HRH Prince Philip of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Duke of Edinburgh

Consort to Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Date & place of birth June 10, 1921 Villa Mon Repos, Corfu
Born as HRH Prince of Greece and Denmark
Names Philippos

Father Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark
Mother Princess Alice of Battenberg





Royal house Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg (born) Mountbatten-Windsor
Consort February 6, 1952-present





Siblings
Youngest of five children (4 sisters)
Princess Margaret of Greece and Denmark
Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark
Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark
Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark





Married November 20, 1947 Westminster Abbey, London
Spouse Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (then Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom)





Issue (4)
(3 sons, 1 daughter)
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales
Princess Anne, Princess Royal
Prince Andrew, Duke of York
Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex





Grandchildren (8)
(4 grandsons, 4 granddaughters)
Peter Phillips
Zara Phillips
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge
Prince Henry of Wales
Princess Beatrice of York
Princess Eugenie of York
Lady Louise Windsor
James Windsor, Viscount Severn





Titles
HRH Prince of Greece and Denmark
HRH Prince of Greece and Denmark
HRH Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh (November 20, 1947-February 22, 1957)
HRH Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth (from February 22, 1957)

*Relinquished his Greek titles and took the surname Mountbatten - February 28, 1947
*Although Prince Philip is consort to Queen Elizabeth II, he does not carry the title of Prince consort





Paternal grandparents
King George I of the Hellenes
Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna of Russia (Queen Olga of the Hellenes)

Paternal great-grandparents
King Christian IX of Denmark
Princess Luise of Hesse-Kassel (Queen Louise of Denmark)
Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaievich of Russia*
Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg

Philip is a paternal great-great-grandson of Emperor Nikolai I of Russia*





Maternal grandparents
Prince Louis of Battenberg
Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine

Maternal great-grandparents
Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine
Countess Julia von Hauke
Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse and by Rhine
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom*

Philip is a maternal great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom*