Lady Victoria Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven / Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine

Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, later Victoria Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven (Victoria Alberta Elisabeth Mathilde Marie; 5 April 1863 24 September 1950) was the eldest daughter of Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (18371892) and his first wife Princess Alice of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (18431878).

Her mother died while her brother and sisters were still young, which placed her in an early position of responsibility over her siblings. She married her father's first cousin, Prince Louis of Battenberg, an officer in the United Kingdom's Royal Navy, in a love match and lived most of her married life in various parts of Europe at her husband's naval posts and visiting her many royal relations.

During World War I, she and her husband abandoned their German titles and adopted the British-sounding surname of Mountbatten, which was simply a translation into English of the German "Battenberg", and two of her sisters who had married into the Russian royal family were murdered by communist revolutionaries. She was perceived by her family as liberal in outlook, straightforward, practical and bright.

She was the maternal grandmother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who is the consort of Queen Elizabeth II.

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[lostsplendour]

So mea culpa for this mistake. Of the Hessian sisters, the beauties were Ella and Alix but I think Victoria was the strongest of all. Great Lady

[mcmlxvi]

Actually Prince Phillip is a descendant of one of Queen Victorias daughters, granddaughter and great granddaughter (all females and possible carriers) and although he's obviously not a haemophiliac since little is known on how the gene is inherited (no one knows how Queen Victoria got it) there is a big fat chance that he reintroduced it into the royal family for it to show up in later generations. Phillip is one of the few living descendants of centuries of inbreeding just like Victoria.

[saxm]

I always thought she was rather odd looking. I've wondered if she was a red head. So very pale she looks in black and white. I take issue though with the photo at 0:59. I think that is Alix of Hesse on the right, and on the left, I think, is Helena Victoria of Shleswig Holstein.

[blacksultan85]

CLASSIC PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!!

[CarolusSecundus]

@mcmlxvi Not technically true. A lot is know of how the disease is inherited, and ample infomation abounds on the internet. A male cannot silently carry the haemophilia gene - either he has the disease or is "clean". Assuming that Philip is not haemophiliac himself, he cannot have "reintrodued" it into the House of Windsor.

[TimAltoona]

At 0:58 it's not Victoria with Alix, nor is it Irene. The lady in question is Princess Helena Victoria, daughter of Princess Helena (Princes Christian). She was known in the family as "The Snipe" because of her big nose.

[Blueeyedboy87]

There was a woman!

[Muirmaiden]

@manuelherrera777, her youngest sister May also died of diptheria, which claimed the life of her mother.

[vayalatyytwhitekga]

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[manuelherrera777]

A truly extraordinary woman. She saw so many of her family suffer throughout her life. First the tragic deaths of her little brother and her mother, then the murders of her sisters by the Bolsheviks in Russia. Her husband dismissed at First Sea Lord during WWI due to questions about his loyalty to Britain. Her son George dying so young from cancer and her granddaughter Cecile (Duchess of Hesse, Prince Phillip's sister) dying with her family in a plane crash on her way to a family wedding.

[papoocanada]

I heard that she swore a lot and smoked cigar !

She must have nerves of steel: her sister Elizabeth murdered; her mother died of diphtheria; her brother in law Nicolas II murdered; her brother in law Sergei murdered; her sister Alix murdered; nephews and nieces murdered; her eldest son George died young; her son Lord Louis murdered &c.. she was brave

[lababoc]

around 1.02 the photo of Alix of Hesse and one of the sisters that sister is princess Irene NOT Princess Victoria .Thanks