The Mountbatten family is a British family that originated as a branch of the German princely

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 ...

. 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 The British royal family comprises Charles III and other members of his family. There is no strict legal or formal definition of who is or is not a member, although the Royal Household has issued different lists outlining who is considere ...

changed its name from

Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (), or Saxe-Coburg-Gotha ( ), was an Ernestine duchy in Thuringia ruled by a branch of the House of Wettin, consisting of territories in the present-day states of Thuringia and Bavaria in Germany. It lasted from 1826 to ...

to Windsor. This was due to rising

anti-German sentiment Anti-German sentiment (also known as anti-Germanism, Germanophobia or Teutophobia) is fear or dislike of Germany, its Germans, people, and its Culture of Germany, culture. Its opposite is Germanophile, Germanophilia. Anti-German sentiment main ...

among the British public during

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. The name is a direct Anglicisation of the

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

name , which refers to a small town in

Hesse Hesse or Hessen ( ), officially the State of Hesse (), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt, which is also the country's principal financial centre. Two other major hist ...

. The Battenberg family was a

morganatic Morganatic marriage, sometimes called a left-handed marriage, is a marriage between people of unequal social rank, which in the context of royalty or other inherited title prevents the principal's position or privileges being passed to the spous ...

line of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt, itself a cadet branch of the

House of Hesse The House of Hesse is a European dynasty, directly descended from the House of Reginar, House of Brabant. They ruled the region of Hesse, one branch as prince-electors until 1866, and another branch as grand dukes until 1918.Burke's Peerage, Bur ...

. 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 Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 19219 April 2021), was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. As such, he was the consort of the British monarch from h ...

, consort of Queen

Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 19268 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, her death in 2022. ...

, adopted the surname of Mountbatten from his mother's family in 1947, although he was a member of the

House of Glücksburg The House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, also known by its short name as the House of Glücksburg, is the senior surviving branch of the German House of Oldenburg, one of Europe's oldest royal houses. Oldenburg house members hav ...

by patrilineal descent. Another prominent member of the family was

Lady Louise Mountbatten Louise Alexandra Marie Irene Mountbatten (born Princess Louise of Battenberg; 13 July 1889 – 7 March 1965) was Queen of Sweden from 29 October 1950 until her death in 1965 as the wife of King Gustaf VI Adolf. Born a princess of the German ...

, 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

branch of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt, which formerly ruled the

Grand Duchy of Hesse The Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine () was a grand duchy in western Germany that existed from 1806 to 1918. The grand duchy originally formed from the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt in 1806 as the Grand Duchy of Hesse (). It assumed the name ...

in what is now Germany. The first member of the Battenberg family was

Julia Hauke 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 D ...

, whose brother-in-law ( Grand Duke Louis III of Hesse) created her Countess of Battenberg with the style of ''

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'' (HIllH) in 1851, on the occasion of her morganatic marriage to Grand Duke Louis' brother,

Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine (Alexander Ludwig Georg Friedrich Emil; 15 July 1823 – 15 December 1888), was the third son and fourth child of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Wilhelmine of Baden. He was a brother of Tsarina Mar ...

. In 1858, Julia was elevated in title to Princess of Battenberg, with the style of ''

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'' (HSH). 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 Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until Death and state funeral of Queen Victoria, her death in January 1901. Her reign of 63 year ...

. Prince Louis married Victoria's granddaughter, Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, and became

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of the

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. Due to anti-German feelings prevalent in Britain during

, 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".) Their cousin

George V George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until Death and state funeral of George V, his death in 1936. George w ...

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.

Members

Marquesses of Milford Haven

The

Marquess A marquess (; ) is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The German-language equivalent is Markgraf (margrave). A woman with the rank of a marquess or the wife (or wid ...

ate of

Milford Haven Milford Haven ( ) is a town and community (Wales), community in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is on the north side of the Milford Haven Waterway, an estuary forming a natural harbour that has been used as a port since the Middle Ages. The town was ...

was created in 1917 for Prince Louis of Battenberg, the former

, and a relation to the

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. He was at the same time made

Earl Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. In modern Britain, an earl is a member of the Peerages in the United Kingdom, peerage, ranking below a marquess and above a viscount. A feminine form of ''earl'' never developed; instead, ...

Medina Medina, officially al-Madinah al-Munawwarah (, ), also known as Taybah () and known in pre-Islamic times as Yathrib (), is the capital of Medina Province (Saudi Arabia), Medina Province in the Hejaz region of western Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, ...

and

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Alderney, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

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 ...

never took the name Mountbatten as she married Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark in 1903; her son,

Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 19219 April 2021), was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. As such, he was the consort of the British monarch from ...

, took the name upon becoming a naturalised British citizen. *

Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven 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) m. Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine ** ''

(1885–1969) m. Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark'', son of King George I of Greece *** ''

Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark (; 18 April 1905 – 24 April 1981) was a List of princesses of Greece, Greek and List of princesses of Denmark, Danish princess by birth and Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg by marriage. An elder sister ...

(1905–1981) m. Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg'' *** '' Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906–1969) m. Berthold, Margrave of Baden'' *** ''

Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark (; 22 June 1911 – 16 November 1937) was by birth a Greek and Danish princess who became titular Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine through her marriage to Prince Georg Donatus, pretender to t ...

(1911–1937) m. Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse'' *** '' Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark (1914–2001) m.

Prince Christoph of Hesse Prince Christoph of Hesse (Christoph Ernst August; 14 May 1901 – 7 October 1943) was a nephew of Kaiser Wilhelm II. He was an SS-Oberführer in the Allgemeine SS and an officer in the Luftwaffe Reserve, killed on active duty in a plane crash ...

d. 1943, m. Prince George William of Hanover'' ***

(''1921–2021''), m.

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 19268 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She had been queen regnant of 32 sover ...

(1889–1965) m.

Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden Gustaf VI Adolf (Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf; 11 November 1882 – 15 September 1973) was King of Sweden from 29 October 1950 until his death in 1973. He was the eldest son of Gustaf V and his wife, Victoria of Baden. Before Gustaf A ...

** George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven (1892–1938) m. Countess Nadejda Mikhailovna de Torby *** Lady Tatiana Mountbatten (1917–1988) *** David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven (1919–1970) m. Romaine Dahlgren Pierce div. 1954, m. Janet Mercedes Bryce ****

George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven George Ivar Louis Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven (born 6 June 1961), styled Earl of Medina before 1970, is a Hereditary peer, British hereditary peer and businessman. Biography Family Born on 6 June 1961, Lord Milford Haven is the el ...

(b. 1961) m. Sarah Georgina Walker div. 1996, m. Clare Steel ***** Lady Tatiana Dru (b. 1990) m. Alexander Dru ****** Elodie Dru (b. 2023) ****** Auberon Dru (b. 2025) ***** Henry Mountbatten, Earl of Medina (b. 1991) **** Lord Ivar Mountbatten (b. 1963) m. Penelope Anne Vere Thompson div. 2011, m. James Coyle ***** Ella Mountbatten (b. 1996) ***** Alexandra Mountbatten (b. 1998) ***** Louise Mountbatten (b. 2002) **

Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy), Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (born Prince Louis of Battenberg; 25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979), commonly known as Lord Mountbatten, was ...

(1900–1979) m. Edwina Ashley ***

Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma Patricia Edwina Victoria Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, Baroness Brabourne, , , (née Mountbatten; 14 February 1924 – 13 June 2017), was a British peeress and third cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. She was the elder daughter of ...

(1924–2017) m. John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne ***

Lady Pamela Hicks Lady Pamela Carmen Louise Hicks (''née'' Mountbatten; born 19 April 1929) is a British nobility, British aristocrat and relative of the British royal family. She is the younger daughter of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (form ...

(b. 1929) m. David Nightingale Hicks The

heir apparent An heir apparent is a person who is first in the order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person. A person who is first in the current order of succession but could be displaced by the birth of a more e ...

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.

Earls Mountbatten of Burma

Lord Mountbatten Naval in colour Allan Warren

Earl Mountbatten of Burma is a title in the

Peerage of the United Kingdom The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great B ...

, created in 1947 for

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Louis Mountbatten, 1st Viscount Mountbatten of Burma, youngest son of the 1st Marquess of Milford Haven and the last

Viceroy of India The governor-general of India (1833 to 1950, from 1858 to 1947 the viceroy and governor-general of India, commonly shortened to viceroy of India) was the representative of the monarch of the United Kingdom in their capacity as the Emperor of ...

. The

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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

, have the same special remainder as the Earldom. *

(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 **

(1924–2017) m. John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne ***

Norton Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma Norton Louis Philip Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma (born 8 October 1947), known until 2005 as Lord Romsey and until 2017 as the Lord Brabourne, is a British peer. He is a second cousin of King Charles III. Life and education Lord Mou ...

(b. 1947) m. Penelope Eastwood **** Nicholas Knatchbull, Lord Brabourne (b. 1981) m. Ambre Pouzet ***** The Hon. Alexander Knatchbull (b. 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) **

(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

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

Marquess of Carisbrooke

Marquess of Carisbrooke was a title in the

, 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. * Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke (1886–1960) m. Lady Irene Denison, daughter of William Denison, 2nd

Earl of Londesborough Baron Londesborough, of Londesborough in the East Riding of the County of York, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1850 for the diplomat and Whig politician Lord Albert Denison. He was the third son of Henry Co ...

** Lady Iris Mountbatten (1920–1982) m. Captain Hamilton Joseph Keyes O'Malley, div. 1946, m. Michael Neely Bryan, div. 1957, m. William Alexander Kemp His siblings were: * Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1887–1969), m.

Alfonso XIII Alfonso XIII (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Alfonso León Fernando María Jaime Isidro Pascual Antonio de Borbón y Habsburgo-Lorena''; French language, French: ''Alphonse Léon Ferdinand Marie Jacques Isidore Pascal Antoine de Bourbon''; 17 May ...

of Spain * Lord Leopold Mountbatten (1889–1922) *

Prince Maurice of Battenberg Prince Maurice of Battenberg (Maurice Victor Donald; 3 October 1891 – 27 October 1914) was a member of the Hesse, Hessian princely Battenberg family and the extended British royal family, and the youngest grandchild of Queen Victoria. He was k ...

(1891–1914)

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

, the son of

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

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her aversion to the idea of the House of Mountbatten succeeding the

House of Windsor The House of Windsor is the reigning house of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. The house's name was inspired by the historic Windsor Castle estate. The house was founded on 17 July 1917, when King George V changed the na ...

as the royal dynasty, and so it remained Windsor. *

(1921–2021) m. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom **

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(b. 1948) m. Lady Diana Spencer, div. 1996, m.

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***

William, Prince of Wales William, Prince of Wales (William Arthur Philip Louis; born 21 June 1982), is the heir apparent to the British throne. He is the elder son of King Charles III and Diana, Princess of Wales. William was born during the reign of his pat ...

(b. 1982) m. Catherine Middleton ****

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(b. 2013) **** Princess Charlotte of Wales (b. 2015) ****

Prince Louis of Wales Prince Louis of Wales ( ; Louis Arthur Charles; born 23 April 2018) is a member of the British royal family. He is the third and youngest child of William, Prince of Wales, and Catherine, Princess of Wales, and a grandson of Charles III and D ...

(b. 2018) ***

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, (Henry Charles Albert David; born 15 September 1984) is a member of the British royal family. As the younger son of King Charles III and Diana, Princess of Wales, he is fifth in the line of succession to t ...

(b. 1984) m.

Meghan Markle Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (; born Rachel Meghan Markle, August 4, 1981) is an American member of the British royal family, media personality, entrepreneur, and former actress. She is married to Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, the younger son ...

****

Prince Archie of Sussex Prince Archie of Sussex (Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor; born 6 May 2019) is a member of the British royal family. He is the son of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. A grandson of King Charles III, he is sixth i ...

(b. 2019) ****

Princess Lilibet of Sussex Princess Lilibet of Sussex (Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor; born 4 June 2021) is an American-born member of the British royal family. She is the daughter of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. She is a granddaughte ...

(b. 2021) **

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(b. 1950) m.

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, div. 1992, m. Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence **

Prince Andrew, Duke of York Prince Andrew, Duke of York (Andrew Albert Christian Edward; born 19 February 1960) is a member of the British royal family. He is the third child and second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and a younger bro ...

(b. 1960) m. Sarah Ferguson, div. 1996 ***

Princess Beatrice of York Princess Beatrice, Mrs Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi (Beatrice Elizabeth Mary; born 8 August 1988) is a member of the British royal family. She is the elder daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Sarah, Duchess of York. She is a niece of Charles ...

(b. 1988) m.

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***

Princess Eugenie of York Princess Eugenie, Mrs Jack Brooksbank ( ; Eugenie Victoria Helena; born 23 March 1990) is a member of the British royal family. She is the younger daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Sarah, Duchess of York. She is a niece of King Cha ...

(b. 1990) m.

Jack Brooksbank Jack Christopher Stamp Brooksbank (born 3 May 1986) is a British marketing executive who is married to Princess Eugenie, a niece of King Charles III. Early life and family Brooksbank was born on 3 May 1986 at St Thomas' Hospital in Lambeth, L ...

Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh (Edward Antony Richard Louis; born 10 March 1964) is a member of the British royal family. He is the youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the youngest sibling of King ...

(b. 1964) m.

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*** Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor (b. 2003) ***

James, Earl of Wessex James Alexander Philip Theo Mountbatten-Windsor, Earl of Wessex (born 17 December 2007), styled Viscount Severn from 2007 until 2023, is the younger child and only son of Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, and Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh. He is ...

(b. 2007)

Mountbatten-Windsor

Mountbatten-Windsor is the personal

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of some of the descendants of Queen

and

under an

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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 Anne, Princess Royal (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise; born 15 August 1950) is a member of the British royal family. She is the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the only sister of King ...

in 1973, in the wedding register for her marriage to

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Prince William William, Prince of Wales (William Arthur Philip Louis; born 21 June 1982), is the heir apparent to the British throne. He is the elder son of King Charles III and Diana, Princess of Wales. William was born during the reign of his p ...

and his wife

Catherine Katherine (), also spelled Catherine and Catherina, other variations, is a feminine given name. The name and its variants are popular in countries where large Christian populations exist, because of its associations with one of the earliest Ch ...

used the names "''Monsieur et Madame Mountbatten-Windsor''" when filing a French lawsuit against the French magazine ''Closer''.

, and his wife Meghan named their children Archie Mountbatten-Windsor and Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor from birth, although the children formally became a prince and princess on the accession of their grandfather to the throne on 8 September 2022. Mountbatten-Windsor differs from the official name of the

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, 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 Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (Margaret Rose; 21 August 1930 – 9 February 2002) was the younger daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. She was the younger sister and only sibling of Queen Elizabeth II. ...

Legacy

The city of

Ottawa, Ontario Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It is located in the southern Ontario, southern portion of the province of Ontario, at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the cor ...

, 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. A bronze statue by Franta Belsky of Lord Mountbatten of Burma was erected in 1983 outside the Foreign Office, overlooking

Horse Guards Parade Horse Guards Parade is a large Military parade, parade ground off Whitehall in central London (at British national grid reference system, grid reference ). It is the site of the annual ceremonies of Trooping the Colour, which commemorates the K ...

. The earl is dressed in the uniform of an

Admiral of the Fleet An admiral of the fleet or shortened to fleet admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, usually equivalent to field marshal and marshal of the air force. An admiral of the fleet is typically senior to an admiral. It is also a generic ter ...

. 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. Despite the family's well-known connections with the

, 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

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

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Family tree

References

External links

Tribute & Memorial Website to Louis, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
{{Authority control Battenberg family Mountbatten