Thursday 21 February 2013

HRH Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Youngest child of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
Princess Henry of Battenberg


Date & place of birth April 14, 1857 Buckingham Palace, London
Born as HRH Princess of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Names beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore

Father Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Prince consort)
Mother Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland





Royal house Saxe-Coburg and Gotha later change to Windsor(born) Battenberg (marriage)





Siblings (8)
Youngest of nine children (four brothers, four sisters)
Princess Victoria, Princess Royal (German Empress Friedrich)
Prince Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (King Edward VII of the United Kingdom)
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine)
Prince Alfred (Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)
Princess Helena (Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg)
Princess Louise (Duchess of Argyll)
Prince Arthur (Duke of Connaught and Strathearn)
Prince Leopold (Duke of Albany)





Married July 23, 1885 St. Mildred's Church, Whippingham, Isle of Wight
Spouse Prince Heinrich of Battenberg





Issue (4)
(3 sons, 1 daughter)
Prince Alexander of Battenberg (Lord Alexander Mountbatten)
Princess Victoria Eugenia of Battenberg (Queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain)
Prince Leopold of Battenberg (Lord Leopold Mountbatten)
Prince Maurice of Battenberg





Grandchildren (4)
(3 grandsons, 1 granddaughter)
Infanta Maria of Spain
Infanta Maria Teresa of Spain
King Alfonso XIII of Spain
Lady Iris Mountbatten





Died October 26, 1944 Brantridge Park, Sussex (age 87)
Place of burial St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Windsor*

* Remains moved in 1945, to St. Mildred's Church, Whippingham, Isle of Wight





Titles
HRH Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony
HRH Princess Henry of Battenberg, Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony
HRHPrincess Henry of Battenberg, Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (from July 17, 1917)





Paternal grandparents
Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Princess Louise of Saxe-Coburg-Altenburg

Paternal great-grandparents
Duke Francis of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Countess Augusta of Reuss-Ebersdorf
Duke Emil of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Duchess Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin





Maternal grandparents
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
Princess Viktoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Maternal great-grandparents
King George III of Great Britain
Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Queen Charlotte of Great Britain)
Duke Francis of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Countess Augusta of Reuss-Ebersdorf

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