Brief Life History of Alice
When Princess Alice of Battenberg was born on 25 February 1885, in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Prince Ludwig Alexander von Battenberg. Marquess of Milford Haven, was 30 and her mother, Princess Victoria Alberta Elisabeth Mathilde Marie von Hesse-Darmstadt, was 21. She married Prince Andreas Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg on 6 October 1903, in Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in New Windsor, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1901. She died on 5 December 1969, in Buckingham Palace, London, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 84, and was buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Alice Battenberg in household of Louis Battenberg, "England and Wales Census, 1901"
- Legacy NFS Source: (Victoria) Alice Elisabeth Julie Mountbatten - Published information: birth-name: Alice Battenberg, Princess of Greece & Denmark
- Alice of Battenberg, "Find A Grave Index"
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1888 · The Whitehall Mystery
The Whitehall Mystery has some ties to Jack the Ripper, the victim was female and had been dismembered. The arms were found first; the headless torso to which they belonged was found a month later. The rest of the body was never discovered and the mystery was never solved.
1890
Young William (Wilhelm) II dismisses Bismarck.
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
German: possibly a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman, from orfe, a species of freshwater fish. Alternatively, a habitational name from Urff near Kassel, formerly Orpha.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Princess Alice of Battenberg, later Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark (Victoria Alice Elizabeth Julia Marie; 25 February 1885 – 5 December 1969), was the mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh …
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