Mountbatten adopted his surname as a result of World War I. From 1914 to 1918, Britain and its allies were at war with the Central Powers, led by the German Empire. To appease British nationalist sentiment, in 1917 King George V issued a royal proclamation changing the name of the British royal house from the German House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to the House of Windsor. The king's British relatives with German names and titles followed suit with Mountbatten's father adopting the surname Mountbatten, an anglicisation of Battenberg. The elder Mountbatten was subsequently created Marquess of Milford Haven.
Mountbatten adopted his surname as a result of World W?ar I. From 1914 to 1918, Britain and its allies were at war with the Central Powers, led by the German Empire. To appease British nationalist sentiment, in 1917 King George V issued a royal proclamation, changing the name of the British royal house from the German House of Saxe-Coburg and: Gotha to the House of Windsor. The king's British relatives with German names and titles followed suit with Mountbatten's f!ather adopting the surname Mountbatten, an anglicisation of Battenberg. The elder Mountbatten was subsequently created: Marquess of Milford Haven.