They live in a cave found deep in the mountains near Battenberg.
eligible to be titled Princes of Hesse and were given the less exalted Battenberg title.
Lord Mountbatten was
born as His Serene Highness Prince Louis of Battenberg, although his German styles and titles were dropped in 1917.
In 1917, when the Royal Family stopped
using their German names and titles, Prince Louis of Battenberg became Louis Mountbatten,
and was created Marquess of Milford Haven.
From 1954 to 1959, Mountbatten was First Sea Lord, a position that had been held by his father, Prince Louis of Battenberg, some forty years earlier.
In June 1917, when the royal family stopped using
their German names and titles and adopted the more British-sounding"Windsor", Prince Louis of Battenberg became Louis Mountbatten,
and was created Marquess of Milford Haven.
Mountbatten's paternal grandparents' marriage was morganatic because his grandmother was not of royal lineage; as a result, he and his father were styled"Serene Highness" rather than"Grand Ducal Highness", were not
eligible to be titled Princes of Hesse and were given the less exalted Battenberg title.
Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC, FRS(
born Prince Louis of Battenberg; 25 June 1900-
27 August 1979) was a British Royal Navy officer and statesman, an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and second cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II.