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George Louis Victor Henry Serge Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven (6 December 1892 – 8 April 1938), styled
Earl of Medina between 1917 and 1921, was born the son of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven (Prince Louis of Battenberg) and
Princess Victoria of Hesse and by RhinePrincess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, later Victoria Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven was the eldest daughter of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine and his first wife Princess Alice of the United Kingdom .Her mother died while her brother and sisters...
at
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,
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. His
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s included
Viscount Alderney. He died aged 45 of cancer of the
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Biography
His siblings were
Princess AlicePrincess Alice of Battenberg, later Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark was the mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and mother-in-law of Elizabeth II....
(mother of
Prince Philip, Duke of EdinburghPrince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is the husband of Elizabeth II. He is the United Kingdom's longest-serving consort and the oldest serving spouse of a reigning British monarch....
),
Queen Louise of SwedenLouise Alexandra Marie Irene Mountbatten became Queen consort of Sweden in 1950 and served as such until her death in 1965...
and
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of BurmaAdmiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas George Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC, FRS , was a British statesman and naval officer, and an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...
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Marriage and issue
He married
Countess Nadejda Mikhailovna de TorbyNadejda Mikhailovna Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven was the second daughter of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia and his morganatic wife Sophie, Countess von Merenberg. She was a younger sister of Countess Anastasia de Torby.Her paternal grandparents were Grand Duke Michael...
(daughter of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich Romanov and
Sophie von MerenbergCountess Sophie of Merenberg, Countess de Torby, was the eldest daughter of Prince Nikolaus Wilhelm of Nassau and Natalya Alexandrovna Pushkina.-Early life:...
, Countess de Torby) on 15 November 1916 at
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. They lived at Lynden Manor at
HolyportHolyport is a village in the civil parish of Bray, about 2 miles south of Maidenhead in the English county of Berkshire.-Amenities:Despite its size, Holyport possesses a small retail area...
in
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and had two children:
- Lady Tatiana Elizabeth Mountbatten (Edinburgh
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, 16 December 1917 – NorthamptonNorthampton is a large market town and local government district in the East Midlands region of England. Situated about north-west of London and around south-east of Birmingham, Northampton lies on the River Nene and is the county town of Northamptonshire. The demonym of Northampton is...
, 15 May 1988)
- David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven
David Michael Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven , styled Viscount Alderney before 1921 and Earl of Medina between 1921 and 1938, was the son of the 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven and Countess Nadejda de Torby....
(12 May 1919 – 14 April 1970)
He was an accomplished mathematician, who "could work out complicated gunnery problems in his head" and "read books on calculus casually on trains".
Queen Elizabeth IIElizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...
said of him, "He was one of the most intelligent and brilliant of people."
Styles from birth to death
- His Serene Highness Prince George of Battenberg (1892–1917)
- Mr. George Mountbatten (1917)
- Earl of Medina (1917–1921)
- The Most Honourable
The prefix The Most Honourable is a title of quality attached to the names of marquesses in the United Kingdom. Dukes are The Most Noble or His Grace and peers under the rank of marquess are The Right Honourable. Scottish Feudal Barons and Lairds are The Much Honoured.Certain corporate entities...
The Marquess of Milford Haven (1921–1938)
Honours
- Order of St Vladimir, 4th class, with Swords, authorised to wear 5 June 1917
- Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, Grand Cordon
The is a Japanese order, established in 1875 by Emperor Meiji of Japan. The Order was the first national decoration awarded by the Japanese Government, created on April 10, 1875 by decree of the Council of State. The badge features rays of sunlight from the rising sun...
, 1917.
Ancestry