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Re: name change
On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 14:17:02 -0700, Roiann Baird <rmbaird@BENTLEY.UNCO.EDU>
wrote:
>Prince Philip's family surname was Battenburg/Battenberg, later
>changed to Mountbatten, wasn't it?
>
Nope, Basically the Earl Mountbatten adopted Philip who was tangentially
related to the Earl. Mountbatten's name was originally Battenberg but due
to anti-German sentiments during WW I his father changed it. At the same
time the Royal family changed their name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor.
PeterK
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