Princess Beatrice, Prince Henry of Battenberg and family

[Eric_Lowe]

I think the Prince Consort had died around this time or shortly after...

[Eric_Lowe]

Princess Beatrice was cloaked into her mother's gloom after her father's death.

[GrandDuchessAndrea]

Princess Beatrice was cloaked into her mother's gloom after her father's death.

What do you mean by this?
That is a very sweet portrait. 

[Eric_Lowe]

The portrait is pretty, but you see her holding an image of her father. He would soon disappear from her life and she would be alone with her mother while her siblings flee the nest...

[Carolath Habsburg]

Henry



 

[Carolath Habsburg]

Maurice



 

[Marc]

One question:

Who would be given precedence in neutral royal country(Sweden,Netherlands...) after 1917...to members who were senior but changed their titles(Mountbatten clan) or to junior memebrs(still Battenbergs) who were still HSH?

[Kalafrana]

I would have thought precedence would be given to those who remained Battenberg, as the Mountbattens renounced their German styles and became part of the British peerage.

Were there any Battenbergs post-1917 - that is, did Alexander and Franz Josef of Battenberg have any issue?

Ann

[CHRISinUSA]

The lines of the elder 2 sons (Louis and Henry) renounced their Batternburg titles in 1917 and assumed British peerages.

Franz Josef of Battenberg died childless in 1924.

Alexander Joseph of Battenberg GCB was chosen to become the first prince (knyaz) of modern Bulgaria, reigning from 29 April 1879 to his exile in 7 September 1886.  In exile, he later married an actress and assumed the style Count von Hartenau (6 February 1889).   There were 2 children from this marriage, neither of whom bore the Battenberg title.

[Marc]

Only Franz Josef and his wife Anna remaind Battenbergs,but this question doesn't refer to Anna because she was HRH and would always outrank any Battenberg...so,I thought would Franz Josef outrank any of his family in case of meeting in other monarchy after 1917?

[CHRISinUSA]

It would appear you are correct - after 1917, only Franz Josef remained HSH and a Prince of Battenburg, so technically he would outrank his elder brothers who no longer bore a royal, serene or regular highness rank but were instead British peers.

Incidentally, Ana was the last living person to use the title Battenburg until her own death, although as you pointed out, she was a HRH due to being the daughter of the King of Montenegro. 

[GrandDuchessIzabella]

Hi, I really need photos of Beatrice and her husband and/or children. Does anyone have any?
Thanks so much, GDI

[GrandDuchessIzabella]

Found this on ebay:
http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g401/PieceOfLivingHistory/CFb6EbBGkKGrHqNlsE1F4rmISBNVEOcc4KQ0_3.jpg
labeled as Beatrice. I can see some resemblance, but is it really her?
Also:
http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g401/PieceOfLivingHistory/cdv-289.jpg
http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g401/PieceOfLivingHistory/Windsors/BEATRICE23.jpg
I thought some of you may not have seen this, but if you have, don't worry. The second my Dad took at Osborne House, the Swiss cottage.

[Carolath Habsburg]

The first one is on the LOC wrong labelled, since that lady, obviously, it isnt Beatrice. Funny there are people making money of the LOC free images (sighs)

[grandduchessella]

At least they are free of copyright, unlike some of the reprinted images routinely sold on ebay. It would just be better if the sellers noted they are from LOC. Also, the LOC routinely mislabels photos--especially royal ones. Maybe because we're a republic.