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minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoYes but Mountbatten is anglicization of Battenburg, not Glücksburg. All those branches are intertwined, of course.
minus-squareeinkorn@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days 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.
minus-squarehakunawazo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-27 days ago* Battenberg Berg = mountain Burg = castle
Yes but Mountbatten is anglicization of Battenburg, not Glücksburg. All those branches are intertwined, of course.
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.
* Battenberg
Berg = mountain
Burg = castle