The Hesse and Battenberg families at Osborne

A Royal group at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, to celebrate the marriage of Princess Beatrice to Prince Henry of Battenberg in 1885. Back row from left: Marie of Battenberg, Prince Gustav of Erbach-Schonberg; Prince Alexander of Battenberg; Prince Alexander of Hesse-Darmstadt (their father); Prince Henry of Battenberg; Prince Gustav of Erbach-Schonberg; Princess Beatrice; Prince Franz Josef of Battenberg (partly hidden); Grand Duke Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt; Prince Louis of Battenberg. In front are: Princesses Irene of and Alix of Hesse-Darmstadt, the younger daughters of Princess Alice who were to be Princess Beatrice's bridesmaids; Julie, Princess of Battenberg; Ernst Ludwig of Hesse-Darmstadt and his sister Victoria, Princess Louis of Battenberg (grandmother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh) with her daughter, Alice

Alix Battenberg Beatrice Bridesmaids Darmstadt Erbach Grandmother Hesse Hidden Osborne Partly Princesses Schonberg Wight

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