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On This Day

Posted by Karen on June 25, 2025, 9:02 am

1900 - His Serene Highness Prince Louis of Battenberg, later known as Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma was born at Frogmore House, in the grounds of Windsor Castle, as the youngest child and the second son of Prince Louis of Battenberg and his wife Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine. His eldest sister was Princess Alice of Battenberg mother of Prince Philip The Duke of Edinburgh.

With his brother George Mountbatten who became 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven.

The Battenberg family

Louis with a favourite soft toy.

Re: On This Day

Posted by Hollie24 on June 25, 2025, 2:49 pm, in reply to "On This Day"

All four of Louis and Victoria's children led extraordinary lives, but Dickie's life was especially extraordinary.

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