Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine

Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine Victoria Mountbatten
Marchioness of Milford Haven
Portrait by Alexander Bassano, c. 1878
Born	(1863-04-05)5 April 1863 Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England
Died	24 September 1950(1950-09-24) (aged 87) Kensington Palace, London, England
Burial	28 September 1950 St Mildred's Church, Whippingham, Isle of Wight
Spouse	Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven ​ ​ (m. 1884; died 1921)​
Issue	Alice, Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark Louise, Queen of Sweden George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Names Victoria Alberta Elisabeth Mathilde Marie
House	Hesse-Darmstadt
Father	Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
Mother	Princess Alice of the United Kingdom

Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, then Princess Louis of Battenberg, later Victoria Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven (5 April 1863 – 24 September 1950), was the eldest daughter of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Born in Windsor Castle in the presence of her maternal grandmother, Princess Victoria was raised in Germany and England. Her mother died while Victoria's brother and sisters were still young, which placed her in an early position of responsibility over her siblings. Over her father's disapproval, she married his morganatic first cousin Prince Louis of Battenberg, an officer in the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. Victoria lived most of her married life in various parts of Europe at her husband's naval posts and visiting her many royal relations. She was perceived by her family as liberal in outlook, straightforward, practical and bright. The couple had four children: Alice, Louise, George, and Louis.

During World War I, Victoria and her husband abandoned their German titles and adopted the surname of Mountbatten, which was an anglicised version of the German "Battenberg". Two of her sisters—Elisabeth and Alix, who had married into the Russian imperial family—were murdered by communist revolutionaries. After World War II, her daughter Louise became queen consort of Sweden and her son Louis was appointed the last viceroy of India. She was the maternal grandmother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Queen Elizabeth II; and paternal great-grandmother of King Charles III.