| Prince Francis Joseph of Battenberg | |
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| Born | 24 September 1861 Padua, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 31 July 1924 (aged 62) Territet (near Montreux), Switzerland |
| Spouse | Princess Anna of Montenegro (m. 1897) |
| House | Battenberg |
| Father | Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine |
| Mother | Countess Julia Hauke |
Prince Francis Joseph of Battenberg, also known as Prince Franz Joseph of Battenberg, GCVO, KCB, (24 September 1861 – 31 July 1924), was the fourth and youngest son and child of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine and Countess Julia von Hauke.
Biography
At one time, he was considered for the throne of Bulgaria, which eventually went to his brother Alexander.[1] Francis Joseph nevertheless followed his brother to Bulgaria, where he served as a colonel in the Bulgarian cavalry.[2] In 1891 he published an academic study on Bulgarian economic history, which he dedicated to his brother.[3]
At a family reunion in London in 1894 Franz Joseph met Consuelo Vanderbilt, the daughter of an extremely wealthy American railway tycoon William Kissam Vanderbilt. He made a marriage proposal to Consuelo, but she disliked him and turned him down.[1][4]
In 1897 he married Princess Ana Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro (1874–1971), daughter of King Nicholas I of Montenegro. They had no children.
Honours
Grand Duchy of Hesse: Grand Cross of Philip the Magnanimous, 18 August 1878[5]
United Kingdom:[6] - Honorary Knight Commander of the Bath (civil division), 6 February 1896
- Honorary Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, 26 April 1897
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Kingdom of Italy: Knight of the Annunciation, 29 November 1904[7]
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Notes
- ^ a b Stuart, Amanda Mackenzie, Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt: The Story of a Daughter and Mother in the Gilded Age, Harper Perennial, 2005, p. 101
- ^ "Royal Wedding At Cettinje; Francis Joseph of Battenberg United to Princess Anna of Montenegro" (PDF), The New York Times, Cettinje, 19 May 1897
- ^ von Battenberg, Franz Joseph (1891). Die volkswirthschaftliche Entwicklung Bulgariens von 1879 bis zur Gegenwart. Leipzig: Veit.
- ^ Stasz, Clarice (1999). The Vanderbilt Women: Dynasty of Wealth, Glamour, and Tragedy. Lincoln, NE: toExcel Press. p. 118. ISBN 1-58348-727-1. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogs Hessen (1879), "Großherzogliche Orden und Ehrenzeichen" p. 46
- ^ Shaw, Wm. A. (1906) The Knights of England, I, London, pp. 294, 423
- ^ Italy. Ministero dell'interno (1920). Calendario generale del regno d'Italia. p. 57.
External links
- Works by or about Prince Francis Joseph of Battenberg in libraries (WorldCat catalog)