Julia, Princess of Battenberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Julia, Princess of Battenberg

German noblewoman

Date of Birth: 12-Nov-1825

Place of Birth: Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 19-Sep-1895

Profession: lady-in-waiting

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Julia, Princess of Battenberg

  • Julia, Princess of Battenberg (previously Countess Julia von Hauke; 24 November [O.S.
  • 12 November] 1825 – 19 September 1895) was the wife of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, the third son of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse.
  • The daughter of a Polish general of German descent, she was not of princely origin.
  • She became a lady-in-waiting to Marie of Hesse, wife of the future Tsar Alexander II and a sister of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, whom she married, having met him in the course of her duties.
  • The marriage of social unequals was deemed morganatic, but the Duke of Hesse gave her own title of nobility as Princess of Battenberg.
  • She was the mother of Alexander, Prince of Bulgaria, and is an ancestor of Charles, Prince of Wales, heir to the British throne, and to the current generations of the Spanish royal family.

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