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
Princess Beatrice of Battenberg
Princess Beatrice in 1886
Born(1857-04-14)14 April 1857
Buckingham Palace, London, England
Died26 October 1944(1944-10-26) (aged 87)
Brantridge Park, Sussex, England
Burial3 November 1944
St George's Chapel, Windsor
27 August 1945
St. Mildred's Church, Whippingham
Spouse
Prince Henry of Battenberg
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(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
HouseSaxe-Coburg and Gotha (until 1917)
Windsor (from 1917)
FatherPrince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
MotherQueen Victoria
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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.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Dennison, p. 2
  2. ↑ Dennison, p. 3
  3. ↑ Quoted in Dennison, p. 3

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