battenberg

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von battenberg im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

Battenberg cake

A small town in Hesse, Germany

Relevante Übersetzungen

Battenberg cake

a light sponge cake which, when cut in cross section, displays a two-by-two check pattern alternately coloured pink and yellow

Battenberg cakes

plural form of Battenberg cake

Battenberg family

or Mountbatten family Family that rose to international prominence in the 19th-20th centuries. The first Battenbergs were a family of German counts that died out 1314; the title was revived in 1851. In 1917 the family members who lived in England renounced the German title of prince of Battenberg and adopted Mountbatten as a surname ("mount" being a translation of "Berg"). Prominent members of the family included Philip, duke of Edinburgh, and Louis Mountbatten

prince of Battenberg Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas

orig. Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas, prince of Battenberg born June 25, 1900, Frogmore House, Windsor, Eng. died Aug. 27, 1979, Donegal Bay, off Mullaghmore, County Sligo, Ire. British statesman and naval commander. Son of Prince Louis of Battenberg and great-grandson of Queen Victoria, he entered the Royal Navy in 1913 and became an aide to the prince of Wales in 1921. In World War II he was allied commander for Southeast Asia (1943-46) and directed the recapture of Burma. Appointed viceroy of India (1947), he administered the transfer of power from Britain to the independent nations of India and Pakistan and served as the first governor-general of India (1947-48). He became first sea lord (1955-59) and chief of the United Kingdom Defense Staff (1959-65). In 1979, while on a sailing visit to Ireland, he was assassinated by Irish terrorists who planted a bomb on his boat

Türkische aussprache

bätınbırg

Aussprache

/ˈbatənˌbərg/ /ˈbætənˌbɜrɡ/