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minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoYes but Mountbatten is anglicization of Battenburg, not Glücksburg. All those branches are intertwined, of course.
minus-squarehakunawazo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months ago* Battenberg Berg = mountain Burg = castle
minus-squareeinkorn@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoWe are both right, though I didn’t express it correctly. Prince Phillip adopted the name Mountbatten, which is English for Battenburg, but he is of the House of Glücksburg.
Yes but Mountbatten is anglicization of Battenburg, not Glücksburg. All those branches are intertwined, of course.
* Battenberg
Berg = mountain
Burg = castle
We are both right, though I didn’t express it correctly.
Prince Phillip adopted the name Mountbatten, which is English for Battenburg, but he is of the House of Glücksburg.