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Battenberg is the surname and title created for the wife of Prince Alexander of Hesse, Countess Julia Von Hauke . Prince Alexander ( 1823 - 1888 ) was the third son of Grand Duke Ludwig II of Hesse and the Rhine ( Hesse-Darmstadt ) and his wife Wilhelmina of Baden A mere countess {Link without Title} and the orphaned daughter of a Russian Minister of War, Julia von Hauke was of insufficient rank for her children to qualify for the succession to the throne of the Hesse, hence her marriage to Alexander was Morganatic . Julia was given the title Countess von Battenberg by her brother-in-law, Grand Duke Ludwig III , in 1851 and was created ''non royal'' Princess ["Fürstin" as opposed to "Prinzessin") von Battenberg in 1858 . The children of this union bore the dignity of Prince or Princess ["Fürstin" , and addressed as 'Serene Highness'. Battenberg thus became the name of a ''morganatic'' Cadet Branch of the Grand Ducal family of Hesse, without right of succession. The couple had five children:- : Prince Louis Of Battenberg 1854 - 1921 : Princess Marie Of Battenberg 1852 - 1923 : Prince Alexander Of Battenberg , 1857 - 1893 : Prince Henry Of Battenberg 1858 - 1896 : Prince Francis Joseph Of Battenberg 1861 - 1924 One son of this marriage, Prince Henry Of Battenberg , married Princess Beatrice , the youngest daughter of Queen Victoria ; their daughter, Victoria Eugenia Julia , became Queen Consort of Spain . Her uncle Edward VII had to elevate her quickly to 'Royal Highness', so that she would have the necessary status to marry into the Spanish royal house. Another son, Alexander, was made Sovereign Prince of Bulgaria ; he was later kidnapped and forced to abdicate. Alexander and Julia's eldest son, Prince Louis I, became a , while Prince Alexander, Prince Henry's eldest son, became First Marquess Of Carisbrooke . The best known of Prince Louis' immediate descendants were his youngest son Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten Of Burma , and his nephew Prince Philip, Duke Of Edinburgh (husband of Queen Elizabeth II ), the son of Prince Louis I's daughter Princess Alice . The Marquessate descended through Prince Louis I's eldest son, Burma's and Alice's eldest brother,'''George''', (1892-1938). Prince Louis II's Earldom was inherited by his daughter, Lady Patricia Mountbatten, countess Mountbatten of Burma, Baroness Romsey. (Born in 1924 ) SEE ALSO |