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BATTENBERG , the name of a See also:family of See also:German See also:counts which died out about 1314, whose seat was the, See also:castle of Kellerburg, near Battenberg, a small See also:place now in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Hesse-See also:Nassau. The See also:title was revived in 1851, when See also:Alexander (1823-1888), a younger son of See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis II., See also:grand-See also:duke of Hesse, contracted a morganatic See also:marriage with a See also:Polish See also:lady, Countess Julia See also:Theresa von Haucke (1825-1895), who was then created countess of Battenberg. Raised to the See also:rank of a princess in 1858, the countess and her See also:children were allowed to See also:style themselves princes and princesses of Battenberg, with the addition of Durchlaucht or Serene See also:Highness. The eldest son of this See also:union, Louis Alexander (b. 1854), married in 1884 See also:Victoria, daughter of Louis IV., grand-duke of Hesse, and became an See also:admiral in the See also:British See also:navy. The second son, Alexander See also:Joseph (q.v.), was See also:prince of See also:Bulgaria from 1879 to 1886. The third son, See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Maurice, was See also:born in 1858, and married op the 23rd of See also:July 1885 See also:Beatrice, youngest daughter of Victoria, See also:queen of See also:England. He died at See also:sea on the aoth of See also:January 1896 when returning from active service with the British troops during the See also:Ashanti See also:War, and See also:left three sons and a daughter, Victoria See also:Eugenie, who was married in.i906 to See also:Alphonso XIII., See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Spain. The See also:fourth son, See also:Francis Joseph, born in 186r, married in 1897 See also:Anna, daughter of See also:Nicholas I., prince of See also:Montenegro, and is the author of , See also:Die volkswirtschaftliche Entwickelung Bulgariens von 1879 bis zur Gegenwart (See also:Leipzig, 1891). The only daughter of the princess of Battenberg, See also:Marie See also:Caroline, born in 1852, was married in 1871 to Gustavus Ernest, prince and See also:count of See also:Erbach-Schonberg.
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