Marquess of Carisbrooke was a title in the

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. It was created in 1917 for Prince Alexander of Battenberg, eldest son of

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(youngest daughter of

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) and

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. He was made Viscount Launceston, in the County of Cornwall, and Earl of Berkhamsted at the same time, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Along with other German-surnamed relations of the British Royal family, Alexander also changed his surname at this time, to Mountbatten. The titles became extinct upon Lord Carisbrooke's death in 1960, as he had no sons.

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was the residence of Prince Henry and Princess Beatrice as

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. The title of Marquess of Berkhampstead had previously been conferred with the Dukedom of Cumberland on Prince William Augustus, son of King George II, in 1726. The title of Viscount Launceston had previously been conferred with the Dukedom of Edinburgh on Prince Frederick Louis, later

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, also in 1726.

Marquess of Carisbrooke (1917)

* Alexander Albert Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke (1886–1960)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carisbrooke Extinct marquessates in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Mountbatten family 1917 establishments in the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1917