Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke
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The Most Honourable The Marquess of Carisbrooke GCB GCVO GCStJ |
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| Born |
23 November 1886 Windsor Castle, Berkshire |
| Died | 23 February 1960 (aged 73) Kensington Palace, London |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Irene Denison |
| Parents |
Prince Henry of Battenberg Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom |
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| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy British Army
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| Years of service | 1902–08; 1914-19 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Unit | Grenadier Guards |
| Battles/wars |
Second Boer War World War I |
Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke, GCB, GCVO, GCStJ (born Prince Alexander of Battenberg; 23 November 1886 – 23 February 1960) was a member of the Hessian princely Battenberg family and the extended British Royal Family, a grandson of Queen Victoria.
Prince Alexander was born in 1886 at Windsor Castle in Berkshire and was educated at Wellington College and at the Britannia Royal Naval College. His father was Prince Henry of Battenberg, the son of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine and Julie née Countess of Hauke. His mother was Princess Henry of Battenberg (née The Princess Beatrice), the fifth daughter and the youngest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
Prince Henry of Battenberg was the product of a morganatic marriage and took his style of Prince of Battenberg from his mother, Julia von Hauke, who was created Princess of Battenberg in her own right. At his birth, Alexander was styled His Serene Highness Prince Alexander of Battenberg because the child of a morganatic marriage is ineligible for "Grand-Ducal Highness" status. However, three weeks after his birth, on 13 December 1886, he was styled His Highness under a Royal Warrant passed by his grandmother Queen Victoria.
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