Nadejda Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven
Nadja Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven ( born Nadja Mikhailovna de Torby, born March 28, 1896 in London, † January 22, 1963 in Cannes ) was a member of the house of Romanov -Holstein -Gottorp. After her marriage she was a member of the British Royal Family.
Life
Nadja was the second daughter of the Russian Grand Duke Mikhail Mikhailovich Romanov (1861-1929), second son of Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich Romanov (1832-1909) and his wife Princess Cecilia of Baden ( 1839-1891 ). Her mother was the Countess Sophie of Merenberg (1868-1927), daughter of Prince Nicholas of Nassau and Natalie Alexandrovna Puschkina. Through the latter, her mother, she was the great-granddaughter of the Russian national poet Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin and a descendant of the African prince Abraham Petrovich Hannibal. Since her father entered into a so-called morganatic marriage, he drew the displeasure of his cousin ( second degree ) Tsar Nicholas II and was exiled to the country. Your mother he gave the title of Countess de Torby, as well as their children.
On November 15, 1916 married Nada, as it was called in the family, in London, Prince George of Battenberg ( 1892-1938 ), eldest son of Prince Louis Alexander of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse- Darmstadt. A year later anglicized their family changed its name to Mountbatten. From this marriage two children were born:
- Tatiana Elizabeth (1917-1988), unmarried
- David Michael (1919-1970)
When custody battle between Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt (1904-1965) and their sister Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875-1942), was known Gloria's lifestyle and changing liaisons, including a lesbian relationship with Lady Mountbatten Nadja. The relationship was the focus of a much-publicized court dispute in the United States.
Title and honors
Worth mentioning
- Lady Nadja was the aunt and godmother of Prince Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II