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Princess Alice of Battenberg
Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark (1885–1969)
"Princess Andrew" redirects here. For other uses, see Princess Andrew (disambiguation).
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| Born | (1885-02-25)25 February 1885 Windsor Castle, Berkshire, United Kingdom | ||
| Died | 5 December 1969(1969-12-05) (aged 84) Buckingham Palace, London, United Kingdom | ||
| Burial | 10 December 1969 St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle | ||
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| House | Battenberg | ||
| Father | Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven | ||
| Mother | Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine | ||
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Princess Alice of Battenberg (Victoria Alice Elizabeth Julia Marie; 25 February 1885 – 5 December 1969) was the mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, mother-in-law of Queen Elizabeth II, and paternal grandmother of King Charles III. After marrying Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark in 1903, she adopted the style of her husband,
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Princess Alice of Battenberg: the incredible true story of Prince Philip’s mother
She was born with congenital deafness, diagnosed with schizophrenia, committed to a sanatorium, she rescued Jews from the Nazis (despite her daughters being married to high-ranking members of the Nazi Party) and founded her own religious order of nuns. The life of Princess Alice of Battenberg is an embodiment of the old saying that truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. The mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who died on April 9 aged 99, makes her first appearance halfway through the award-winning Netflix drama The Crown and could easily be the subject for an entire series of her own.
The fourth episode of season three focuses on the inner traumas and insecurities the husband of Queen Elizabeth II harbored in his complicated relationship with his mother, who is portrayed in The Crown by English actress Jane Lapotaire. With a certain amount of creative license, the story picks up on the life of this largely unknown royal figure when she is attempting to sell a sapphire brooch in Ath
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A Righteous Princess
Following the death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, on 9 April 2021, there was much acknowledgment his extraordinary background, life, and work. But amidst these tributes, one particular aspect of Philip’s family history might have escaped public attention was the role of his mother, Princess Alice of Battenberg.
Prince Philip’s Hidden Holocaust History
Philip’s mother, Princess Alice of Battenberg, helped to shelter Jewish refugees in Athens during the Holocaust. In 1993, Yad Vashem – Israel’s national Holocaust museum – conferred the title of ‘Righteous Among the Nations’ on Princess Alice. She also became a British ‘Hero of the Holocaust’ in 2010.
Princess Alice: a life less ordinary
Princess Alice was born at Windsor Castle in 1885. A great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, Alice was born into a family of Germanic royalty. As a child, Alice was diagnosed with congenital deafness, but nonetheless learned to lip-read and speak.
In 1903, she married Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark. However, the political situation in Greece bec
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