- He died when his small fishing boat was blown up by terrorists. Two relations and a local boy also perished in the explosion.
- He was a nephew of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Until late in his life Mountbatten gave credence to the theory that it was David Lloyd George's government that had been responsible for denying the deposed emperor and his family asylum in England. However, it has now been confirmed that the government immediately offered asylum to the entire family following the Tsar's abdication, but was forced to withdraw this offer following objections from King George V.
- First Cousin of Grand Duchess Olga, Grand Duchess Tatiana, Grand Duchess Maria, Grand Duchess Anastasia, and Tsarevitch Aleksey Nikolaeyvitch Romanov.
- In childhood he visited the Imperial Court of Russia at St Petersburg and became intimate with the doomed Russian Imperial Family, harbouring romantic feelings towards his maternal first cousin Grand Duchess Marie, whose photograph he kept at his bedside for the rest of his life.
- Brother of Princess Alice of Battenberg.
- Son of Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine. Great-grandson of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
- Until World War I, many members of the British royal family had German names. To show their loyalty to the British people, they relinquished all claims on German royal titles and anglified their German names. Thus, "Battenberg" became "Mountbatten" in 1917.
- Some of his other titles include Lord Mountbatten; First Earl Mountbatten of Burma; and Viscount Mountbatten of India.
- In the early days of the Second World War, Lord Louis Mountbatten was Captain of the Royal Navy destroyer, HMS Kelly. While he was Captain, Kelly was torpedoed off Norway (May 1940), towed to Britain for repairs, then sunk as a result of German bombing off Crete, in May, 1941. Noël Coward, a friend of Mountbatten's, wrote a screenplay based on those experiences, which was subsequently made into the film In Which We Serve (1942), in partnership with David Lean.
- Represented Great Britain from March-August, 1947 as the last Viceroy of India and oversaw the granting of independence to the nations of India and Pakistan.
- Presented composer John Barry with his Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music for The Lion in Winter (1968) at the BAFTA ceremony in 1969.
- His sister, Louise, was the second wife of King Gustaf VI Adolf.
- During World War II, he became good friends with producer, screenwriter, and U.S. Naval Officer, Rear Admiral Gene Markey, USNR.
- Father of Pamela Hicks and Patricia Mountbatten. Grandfather of Norton Knatchbull, Michael John Knatchbull, and Tim Knatchbull. Great-grandfather of Kelly Knatchbull.
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