis albert victor nicholas mountbatten 1st earl mountbatten of burma born prince louis of battenberg.