Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom

This article is about the daughter of Queen Victoria. For the daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, see Princess Beatrice.

Princess Beatrice (Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore; 14 April 1857 – 26 October 1944) was the fifth daughter and youngest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Princess Beatrice
Princess Beatrice of Battenberg
Princess Beatrice in 1886
Born	(1857-04-14)14 April 1857 Buckingham Palace, London, England
Died	26 October 1944(1944-10-26) (aged 87) Brantridge Park, Sussex, England
Burial	3 November 1944 St George's Chapel, Windsor 27 August 1945 St. Mildred's Church, Whippingham
Spouse	Prince Henry of Battenberg ​ ​ (m. 1885; died 1896)​
Issue	Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke Victoria Eugenie, Queen of Spain Lord Leopold Mountbatten Prince Maurice of Battenberg
Full name Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore
House	Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (until 1917) Windsor (from 1917)
Father	Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Mother	Queen Victoria
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Beatrice married Prince Henry of Battenberg, the son of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine and Julia von Hauke and brother-in-law of her niece Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine on the Isle of Wight on July 23, 1885. They had four children together named Alexander, Victoria, Leopold and Maurice.

Her husband Prince Henry died in 1896 of malaria while fighting in the Anglo-Asante War. Beatrice remained at her mother's side until her death in 1901. She died aged in 1944, at the age of 87.

Other websites

Media related to Princess Beatrice at Wikimedia Commons

• Isle of Wight Beacon on Princess Beatrice Archived 2009-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
• Information about Queen Victoria's journals
• Regiments page on Princess Beatrice Archived 2007-11-16 at the Wayback Machine