Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine

German princess; eldest daughter of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom

Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (5 April 1863 - 24 September 1950) was the eldest child of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom and Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse. She was the granddaughter of Queen Victoria. She married Prince Louis of Battenberg. Her children were Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, and Princess Alice of Battenberg, Queen Louise of Sweden, and George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven, . She was the grandmother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh grandmother in law of Queen Elizabeth II and great grandmother of King Charles III.

Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
Marchioness of Milford Haven
Portrait by Alexander Bassano, c. 1880
BornPrincess Victoria Alberta Elisabeth Mathilde Marie of Hesse and by Rhine
(1863-04-05)5 April 1863
Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England
Died24 September 1950(1950-09-24) (aged 87)
Kensington Palace, London, England
Burial28 September 1950
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Issue
HouseHesse-Darmstadt
FatherLouis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse
MotherPrincess Alice of the United Kingdom

Princess Victoria Marchioness Milford Haven died on 24 September 1950 age 87 . She was buried on 28 September 1950 with her husband Prince Louis of Battenberg at St Mildred Church Whippingham on the Isle of Wight.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Weir, Alison (1996). Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (Revised ed.). London: Pimlico. pp. 305–307. ISBN 978-0-7126-7448-5.