From the Montenegrin thread:
(courtesy of Prince Christopher):
On their marriage: In 1896, while Queen Victoria was on her annual spring holiday to the French Riviera, she was accompanied by Louis, Victoria, Alice, the recently widowed Beatrice and her 4 children. "One afternoon the royal party went to La Turbie with [Franz of Battenberg] and Princess Anna of Montenegro. While most of them went to a booth containing a "camera obscura", Franzjos and Anna slipped away from the main party. Soon afterwards, at breakfast, Louis announced their engagement and presently Anna's wily father, Prince Nikola, arrived to charm Queen Victoria."
On their exile: Up until the war, Prince Franz Josef of Battenberg, who was scholastically inclined, and his wife Anna spent some time at Prinz Emils Garten. "But at the outbreak, they were outside Germany and Ernie advised them not to return. Later Ernie gave Franzjos permission to come back, but he decided not to. When Italy joined the war, he and Anna found themselves permanent exiles. They settled in Switzerland, where he pursued academic studies. They had never been prosperous, and now their fortunes went into sharp decline. By August 1916, Franzjos was described as "awfully badly off."
Also from Vickers:
On later finances: Franz Josef died in 1924. "Edwina [Mountbatten], who, though she had never met him, had been sending him an allowance and continued to send money to his widow Anna until her [Edwina's] own death in 1960."
In July of 1930, Anna was living at Stein-am-Rhein, and visited Alice.
After the death of Victoria Milford-Haven, her children were concerned about the will-being of their Aunt Anna, who would only accept money from Battenbergs.
When Alice died in 1969, one of the messages came from her old Aunt Anna in her room at Territet.
Anna died at Montreux on April 22, 1971, aged 96. For many years, she was the oldest European princess.
From Gleb:
Also H.RM. King Umberto II of Italy paid the rent of the little house where his Aunt Anna lived. He was quite close to her and she had been very helpful and kind when H.R.M. Queen Elena of Italy was very hill (in fact she died) during the beginning of the fifties.
Queen Elena and her husband King Vittorio Emanuele III were great friends of Franz Josef and many photos show them all together. During the summer they paid several visits to the Savoy in the summer residences of Racconigi and San Rossore.
From gorm:
In an attempt to cover all of his bases, Nikolai married his daughter Ana off to Prince Franz-Joseph of Battenberg in 1897. Although the Prince died prematurely, Ana remained in mourning for the rest of her life.
From Danjel:
