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H.R.H. 1857-1944 |
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| Vita | Index
of Royal Colonels Index of Reigns & Peerages |
| full name: | Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodora | ||
| birth: | 1857.04.14 | at Buckingham Palace, London, England | |
| father: | Prince Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel, The Prince Consort | ||
| mother: | Queen Victoria | ||
| marriage: | 1885.07.23 | Prince
Henry of Battenberg at Whippingham, Isle of Wight |
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| children: | 1886 | Prince Alexander of Battenberg (Marquess of Carisbrooke) | |
| 1887 | Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (Queen Ena of Spain) | ||
| 1889 | Prince Leopold of Battenberg | ||
| 1891 | Prince Maurice of Battenberg | ||
| death: | 1944.10.26 | at Brantridge Park, Balcombe,
Sussex (bur.: Battenberg Chapel, Whippingham Church, Isle of Wight) |
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| Titles, Orders and Awards |
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| 1857.04.14 | Princess of Great Britain and Ireland; Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; Duchess of Saxony , with the style of Her Royal Highness (H.R.H. The Princess Beatrice) | |
| 1885.07.23 | H.R.H. Princess Henry of Battenberg | |
| 1917.07.14 | relinquished all her German styles and titles (H.R.H. Princess Beatrice) | |
| British Empire/Commonwealth Orders and Awards: | ||
| 1874.01.09 | VA 1st class | |
| 1878.01.01 | CI | |
| 1885.05.24 | RRC | |
| 1904.02.10 | King Edward VII Royal Family Order, 2nd class | |
| 1911.06.03 | King George V Royal Family Order, 2nd class | |
| 1919.01.01 | GBE (civ) | |
| 1926.06.12 | GCStJ | |
| 1937.05.11 | GCVO | |
| Foreign Orders and Awards: | ||
| 1874 | Grand Cross, the Order of St Catherine (Russia) | |
| 1889.05.27 | Lady, the Order of the Noble Ladies of Queen Maria Luisa (Spain) | |
| Honorary Military Appointments |
| 1896 |  |
Captain-General and Governor of the Isle of Wight | |
| 1896 | |
Governor of Carisbroke Castle | |
| 1937.05.11 | |
Honorary Colonel, The Princess Beatrice's (Isle of Wight Rifles) Heavy Regiment, RA [on the occasion of her engagement?] | |
| Military Service |
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| Other Military Connections |
| 1885.08.22 | gave her name to 5th (Isle of Wight, Princess Beatrice's) Volunteer Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment [later Hon. Colonel] | |
| President, The League of Remembrance | ||
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