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To: joshua c

Lord Mountbatten was Philip’s uncle. The family name was originally Battenberg. “Berg” is German for “mountain,” so they de-Germanized it by changing “Battenberg” to “Mountbatten”.


111 posted on 09/08/2022 11:48:20 AM PDT by Campion (Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
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To: Campion

yeah WWI was a dicey time for monarchs and German sounding names


131 posted on 09/08/2022 12:01:15 PM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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