Lord Ivar Mountbatten DL |
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Born |
Ivar Alexander Michael Mountbatten 9 March 1963 London, England |
Education | Gordonstoun School |
Alma mater | Middlebury College |
Spouse(s) | Penelope Thompson (m. 1994; div. 2011) |
Children | Ella Mountbatten Alexandra Mountbatten Louise Mountbatten |
Parent(s) |
David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven Janet Mercedes Bryce |
Lord Ivar Alexander Michael Mountbatten, DL (born 9 March 1963) is a British aristocrat. He is a third cousin, once removed, of Queen Elizabeth II.
Lord Ivar Mountbatten was born in London on 9 March 1963. He is the younger son of David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven and Janet Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven (formerly Janet Bryce). He is the younger brother of the 4th Marquess of Milford Haven, and a direct descendant of Catherine the Great and Alexander Pushkin. He is also a direct descendant of Queen Victoria, who was his great-great-great grandmother, making him a third cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II. He is one of the godfathers of Lady Louise Windsor (born 2003), the daughter of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and his wife Sophie, Countess of Wessex.
Mountbatten was educated at Gordonstoun School, the same school as educated the Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, and he graduated from Middlebury College, Vermont with a B.A. degree.
Mountbatten married Penelope Anne Vere Thompson (born 17 March 1966, Salisbury, Wiltshire), daughter of Colin Thompson, of Old Manor House, Sutton Veny, Warminster, co. Wiltshire, and his wife Rosemary Vere Edwardes, on 23 April 1994 in Clare, Suffolk. They divorced in 2011. They have three daughters: