Word: battenberg
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...Jaime Borbón y Battenberg, 55, twice-married oldest living son of Alfonso XIII and uncle of Juan Carlos, who looks every inch a king but once renounced his right of succession because he is a deaf-mute. Last week Don Jaime rescinded his renunciation and laid claim to the throne as head of the house of Borb...
...passed the gene to one son, two daughters: Leopold, who died at 31, was grandfather of Lord Trematon, who died at 21; Alice, who married Prince Louis of Hesse, had one hemophilic son who died at three, and two carrier daughters; Beatrice, who married Prince Henry of Battenberg, had two affected sons and a carrier daughter. Alice's elder carrier daughter Irene married Prince Henry of Prussia; one hemophilic son, Waldemar, lived to 56, but another died at four; Alice's younger carrier daughter Alexandra married Czar Nicholas II, was murdered with him and their hemophilic...
...Reina in Spain Sir: Your interesting article on Don Juan de Borbón y Battenberg [TIME, June 22] describes Alfonso XIII's English widow, Queen Victoria Eugenia, as the "last surviving granddaughter of Britain's Queen Victoria." There are at least two other granddaughters of Britain's Queen Victoria still very much alive-namely: Lady Patricia Ramsay (daughter of Victoria's third son Arthur, Duke of Connaught) and Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (daughter of Victoria's fourth son Leopold, Duke of Albany...
Patient Stoic. The man with the best chance and with most at stake in the outcome is a 6-ft. 3-in. blueblood who has not lived in Spain for 31 years. He is Don Juan de Borbon y Battenberg, 49, Count of Barcelona and Pretender to the Spanish throne, which he and his monarchist supporters are certain will be restored when Franco goes. Until that happens, he can only wait restlessly in self-imposed exile at Estoril, Portugal's glittering resort, or take the handsome yacht Saltillo for endless cruises in the Mediterranean-an embodiment of his country...
Miss Bartholet, who teaches Social Studies, was nominated by John W. Windhorst, Jr. '62 of Dunster House and Minneapolis, Minn. Mr. Battenberg, who teaches German, was nominated by William M. Tucker '62 of Kirkland House and Clayton, Mo. Rodney H. Merrill '62 of Lowell House and Idaho Falls, Idaho, nominated Miss Neuber, a History teacher; and Robert W. Bennett '62 of Eliot House and Chicago nominated Mrs. Shull, who teachers Mathematics...