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29 de sept. de 2019 · September 29, 2019September 30, 2019 londonlifewithliz. The lives and loves of the Mountbattens, by their new biographer. The tale of Louis “Dickie” Mountbatten and Edwina Mountbatten is, the historian Andrew Lownie told us at Chiswick Book Festival, the tale of a very unusual, and “very English”, marriage. A tale of two distinguished ...
Louis Mountbatten, also known as 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, entered the world at Frogmore House in Berkshire, England, on June 25, 1900. He was the youngest son of Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse and By Rhine. Through his parentage, Mountbatten enjoyed connections to the royal families of Germany, England, and Russia.
Seu pai era First Sea Lord durante a explosão da Primeira Guerra Mundial, mas o predominante e extremo sentimento antigermânico o obrigaram a renunciar. Em 1917, quando a família real aboliu o uso de nomes e títulos germânicos, o príncipe Louis de Battenberg (seu pai) passou a se chamar Louis Mountbatten, 1.º Marquês de Milford Haven.
Louis and Victoria: The Family History of the Mountbattens. Segunda edición. Londres: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. ISBN 0297784706. Hurd, Archibald; Van der Kiste, John (2004). «Mountbatten, Louis Alexander, first marquess of Milford Haven [formerly Prince Louis of Battenberg] (1854–1921)».
15 de nov. de 2020 · Lord Louis Mountbatten was killed by members of the IRA during the period of conflict known as The Troubles, and his 1979 death sent shockwaves through the U.K. He was a leader during World War II, and served as both India's last viceroy and first governor-general. Mountbatten was praised for his military leadership and skills of diplomacy.
Finally, in 1959, he became chief of the defence staff, then in 1965 he retired from the navy. On 27 August 1979, Mountbatten was murdered when IRA terrorists blew up his boat off the coast of ...
10 de dic. de 2020 · The Duke of Cambridge named his son, Louis, after Lord Mountbatten. When he was 22, Mountbatten married Edwina Cynthia Annette Ashley, an heiress and socialite with whom he had two daughters, ...
