Nadejda Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven

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Nadejda Mikhailovna Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven (March 28, 1896 - January 22, 1963) was the second daughter of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich Romanov and his morganatic wife Countess Sophia von Merenberg, Countess de Torby. She was a younger sister of Anastasia de Torby.

Her paternal grandparents were Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievich of Russia and Princess Cecily Von Baden. Michael was the seventh and last child of Nicholas I of Russia and Charlotte of Prussia. Her mother was a granddaughter of Aleksandr Pushkin, who in turn was a great-grandson of Peter the Great's African protégé, Abram Petrovich Gannibal.

Nicknamed "Nada," she married Prince George of Battenberg, later the 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven, in London, England, on November 15, 1916. They had two children:

1. Lady Tatiana Elizabeth Mountbatten (December 16, 1917 - May 15, 1988), who died unmarried.
2. David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven (May 12, 1919 - April 14, 1970) who is father of the present Marquess.

Lady Milford Haven died in Cannes, France, in 1963.

[edit] Styles from birth to death

• Countess Nadejda de Torby (1896-1916)
• Her Serene Highness Princess George of Battenberg (1916-1917)
• Mrs. George Mountbatten (1917-1917)
• Countess of Medina (1917-1921)
• The Most Hon. The Marchioness of Milford Haven (1917-1950)
• The Most Hon. The Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven (1950-1963)

[edit] See also

Morganatic branches of the Russian Imperial Family

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