Alexander George of Teck Earl of Athlone
1917: Earl of Athlone; aka: Alexander of Teck; Prince Alexander
Alice, Countess of Athlone; Lived in an apartment of Kensington Palace called,
Clock House. aka: Princess Alice of Albany
Rupert Vicount Trematon
Alexander of Carisbrooke Marquess
Cremated at Golders Green Crematorium, and had his ashes deposited in the
Battenberg Chapel at Whippingham Church, Isle of Wight. One of only seven
members of the Royal Family who have been cremated.
Orig: Prince Alexander of Battenberg
The Marchioness of Carisbrooke; Cremated at Golders Green Crematorium.
Ashes deposited in the Battenberg Chapel at Whippingham Church, Isle of
Wight. Dau of 2nd Earl of Londesborough
Their wedding in 1906 had been attended by an ominous portent when an anarchist
threw a bomb at the royal couple's coach as they were returning from the church
of San Jeronimo in Madrid to the Palacia Real. The explosion killed twelve
spectators and injured over a hundred more, and the shaken Queen stepped out of
the carriage with her shoes and the train of her dress stained with blood. The
royal show went on, however, and the Prince of Wales (the future George V)
proposed his cousins' health at the ensuing luncheon though later admitting
that "it was not easy after the emotions caused by this terrible affair". By
1930 Alfonso's reign had become discredited by its close association with the
dictatorship of General Primo de Rivers whom the king once proudly introduced
as "my Mussolini". In 1931 Alfonso was forced to agree to democratic elections
in the municipalities and to the Cortes. Early returns from the municipal
elections showed sweeping successes for republican candicates and soon crowds
were in the street demanding Alfonso's abdication. The King was obliged to
leave Spain, though prudently refusing to abdicate or renounce his rights. The
Spanish royal family scattered to different parts of Europe and America and
Alfosno and Ena separated. Though the ensuing Republic was destroyed by
Franco's Fascist rebellion in the civil war of 1936-9, the Generalissimo chose
not to restore the monarchy, but ruled in its place. King Alphonso was killed
in an automobile acident in 1941 in Portugal.
Victoria Eugenie "Ena" Queen of Spain
Princess Ena of Battenberg; Transmitted hemophillia via Victoria I, her
grandmother to her 1st and 4th sons. aka: Princes Victoria Eugenie
Prince of the Asturias, the eldest son bled to death in 1935 following a car
crash in Miami.
Francis, Duke of Teck was a morganatic scion of the Royal House of Wurttemberg.
aka: Francis, Prince and (1871) 1st Duke of Teck.
Princess Mary Adelaide of Great Britain (Fat Mary).
Edward VIII, King of England; later titled as: Duke of Windsor when he
abdicated the throne to marry Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson. Christened: Edward
Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David. Reign: 20 Jan 1936 to 11 Dec
1936. His reign was only 326 days long. Title: Edward VIII, King of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland and Emperor of India. He abdicated in favor of
his brother, the Duke of York, who became King George VI. Edward married Mrs.
Simpson in June of 1937. Because his wife was not accorded the privileges of a
royal Duchess in England, the Duke of Windsor resided abroad. In 1937 he
observed social and housing conditions in Germany and visited Adolf Hitler.
During World War II he served as a Major General in the British Expeditionary
Froce, and he was a governor of the Bahama Islands from 1940 to 1945. After
the war he lived as a private British citizen, chiefly in the United States
and France. At the funeral of George VI in Feb. 1952, he took part in a
British royal ceremony for the first time since his abdication. The Duke
wrote, "A King's Story" (1951) which was made into a film in 1967, and "Windsor
Revisited" (1960). Edward was a Freemason. Tsarevich Nicholas II and his
finance, Alix were the godparents at Edward's baptism. Seven different names
of the Duke of Windsor: 1. Prince Edward of York 2. Prince Edward of Cornwall
and York 3. Duke of Cornwall 4. Edward, Prince of Wales 5. King Edward VIII
6. Prince Edward 7. Duke of Windsor. He is famous for popularizing a fat
symmetrical knot for a necktie called the Windsor knot.
Born Bessiewallis Warfield, she later dropped the "Bessie". She became the
Duchess of Windsor. aka: Wallis Warfield; Wallis Windsor. Wallis first
married Earl Winfield Spencer Jr. in 1916; div. in 1927. Wallis next married
Ernest Simpson in 1928; div. in 1937. She then married the former King of
England, Edward VIII, after his abdication. He later became the Duke of
Windsor.
Henry George Charles LASCELLES Viscount
Viscount Lascelles; later the 6th Earl of Harewood.
Christened: Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary, but always known by her last name,
Mary. Mary was to prove the brightest of the family. Her eldest brother once
said that it was a pity she would not succeed, for "she was much cleverer than
me". In 1932 she was declared Princess Royal. The Princess Royal died
suddenly and unexpectedly in the garden of Harewood House, Yorkshire. aka:
Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood.
Henry William FREDERICK D. of Gloucester
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Historical Notes:
Title: Duke of Gloucester; Died following an affliction of the nervous system.
Christened: Henry William Frederick Albert
Alice Christabel MONTAGU-DOUGLAS Lady
Lady Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott (Dau. of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch and 9th Duke of Queensberry) and Lady Margaret Alice Bridgeman, 2d dau. of the 4th Earl of Bradford.
Prince William of Glouscester died in a plane crash in 1972. He was taking part
in the Goodyear Air Race near Wolverhampton. He was born by Caesarian section.
George Edward Alexander Duke of Kent
aka: Prince George; Christened: George Edward Alexander Edmund; Died in an air
crach in Scotland when he was serving in the RAF as an air commodore. He was
troubled by drug addiction during his youth.
Louis of Battenberg. Later, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven.
aka: Prince of Battenberg. Admiral of the Fleet
Victoria Alberta of Hesse Princess
Victoria, Marchioness of Milford Haven. Princess Victoria of Hesse and the
Rhine.