1st Marquess of Milford Haven

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The 1st Marquess of Milford Haven was Prince Louis of Battenberg, a German-born British naval officer who became First Sea Lord and the anglicized head of the Battenberg/Mountbatten family during World War I.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British peer
Royal Navy officer
human
member of the House of Battenberg
anglicizedFamilyName Mountbatten
birthCountry Austrian Empire
birthDate 1854-05-24
birthPlace Graz
burialPlace St Mildred's Church, Whippingham, Isle of Wight
child George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Princess Alice of Battenberg
Princess Louise of Battenberg
countryOfCitizenship Hesse
United Kingdom
createdPeerageTitle Marquess of Milford Haven in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
dateOfCreationOfTitle 1917
deathCountry United Kingdom
deathDate 1921-09-11
deathPlace London
linked to: London, England
ethnicOrigin German
father Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine
fullName Louis Alexander Mountbatten
Prince Louis of Battenberg
givenName Louis
grandfatherOf Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
honour Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
militaryBranch Royal Navy
militaryRank Admiral of the Fleet
monarchDuringOffice George V
mother Countess Julia von Hauke
nobleTitle Earl of Medina
Marquess of Milford Haven
Viscount Alderney
notableEvent resigned as First Sea Lord during World War I amid anti-German sentiment
originalFamilyName Battenberg
linked to: House of Battenberg
positionHeld Chief of the Naval War Staff
Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet
Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet
First Sea Lord
Second Sea Lord
reasonForNameChange anglicization of Battenberg to Mountbatten during World War I
relatedTo British royal family
religion Lutheranism
spouse Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
warParticipatedIn World War I

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Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine spouseTitle 1st Marquess of Milford Haven
House of Battenberg producedTitleHolder Marquess of Milford Haven
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Prince Louis of Battenberg nobleTitle Marquess of Milford Haven
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Mountbatten family hasTitle Marquess of Milford Haven
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Prince Louis of Battenberg laterKnownAs Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven
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Mountbatten family hasTitle Marquess of Milford Haven
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Marchioness of Milford Haven maleEquivalentTitle Marquess of Milford Haven
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Marchioness of Milford Haven linkedTitle Marquess of Milford Haven
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George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven titleCreatedForFamily Marquess of Milford Haven
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1st Marquess of Milford Haven nobleTitle Marquess of Milford Haven
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1st Marquess of Milford Haven createdPeerageTitle Marquess of Milford Haven in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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Battenberg–Mountbatten line hasTitleAssociated Marquess of Milford Haven
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