Beatrice of the United Kingdom

Princess Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore of the United Kingdom

Daughter of Albert, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1819-1861) and Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)

Born: Buckingham Palace, London 14. Apr 1857

Christened: Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace 16. Jun 1857

Godparents:

• The Duchess of Kent (botn Victoria, Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, her maternal grandmother)

• Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (her sister)

• Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Prussia (later Friedrich III. German Emperor, Princess Victoria’s fiancé)

Married: Saint Mildred’s Church, Whippingham near Osborne, Isle of Wight 23. Jul 1885 Heinrich, Prinz von Battenberg (1858-1896), morganatic son of Alexander, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine (1823-1888) and his wife Julia Gräfin Hauke (1825-1895)

Issue:

• Alexander Mountbatten, Marquess of Carisbrooke (1886-1960) m. 1917 Irene Denison (1890-1956)

• Victoria Eugénie, Princess of Battenberg (1887-1969) m. 1906 Alfonso XIII. King of Spain (1886-1941)

• Lord Leopold Mountbatten (1889-1922)

• Maurice, Prince of Battenberg (1891-1914)

Died: Brantridge Park, Sussex 26. Oct 1944

Buried: St. George’s Chapel Windsor. In 1945 her remains were transferred and placed alongside her husband in St. Mildred’s Church, Whippingham.

   

   

Source:  Alison Weir: “Britain’s Royal Families”, Vintage Books 2008; Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. III/1, 1983, Verlag J. A. Stargaardt; for christening see Yvonne Demoskoff: Yvonne’s Royalty Home Page http://users.uniserve.com/~canyon/index.htm