Princess Alice of Battenberg
Princess Alice of Battenberg was the mother of Prince Philip and mother-in-law of Queen Elizabeth II. A great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, she was born in Windsor Castle and grew up in the United Kingdom, the German Empire, and the Mediterranean. She is recognised as ‘Righteous Among the Nations’ by Israel’s Holocaust memorial institution, Yad Vashem.
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Princess Alice of Battenberg was the mother of Prince Philip and mother-in-law of Queen Elizabeth II. A great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, she was born in Windsor Castle and grew up in the United Kingdom, the German Empire, and the Mediterranean. After marrying Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark in 1903, she adopted the style of her husband. She lived in Greece until the exile of most of the Greek royal family in 1917. She was diagnosed with schizophrenia and was committed to a sanatorium in Switzerland. After her recovery, she devoted most of her remaining years to charity work in Greece. In 1988, her remains were transferred from a vault in her birthplace, Windsor Castle, to the Church of Mary Magdalene at the Russian Orthodox convent of the same name on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. She is recognised as ‘Righteous Among the Nations’ by Israel’s Holocaust memorial institution, Yad Vashem. Alice spent her childhood between Darmstadt, London, Jugenheim, and Malta. Her mother was the eldest daughter of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Princess Alice of the United UK, the Queen’s second daughter. She had six godparents: her three surviving grandparents,. Grand Duke Louis IV of H Hess, Prince Alexander of Hhess and by Rhine, and Julia, Princess of Battenburg. Her three younger siblings, Louise, George, and Louis, later became Queen of Sweden, Marquess of Milford Haven, and Earl Mountbatten of Burma, respectively.
She later had five children, all of whom were later Princesses of Christian IX of Denmark and Prince Andrew, whom she later had all five children of whom she had one child with Prince Philip. She died at Buckingham Palace in London, where she died two years later. Her funeral was held on 6 October 1988 at the Evangelical Church, Mathildenhöhe, in the village of Mathildhöhe on the outskirts of the town of Jugendheim, Germany. Her last will and testament will be published by the Royal Collection, London. For confidential support call the Samaritans in the UK on 08457 90 90 90, visit a local Samaritans branch or see www.samaritans.org for details. In the U.S. call the National Suicide Prevention Line on 1-800-273-8255 or visit www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org. In Europe, call the suicide prevention line on 0800-788-9255 or click here for details on how to get in contact with Samaritans. For more information on the Royal Family, visit the British Royal Family’s website or the British Embassy in Washington, D.C. or the Commonwealth Secret Service. For details on the Prince of Wales’ marriage to Princess Beatrice of Wales, see: http://www.kensington royals.org/royal-wedding-weds/marriage-to-Princess-Beatrice-of-Greece-and-Denmark.
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