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{{Short description|British noble family of German origin}}

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| type = German-British noble family

| coat_of_arms = 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma and 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven-CoA-Shield.svg

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| parent_family = Battenberg branch of the {{nowrap|House of Hesse-Darmstadt}}

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| origin = Grand Duchy of Hesse

| founded = {{Start date and age|1917|07|14|df=yes}}

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| current_head = George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven

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| cadet branches = {{ubl|Mountbatten-Windsor|(by cognatic descent)}}

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| titles = {{ubl|Extant titles:|Marquess of Milford Haven|Earl Mountbatten of Burma|Extinct titles:|Marquess of Carisbrooke}}

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| connected_members = {{ubl|Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven|Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|King Charles III of the United Kingdom|Queen Louise of Sweden|Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma}}

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The Mountbatten family is a British family that originated as a branch of the German princely Battenberg family. The name was adopted by members of the Battenberg family residing in the United Kingdom on 14 July 1917, three days before the British royal family changed its name from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor. This was due to rising anti-German sentiment among the British public during World War I. The name is a direct Anglicisation of the German name {{lang|de|Battenberg}}, which refers to a small town in Hesse. The Battenberg family was a morganatic line of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt, itself a cadet branch of the House of Hesse.

The family includes the Marquesses of Milford Haven (and formerly the Marquesses of Carisbrooke), as well as the Earls Mountbatten of Burma. The late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Queen Elizabeth II, adopted the surname of Mountbatten from his mother's family in 1947, although he was a member of the House of Glücksburg by patrilineal descent. Another prominent member of the family was Lady Louise Mountbatten, who became Queen consort of Sweden after her husband ascended the Swedish throne as King Gustaf VI Adolf in 1950.

Origins

The Mountbatten family is a branch of the German house of Battenberg. The latter family was a morganatic branch of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt, which formerly ruled the Grand Duchy of Hesse in what is now Germany. The first member of the Battenberg family was Julia Hauke, whose brother-in-law (Grand Duke Louis III of Hesse) created her Countess of Battenberg with the style of Illustrious Highness (HIllH) in 1851, on the occasion of her morganatic marriage to Grand Duke Louis' brother, Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine. In 1858, Julia was elevated in title to Princess of Battenberg, with the style of Serene Highness (HSH).{{cite book |last= Montgomery-Massingberd |first= Hugh |title= Burke's Guide to the Royal Family |location= London |pages= [https://archive.org/details/burkesguidetoroy00lond/page/303 303–304] |publisher= Burke's Peerage |year= 1973 |isbn= 978-0220662226 |url-access= registration |url= https://archive.org/details/burkesguidetoroy00lond/page/303 }}

Two of Alexander and Julia's sons, Prince Henry of Battenberg and Prince Louis of Battenberg, became associated with the British royal family. Prince Henry married The Princess Beatrice, youngest daughter of Queen Victoria. Prince Louis married Victoria's granddaughter, Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, and became First Sea Lord of the Royal Navy.

Due to anti-German feelings prevalent in Britain during World War I, Prince Louis, his children and his nephews (the living sons of Prince Henry) renounced their German titles and changed their name to the more English-sounding Mountbatten. (They rejected an alternative translation, "Battenhill".){{cite book|first=Richard|last=Hough|author-link=Richard Hough|title=Louis and Victoria: The Family History of the Mountbattens. Second edition|publisher=Weidenfeld and Nicolson|location=London|year=1984|isbn=0-297-78470-6|page=317}} Their cousin George V compensated the princes with British peerages. Prince Louis became the 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, while Prince Alexander, Prince Henry's eldest son, became the 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke.{{London Gazette |issue=30374 |date=9 November 1917 |page=11594 }}

Members

=Marquesses of Milford Haven=

File:LudwigBattenberg.jpg

The Marquessate of Milford Haven was created in 1917 for Prince Louis of Battenberg, the former First Sea Lord, and a relation to the British Royal Family. He was at the same time made Earl of Medina and Viscount Alderney, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Princess Alice of Battenberg never took the name Mountbatten as she married Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark in 1903; her son, Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, took the name upon becoming a naturalised British citizen.

The heir apparent to the marquessate is the present holder's son Henry Mountbatten, Earl of Medina (b. 1991)

The 1st Marquess's youngest daughter, Lady Louise Mountbatten, married the crown prince of Sweden in 1923. On his accession in 1950 as Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, Louise became Queen consort of Sweden.{{cite book|last=Aronson|first=Theo|isbn=9781910198049|title=Grandmama of Europe: the crowned descendants of Queen Victoria, Part 352|publisher=Cassell|year=1973}}{{cite book|last=Judd|first=Denis|title=Eclipse of kings: European monarchies in the twentieth century|publisher=Macdonald and Jane's|year=1976|isbn= 9780685701195}}

=Earls Mountbatten of Burma=

File:Lord Mountbatten Naval in colour Allan Warren.jpg

Earl Mountbatten of Burma is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, created in 1947 for Rear Admiral Louis Mountbatten, 1st Viscount Mountbatten of Burma, youngest son of the 1st Marquess of Milford Haven and the last Viceroy of India. The letters patent creating the title specified the following special remainder to his daughters. The subsidiary titles of the Earldom are Viscount Mountbatten of Burma, of Romsey in the County of Southampton, created 1946, and Baron Romsey, of Romsey in the County of Southampton, created in 1947. Both of these titles, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, have the same special remainder as the Earldom.{{London Gazette|issue=44059|date=21 July 1966|page=8227}}

  • Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900–1979) m. Edwina Cynthia Annette Ashley, daughter of Wilfrid Ashley, 1st Baron Mount Temple and great-granddaughter of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
  • Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma (1924–2017) m. John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne
  • Norton Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma (b. 1947) m. Penelope Eastwood
  • Nicholas Knatchbull, Lord Brabourne (b. 1981) m. Ambre Pouzet
  • The Hon. Alexander Knatchbull (b. 2022){{cite news |last=Davies-Evitt |first=Doris |title=Prince Charles's godson welcomes first child |url=https://www.tatler.com/article/prince-charless-godson-welcomes-first-child |access-date=23 October 2024 |work=Tatler |date=27 June 2022}}
  • Lady Alexandra Hooper (b. 1982) m. Thomas Hooper
  • Inigo Norton Sebastian Mountbatten Hooper (b. 2017)
  • Alden Peter Theodore Mountbatten Hooper (b. 2020)
  • The Hon. Leonora Knatchbull (1986–1991)
  • The Hon. Michael-John Knatchbull (b. 1950) m. Melissa Clare Owen, div. 1997, m. Susan Penelope "Penny" Jane Coates, div. 2006
  • Kelly Knatchbull (b. 1988)
  • Savannah Knatchbull (b. 2001)
  • The Hon. Anthony Knatchbull (1952–1952)
  • Lady Joanna Zuckerman (b. 1955) m. Baron Hubert Pernot du Breuil, div. 1995, m. Azriel Zuckerman
  • Baroness Eleuthera Pernot du Breuil (b. 1986)
  • Alexander Zuckerman (b. 2002)
  • Lady Amanda Ellingworth (b. 1957) m. Charles Vincent Ellingworth
  • Luke Ellingworth (b. 1991)
  • Joseph Ellingworth (b. 1992)
  • Louis Ellingworth (b. 1995)
  • The Hon. Philip Knatchbull (b. 1961) m. Atalanta Cowan, div. 2000, m. Wendy Amanda Leach
  • Daisy Knatchbull (b. 1992)
  • Phoebe Knatchbull (b. 1995)
  • Frederick Knatchbull (b. 2003)
  • John Knatchbull (b. 2004)
  • The Hon. Nicholas Knatchbull (1964–1979)
  • The Hon. Timothy Knatchbull (b. 1964) m. Isabella Julia Norman
  • Amber Knatchbull (b. 2000)
  • Milo Knatchbull (b. 2001)
  • Ludovic Knatchbull (b. 2003)
  • Isla Knatchbull (b. 2005)
  • Wilhelmina Knatchbull (b. 2008)
  • Lady Pamela Hicks (b. 1929) m. David Nightingale Hicks
  • Edwina Brudenell (b. 1961) m. Jeremy Brudenell, div. 2004
  • Maddison May Brudenell (b. 1994)
  • Jordan Anne Brudenell (b. 1995)
  • Rowan Michael David Brudenell (b. 2001)
  • Ashley Hicks (b. 1963) m. Marina Allegra Federica Silvia Tondato, div. 2009, m. Katalina Sharkey de Solis, div. 2018
  • Angelica Hicks (b. 1992)
  • Ambrosia Hicks (b. 1997)
  • Caspian Hicks (b. 2018)
  • Horatio Hicks (b. 2019)
  • India Hicks (b. 1967) m. David Flint Wood
  • Wesley Flint Wood (b. 1996) (adopted)
  • Felix Flint Wood (b. 1997)
  • Amory Flint Wood (b. 1999)
  • Conrad Flint Wood (b. 2003)
  • Domino Flint Wood (b. 2007)

The heir apparent to the earldom is the present holder's son, Nicholas Knatchbull, Lord Brabourne (born 1981).

=Marquess of Carisbrooke=

File:Alexander of Battenberg, Marquess of Carisbrooke.jpg

Marquess of Carisbrooke was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, created in 1917 for Prince Alexander of Battenberg, eldest son of Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom and Prince Henry of Battenberg. He was made Viscount Launceston, in the County of Cornwall, and Earl of Berkhampsted at the same time, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The titles became extinct upon Lord Carisbrooke's death in 1960, as he had no sons.

His siblings were:

=Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh=

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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the son of Princess Alice of Battenberg and grandson of the 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, took the name Mountbatten when he became a naturalised British subject. Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten married Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King George VI of the United Kingdom, on 20 November 1947. In 1952, on the accession of his wife as Queen Elizabeth II, there was some dispute regarding the dynasty to which descendants of Elizabeth and Phillip would belong. Queen Mary (the new Queen's grandmother) expressed to Prime Minister Winston Churchill her aversion to the idea of the House of Mountbatten succeeding the House of Windsor as the royal dynasty, and so it remained Windsor.{{cite book|title=Fifty Years the Queen|pages=101|last1=Bousfield|last2=Toffoli|first1=Arthur|first2=Garry|year=2002|publisher=Dundurn Press|location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada|isbn=1550023608}}

==Mountbatten-Windsor==

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Mountbatten-Windsor is the personal surname of some of the descendants of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh under an Order in Council issued in 1960, which has not been applied consistently. While the order specifically applies the surname "Mountbatten-Windsor" to Elizabeth's male-line descendants not holding royal styles and titles, "Mountbatten-Windsor" has been formally used by some of her descendants who do hold royal styles. The surname was first officially used by Princess Anne in 1973, in the wedding register for her marriage to Mark Phillips.{{cite web |title=The Royal Family name |url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/TheRoyalFamilyname/Overview.aspx |publisher=The British Monarchy |access-date=5 May 2011 |date=n.d. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215182305/http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/TheRoyalFamilyname/Overview.aspx |archive-date=15 February 2009 |url-status=dead }} Prince William and his wife Catherine used the names "Monsieur et Madame Mountbatten-Windsor" when filing a French lawsuit against the French magazine Closer.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/william-and-kate-win-legal-battle--but-lose-war-to-keep-topless-photos-under-wraps-8153383.html|title=William and Kate win legal battle – but lose war to keep topless photos under wraps |newspaper=The Independent|location=London|date=19 September 2012|last=Lichfield|first=John|access-date=4 March 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.legipresse.com/enews/plusInfosFile/14.pdf|title=Tribunal de Grande Instance de Nanterre referes Judgement de Refere Rendu le 18 Septembre 2012|publisher=Tribunal de Grande Instance de Nanterre|date=18 September 2012|access-date=5 March 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402154226/http://www.legipresse.com/enews/plusInfosFile/14.pdf|archive-date=2 April 2015}} Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and his wife Meghan named their children Archie Mountbatten-Windsor and Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor from birth,{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-48201625|title=Royal baby: Duke and Duchess of Sussex name son Archie|publisher=BBC|date=8 May 2019|access-date=13 July 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Foster |first1=Max |last2=Said-Moorhouse |first2=Lauren |title=Meghan and Prince Harry welcome second child |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/06/europe/meghan-harry-baby-girl-news-intl-scli/index.html |access-date=6 June 2021 |publisher=CNN|date=6 June 2021}} although the children formally became a prince and princess on the accession of their grandfather to the throne on 8 September 2022.{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64890702 | title=Harry and Meghan's daughter Princess Lilibet Diana christened in US | publisher=BBC News | date=8 March 2023 }}

Mountbatten-Windsor differs from the official name of the British royal family or royal house, which remains Windsor. The adoption of the Mountbatten-Windsor surname applies only to members of the royal family who are descended from Elizabeth, and not, for example, to her cousins, or descendants of her sister, Princess Margaret.

Legacy

The city of Ottawa, Ontario, erected Mountbatten Avenue in memory of the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma. A Royal Canadian Sea Cadets corps, RCSCC No. 134 Admiral Mountbatten, was named after him in 1946.{{cite web |title= Mountbatten Avenue |work= National Inventory of Military Memorials |publisher= National Defence Canada |date= 16 April 2008 |url= http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=8383 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150210133416/http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=8383 |archive-date= 10 February 2015 }} A {{convert|9|ft|5|in|m|abbr=on|1}} bronze statue by Franta Belsky of Lord Mountbatten of Burma was erected in 1983 outside the Foreign Office, overlooking Horse Guards Parade. The earl is dressed in the uniform of an Admiral of the Fleet.{{cite book|title=Discovering London Statues and Monuments|last=Baker|first=Margaret|pages=20|publisher=Shore Publications Ltd|location=Bucks, UK|year=2002|isbn=0747804958}}

The neighbourhood of Mountbatten in the planning area of Marine Parade, Singapore, is named after Lord Louis Mountbatten.

The Mountbatten Institute (formerly known as the Mountbatten Internship Programme), an organization based in New York and London dedicated to fostering work experience and cultural exchange by placing international graduate students abroad to earn postgraduate and degrees was set up by his eldest daughter, Patricia, 2nd Countess Mountbatten. It was named in honour of the countess's father, the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma.{{cite web | url = http://www.mountbatten.org/mipweb.nsf/pages/ny_about_us | title = About Us | publisher = Mountbatten Institute | access-date = 18 October 2013 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131019053157/http://www.mountbatten.org/mipweb.nsf/pages/ny_about_us | archive-date = 19 October 2013 }}

Despite the family's well-known connections with the Royal Navy, the Mount Batten Peninsula, overlooking the Royal Naval Base of Devonport, England, is not named after them but after Sir William Batten, a 17th-century Surveyor of the Navy.

Coats of arms

File:Coat of Arms of Prince Louis, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven.svg|Coat of Arms of Prince Louis, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven

File:Coat of Arms of George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven.svg|Coat of arms of the 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven, after his appointment as GCVO

File:Coat of Arms of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma.svg|Coat of Arms of Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma

File:Greater coat of arms of Queen Louise (Sweden).svg|Coat of arms of Queen Louise of Sweden

File:Coat of Arms of Princes Alexander, Leopold and Maurice of Battenberg (Before 1917).svg|Coat of Arms of Princes Alexander, Leopold and Maurice of Battenberg (before 1917)

File:Coat of Arms of Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke.svg|Coat of arms of Alexander Mountbatten, Marquess of Carisbrooke

File:Coat of Arms of Lord Leopold Mountbatten.svg|Coat of Arms of Lord Leopold Mountbatten

File:Coat of Arms of Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.svg|Coat of Arms of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

File:Coat of Arms of 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma.svg|Coat of Arms Norton Knatchbull, Earl Mountbatten of Burma

File:Arms of Battenberg-Mountbatten.svg|Arms of Prince Louis, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven and Prince Henry of Battenberg

File:Earl Mountbatten of Burma-CoA-Shield.svg|Arms of George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven and Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma

File:Blason de la Princesse Louise de Suède.svg|Arms of Queen Louise of Sweden as Crown Princess

File:Drottning Louise vapen.svg|Arms of Queen Louise of Sweden

File:Arms of Princes Alexander, Leopold and Maurice of Battenberg (Before 1917).svg|Arms of Princes Alexander, Leopold and Maurice of Battenberg (before 1917)

File:Arms of Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke.svg|Arms of Alexander Mountbatten, Marquess of Carisbrooke
(after 1917)

File:Arms of Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.svg|Arms of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

File:Lord Mountbatten of Burma-CoA-Knatchbull-Shield.svg|alt=Arms granted to the Brabourne descendants of Earl Mountbatten of Burma's elder daughter.|Arms granted to the Brabourne descendants of Earl Mountbatten of Burma's elder daughter

Family tree

{{Genealogical Table of the Battenberg, Mountbatten and Mountbatten-Windsor Family}}

See also

References

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External links

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  • [https://www.lordmountbattenofburma.com Tribute & Memorial Website to Louis, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma]

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