Battenberg or Battenburg may refer to:

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Battenberg (Eder) Battenberg () is a small town in the district of Waldeck-Frankenberg in the state of Hesse, Germany. It is located on the river Eder (Fulda), Eder, a tributary of the Fulda (river), Fulda, which flows into the Weser, and lies at the southeastern e ...

, town in Hesse, origin of the house of Battenberg/Mountbatten * Battenberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany * Battenberg Hill, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

People

Battenberg family The Battenberg family is a non-dynastic cadet branch of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt, which ruled the Grand Duchy of Hesse until 1918. The first member was Julia Hauke, Countess Julia von Hauke, whose brother-in-law Louis III, Grand Duke of Hess ...

, German noble family from Hesse **

Julia, Princess of Battenberg Julia, Princess of Battenberg, previously Countess Julia von Hauke and Countess of Battenberg (born Julia Therese Salomea Hauke; – 19 September 1895), was the wife of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, the third son of Louis II, Grand Duk ...

(1825–1895) **

Prince Louis of Battenberg Louis Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven (24 May 185411 September 1921), formerly Prince Louis Alexander of Battenberg, was a British naval officer and German prince related by marriage to the British royal family. Although ...

(1854–1921) **

Princess Marie of Battenberg Princess Marie of Battenberg (; 15 February 1852 – 20 June 1923) was a Princess of Battenberg and, by marriage, the Princess of Erbach-Schönberg. She worked as a writer and translator. Background and early life Marie was the eldest child and o ...

(1852–1923) ** Prince

Alexander of Battenberg Alexander Joseph (; 5 April 1857 – 17 November 1893), known as Alexander of Battenberg, was the first prince (''knyaz'') of the autonomous Principality of Bulgaria from 1879 until his abdication in 1886. The Bulgarian Grand National Assembl ...

(1857–1893) **

Prince Henry of Battenberg Prince Henry of Battenberg (Henry Maurice; 5 October 1858 – 20 January 1896), formerly Count Henry of Battenberg, was a morganatic descendant of the Grand Ducal House of Hesse. He became a member of the British royal family by marriage to Pri ...

(1858–1896) **

Prince Francis Joseph of Battenberg Prince Francis Joseph of Battenberg (; 24 September 1861 – 31 July 1924) was the fourth and youngest son and child of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine and his morganatic wife Julia, Princess of Battenberg. Biography Named after the ...

(1861–1924) **

Princess Alice of Battenberg Princess Alice of Battenberg (Victoria Alice Elizabeth Julia Marie; 25 February 1885 – 5 December 1969) was the mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, mother-in-law of Queen Elizabeth II, and paternal grandmother of King Charles III. Af ...

(1885–1969) * John Nelson Battenberg (1931–2012), American sculptor

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Battenberg cake Battenberg or Battenburg cake is a light sponge cake with coloured sections held together with jam and covered in marzipan. In cross section (geometry), cross section, the cake has a distinctive pink and yellow Check (pattern), check pattern. It ...

or Battenburg cake, a cake with a checkered pattern on the inside *

Battenburg markings Battenburg markings or Battenberg markings are a pattern of high-visibility markings developed in the United Kingdom in the 1990s and currently seen on many types of emergency service vehicles in the UK, Crown dependencies, British Overseas Terr ...

, a pattern named after the aforementioned cake, often used on emergency services vehicles *

Battenberg Cup The Battenberg Cup is an award given annually as a symbol of operational excellence to the best ship or submarine in the United States Navy Atlantic Fleet. The cup was originally awarded as a trophy to the winner of cutter or longboat rowing co ...

, an American naval award (named after Prince Louis of Battenberg)

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