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On This Day In History . 24 October 1887 . Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg was born . . Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg was Queen of Spain as the wife of King Alfonso XIII. . ◼ She was born on 24 October 1887 at Balmoral Castle, in Scotland. Her father was Prince Henry of Battenberg, the fourth child & third son of Prince Alexander of Hesse & by Rhine by his morganatic wife Countess Julia Hauke, & her mother was Princess Beatrice, the fifth daughter & youngest child of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom & Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha . ◼ As Prince Henry was the product of a morganatic marriage, he took his style of Prince of Battenberg from his mother, who had been created Princess of Battenberg in her own right. As such, Henry's children would normally have been born with the style "Serene Highness"; however, Queen Victoria had issued a Royal Warrant on 4 December 1886 granting the higher style of "Highness" to all sons & daughters of Prince Henry & Princess Beatrice, thus she was born Her Highness Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg. . ◼ She was named for her grandmother Victoria & for her godmother Eugénie de Montijo, the Spanish-born French empress who lived in exile in the United Kingdom. To her family, & the British general public, she was known by the last of her names, as Ena. . READ THE FULL BIOGRAPHY AT: https://www.thebritishmonarchy.co.uk/blog/otd-24-october . . . #onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #d24oct #Theyear1887 #victoriaeugenieofbattenberg #QueenofSpain #History #RoyalFamily #Heritage #historyfacts #instahistory #balmoral #Houseofsaxecoburgandgotha #royalty #Britishmonarchy #Thebritishmonarchy (at Balmoral Castle) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpVMSauFCqs/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=15o2orblziptc