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Personal data Ludwig Alexander von Battenberg 


Household of Ludwig Alexander von Battenberg

He is married to Viktoria Alberta von Hessen-Darmstadt.

They got married on April 30, 1884 at Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany, he was 29 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Alice Mountbatten  1885-1969 
  3. George Mountbatten  1892-1938 


Notes about Ludwig Alexander von Battenberg

     The Prince was also the Earl of Medina, the Viscount Alderney, and
the First Marquis of Milford Haven.  Prior to the First World War he also served as Admiral of the British Fleet.  His name at birth was Ludwig, but many genealogists changed this to Louis.  He was forced to resign from the Navy in the wave of anti-german sentiment that swept Britain during the first war.

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Birthday May 24, 1854

  • The temperature on May 24, 1854 was about 15.9 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In the year 1854: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • March 24 » President José Gregorio Monagas abolishes slavery in Venezuela.
    • March 31 » Commodore Matthew Perry signs the Convention of Kanagawa with the Tokugawa Shogunate, opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade.
    • May 30 » The Kansas–Nebraska Act becomes law establishing the US territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
    • August 4 » The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships.
    • September 20 » Crimean War: British and French troops defeat Russians at the Battle of Alma.
    • October 21 » Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses are sent to the Crimean War.

Day of marriage April 30, 1884

  • The temperature on April 30, 1884 was about 12.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 27 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
    • April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
    • May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
    • May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
    • July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
    • December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.

Day of death September 11, 1921

  • The temperature on September 11, 1921 was between 9.8 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
    • March 1 » Following mass protests in Petrograd demanding greater freedom in the RSFSR, the Kronstadt rebellion began, with sailors and citizens taking up arms against the Bolsheviks.
    • March 15 » Talaat Pasha, former Grand Vizir of the Ottoman Empire and chief architect of the Armenian Genocide is assassinated in Berlin by a 23-year-old Armenian, Soghomon Tehlirian.
    • March 18 » The Kronstadt rebellion is suppressed by the Red Army.
    • March 24 » The 1921 Women's Olympiad begins in Monte Carlo, first international women's sports event.
    • June 12 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky orders the use of chemical weapons against the Tambov Rebellion, bringing an end to the peasant uprising.
    • June 30 » U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft as Chief Justice of the United States.


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