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| Prince Henry of Battenberg | |||||
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| Born | (1858-10-05)5 October 1858 Milan, Lombardy–Venetia | ||||
| Died | 20 January 1896(1896-01-20) (aged 37) HMS Blonde, n. Sierra Leone | ||||
| Burial | 5 February 1896 St. Mildred's Church, Whippingham, Isle of Wight | ||||
| Spouse | Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom | ||||
| Issue | Alexander Mountbatten, Marquess of Carisbrooke Victoria Eugenie, Queen of Spain Lord Leopold Mountbatten Prince Maurice of Battenberg | ||||
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| Family | Battenberg | ||||
| Father | Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine | ||||
| Mother | Julia von Hauke | ||||
| Occupation | Military | ||||
Colonel Prince Henry of Battenberg (Henry Maurice; Template:Lang-de; 5 October 1858 – 20 January 1896) was a morganatic descendant of the Grand Ducal House of Hesse, later becoming a member of the British Royal Family, through his marriage to Princess Beatrice.
Early life
Henry was born on 5 October 1858 in Milan, Lombardy–Venetia. His father was Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, the third son and fourth child of Grand Duke Ludwig II of Hesse and Wilhelmina of Baden. His mother was Julia Therese née Countess of Hauke.
His parents' marriage was a morganatic marriage, as Julia was not considered a proper wife for a Prince, being only a Countess. As such, at the time of his birth, Henry could not take his title from his father, and was styled His Illustrious Highness Count Henry (Heinrich) Maurice of Battenberg. On 21 December 1858, Henry's mother was created Princess of Battenberg with the style Her Serene Highness. Henry inherited this style and became His Serene Highness Prince Henry of Battenberg.
Prince Henry received a military education and took up a commission as a lieutenant in the 1st Regiment of the Rhenish Hussars in the Prussian Army. He served in the Prussian Garde du Corps and was also Honorary Colonel of the 1st Infantry Regiment of Bulgaria, where his brother Alexander was Prince.
Marriage
Because of their close relationship to the Grand Ducal House of Hesse, the Battenbergs came into close contact with various Royal and Princely families of Europe, including the British Royal House. Henry's elder brother, Prince Louis of Battenberg, had married Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, his first cousin once-removed and a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. In 1884, Prince Henry became engaged to Princess Beatrice, the fifth daughter and the youngest child of Queen Victoria and Albert, Prince Consort. Queen Victoria agreed to the marriage on the condition that the couple should make their home with her. The Queen formally gave her consent to the marriage at a meeting of the Privy Council on 27 January 1885.
On 22 July 1885, the Queen made Prince Henry a Knight of the Garter, and granted him the style Royal Highness to give him equal rank with his wife. This style took effect in the United Kingdom, but not in the German Empire (where the Prince was still considered a Serene Highness).
Beatrice and Henry were married at St. Mildred's Church at Whippingham, near Osborne, on 23 July 1885. On the same day, a bill to naturalise Prince Henry a British subject passed the House of Lords. The couple adopted the style, Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Henry of Battenberg.
On 22 August 1885 he was made Honorary Colonel of the 5th (Isle of Wight, Princess Beatrice's) Volunteer Battalion, the Hampshire Regiment, In early 1886 it was announced in The Times that he would be made a Captain in the 1st Life Guards, but the Secretary of State for War denied knowledge of this in the House of Commons and the appointment did not take place.
Prince and Princess Henry of Battenberg had four children. By Royal Warrant of 13 December 1886, the Queen granted their children the style Highness. This style took immediate effect in the United Kingdom and elsewhere except within the German Empire, where, as Princes and Princesses of Battenberg, they were only entitled to the style Serene Highness.
Illegitimate Issue
Henry had an illegitimate daughter.
By Unknown from Bavaria
- Undisclosed (12 April 1903 - )
Later life & death
In 1889 Prince Henry was made Governor of Carisbrooke Castle and Captain-General and Governor of the Isle of Wight. He was made Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army on 21 June 1887, Colonel on 22 February 1893 and appointed to the Privy Council on 20 November 1894.
In November 1895, Prince Henry persuaded Queen Victoria to allow him to go to West Africa to fight in the Ashanti War. He served as the military secretary to the commander-in-chief of British forces, General Sir Francis Scott. He contracted malaria when the expedition reached Prahsu, about 30 miles (50 km) from Kumasi, and subsequently died aboard the cruiser HMS Blonde stationed off the coast of Sierra Leone. His body was repatriated by the cruiser HMS Blenheim from the Canary Islands and his funeral service took place on 5 February 1896, at the same St. Mildred's Church, Whippingham on the Isle of Wight where he had been married. Interment followed in what became known as the Battenberg Chapel. The remains of his wife, Princess Beatrice, were placed there in August 1945 and those of his eldest son, the Marquess of Carisbrooke, in July 1961.
Titles, styles, honours and arms
Titles and styles
| Styles of Prince Henry of Battenberg | |
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| Reference style | His Royal Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
| Alternative style | Sir |
- 5 October – 21 December 1858: His Illustrious Highness Count Henry of Battenberg
- 21 December 1858 – 23 July 1885: His Serene Highness Prince Henry of Battenberg
- 23 July 1885 – 20 January 1896: His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Battenberg
Honours
- KG: Knight of the Garter, 1885
- PC: Privy Counsellor, 1894
Issue
| Image | Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
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Alexander Mountbatten, Marquess of Carisbrooke | 3 November 1886 | 23 February 1960 | Married, 1917 Irene Denison (4 July 1890 – 16 July 1956); had issue. |
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Victoria Eugénie, Queen of Spain |
24 October 1887 | 15 April 1969 | Married, 1906, King Alfonso XIII of Spain (17 May 1886 – 28 February 1941); had issue. |
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Lord Leopold Mountbatten | 21 May 1889 | 23 April 1922 | Suffered from haemophilia; died unmarried and without issue during a knee operation. |
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Prince Maurice of Battenberg | 3 October 1891 | 27 October 1914 | Killed in action during World War I. |
Ancestry
References
- http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26712/pages/955
- http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25436/pages/357
- http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25493/pages/3425
- ^ Dennison, M., The Last Princess, p.150
- Beatrice and her siblings were confirmed here
- Purdue. "Beatrice, Princess; Battenberg, Prince Henry of". Retrieved 8 November 2007.
- http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25495/pages/3529
- http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25503/pages/3948
- http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1886/feb/26/army-prince-henry-of-battenberg
- Dennison, M., The Last Princess, p.182-183
- http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25712/pages/3366
- http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25773/pages/223
- http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26374/pages/946
- http://www.leighrayment.com/pcouncil/pcouncil2.htm
- http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26573/pages/6625
- http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26712/pages/953
- ^ Paget, Gerald (1977), The Lineage & Ancestry of HRH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Edinburgh and London: Charles Skilton
| Honorary titles | ||
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| Preceded byThe Viscount Eversley | Governor of the Isle of Wight 1889–1896 |
Succeeded byPrincess Beatrice |
| Battenberg/Mountbatten family | ||
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| Generations are numbered by their descent from Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine and Julia, Princess of Battenberg | ||
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| 4th generation | ||
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| *Not Mountbatten or Battenberg by birth. Adopted the surname Mountbatten from his maternal line on abandoning his patrilineal Greek and Danish princely titles. | ||
- Use dmy dates from April 2012
- Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
- British Army General List officers
- British military personnel of the Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War
- Burials at St. Mildred's Church, Whippingham
- Prussian Army personnel
- Knights of the Garter
- German emigrants to the United Kingdom
- 1858 births
- 1896 deaths
- Deaths from malaria
- House of Battenberg
- Infectious disease deaths in Sierra Leone