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On This Day In Royal History . 24 May 1854 . Prince Louis of Battenberg was born . Louis was born as Ludwig Alexander von Battenberg in Graz, Styria, the eldest son of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine by his morganatic marriage to Countess Julia von Hauke. . ◼ Although born in Austria, & brought up in Italy & Germany, he enrolled in the United Kingdom's Royal Navy at the age of fourteen. Queen Victoria & her son King Edward VII, when Prince of Wales, occasionally intervened in his career: the Queen thought that there was “a belief that the Admiralty are afraid of promoting Officers who are Princes on account of the radical attacks of low papers & scurrilous ones”. However, Louis welcomed assignments that provided opportunities for him to acquire the skills of war & to demonstrate to his superiors that he was serious about his naval career. . ◼ Posts on royal yachts & tours arranged by the Queen & Edward actually impeded his progress, as his promotions were perceived as undeserved royal favours. .. ◼ After a naval career lasting more than forty years, in 1912 he was appointed First Sea Lord, the professional head of the British naval service. With World War I looming, he took steps to ready the British fleet for combat, but his background as a German prince forced his retirement once the war began, when anti-German sentiment was running high. He changed his name & relinquished his German titles, at the behest of King George V, in 1917. .. ◼ He married a granddaughter of Queen Victoria, & was the father of Queen Louise of Sweden & Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, who also served as First Sea Lord from 1954 to 1959. . ◼ He is the maternal grandfather of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Queen Elizabeth II. . . . #Onthisdayinhistory #Thisdayinhistory #theyear1854 #d24may #OnThisDay #PrinceLouis #LouisofBattenberg #History #AdmiraloftheFleet #RoyalNavy #BritishMonarchy #RoyalHistory #Prince #historians #Navy #Otd #bornonthisday #dreadnaught #royals #RoyalFamily #Vintagephoto #vintagephotography #RoyalCollection #Mountbatten #Historyfacts (at Graz, Austria) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAlEFaZD90i/?igshid=oez67gn10pk7

[thebritishmonarchycouk]

On This Day In History . 24 May 1854 . Prince Louis of Battenberg was born . Louis was born as Ludwig Alexander von Battenberg in Graz, Styria, the eldest son of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine by his morganatic marriage to Countess Julia von Hauke. . ◼ Although born in Austria, & brought up in Italy & Germany, he enrolled in the United Kingdom's Royal Navy at the age of fourteen. Queen Victoria & her son King Edward VII, when Prince of Wales, occasionally intervened in his career: the Queen thought that there was "a belief that the Admiralty are afraid of promoting Officers who are Princes on account of the radical attacks of low papers & scurrilous ones". However, Louis welcomed assignments that provided opportunities for him to acquire the skills of war & to demonstrate to his superiors that he was serious about his naval career. . ◼ Posts on royal yachts & tours arranged by the Queen & Edward actually impeded his progress, as his promotions were perceived as undeserved royal favours. .. ◼ After a naval career lasting more than forty years, in 1912 he was appointed First Sea Lord, the professional head of the British naval service. With World War I looming, he took steps to ready the British fleet for combat, but his background as a German prince forced his retirement once the war began, when anti-German sentiment was running high. He changed his name & relinquished his German titles, at the behest of King George V, in 1917. .. ◼ He married a granddaughter of Queen Victoria, & was the father of Queen Louise of Sweden & Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, who also served as First Sea Lord from 1954 to 1959. . ◼ He is the maternal grandfather of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Queen Elizabeth II. . . . #Onthisdayinhistory #Thisdayinhistory #theyear1854 #d24may #OnThisDay #PrinceLouis #LouisofBattenberg #History #AdmiraloftheFleet #RoyalNavy #BritishMonarchy #RoyalHistory #Prince #historians #Navy #dreadnaught #royals #RoyalFamily #Vintagephoto #vintagephotography #RoyalCollection #Mountbatten #Historyfacts (at Graz, Austria) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx2DtFhF6Uz/?igshid=qr87johhqru8