21 APRIL 1888, Page 15

THE BATTENBERG PRINCES.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]

Srn,—Will you allow me to point out some mistakes in the article on "Rank among the Royalties " P It is there stated that the Battenberg Princes "are the sons of the late Grand Duke of Hesse by Mademoiselle von Kaucke, daughter of a Polish Minister of Finance." According to the " Almanach de Gotha," they are the sons of Prince Alexander of Hesse, youngest brother of the late and uncle of the present Grand Duke, by his marriage with Julia von Haucke, daughter of the Count von Haucke, formerly Minister of War in Poland. Prince Alexander is still living, and the Princess of Battenberg is the only wife he has had.—I am, Sir, &c.,