Lord Ivar Mountbatten

Lord Ivar Mountbatten
DL
Lord Ivar Mountbatten DL
Born	Ivar Alexander Michael Mountbatten; 9 March 1963 (age 61); London, England
Education	Gordonstoun School
Alma mater	Middlebury College
Spouse	Penelope Thompson ; (m. 1994; div. 2011)
Children	Ella Mountbatten ; Alexandra Mountbatten ; Louise Mountbatten
Parent(s)	David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven ; Janet Mercedes Bryce

Lord Ivar Alexander Michael Mountbatten, DL (born 9 March 1963) is the younger son of the 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven and Janet Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven (formerly Janet Bryce). He is the younger brother of the 4th Marquess of Milford Haven, and a direct descendant of Catherine the Great^[1] and Alexander Pushkin.^[2]

Born in London, Lord Ivar was educated at Gordonstoun School and graduated from Middlebury College, Vermont with a B.A. degree.^[3]

Lord Ivar married Penelope Anne Vere Thompson (born 17 March 1966, Salisbury, Wiltshire), daughter of Colin Thompson, of Old Manor House, Sutton Veny, Warminster, co. Wiltshire, and his wife Rosemary Vere Edwardes,^[4] on 23 April 1994 in Clare, Suffolk. They divorced in 2011. They have three daughters:

Ella Louise Georgina Mountbatten (born 20 March 1996)
Alexandra Nada Victoria Mountbatten (born 8 May 1998)
Louise Xenia Rose Mountbatten (born 30 July 2002)

They lived at Bridwell Park, in the village of Uffculme, Devon, where he became a chicken farmer.

Lord Ivar is one of the godfathers of Lady Louise Windsor (born 2003), the daughter of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and his wife The Countess of Wessex.^[5]

References

^ Trump, Simon (12 September 2010). "Mountbatten marriage curse strikes again: Lord Ivar and Lady Penelope split after 16 years". Mail Online. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
^ "Descendants of Alexander Sergeivich Pushkin".
^ "Lord Ivar Alexander Michael Mountbatten".
^ "Penelope Anne Vere Thompson".
^ "Lord Ivar Alexander Michael Mountbatten".

Lines of succession
Preceded by Lady Tatiana Mountbatten	Line of succession to the British throne descended from Alice, daughter of Victoria	Succeeded by Ella Mountbatten

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[1] Trump, Simon (12 September 2010). "Mountbatten marriage curse strikes again: Lord Ivar and Lady Penelope split after 16 years". Mail Online. Retrieved 28 February 2011.

[2] "Descendants of Alexander Sergeivich Pushkin".

[3] "Lord Ivar Alexander Michael Mountbatten".

[4] "Penelope Anne Vere Thompson".

[5] "Lord Ivar Alexander Michael Mountbatten".

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v t e Battenberg/Mountbatten family
Generations are numbered by their descent from Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine and Julia, Princess of Battenberg
1st generation	Marie, Princess of Erbach-Schönberg Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven Alexander I, Prince of Bulgaria Prince Henry Prince Francis Joseph
2nd generation	Alice, Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark Louise, Queen of Sweden George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke Victoria Eugenie, Queen of Spain Lord Leopold Mountbatten Prince Maurice
3rd generation	Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh* David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma Lady Pamela Hicks Lady Iris Kemp
4th generation	George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven Lord Ivar Mountbatten
5th generation	Lady Tatiana Dru
*Not Mountbatten or Battenberg by birth. Adopted the surname Mountbatten from his maternal line on abandoning his patrilineal Greek and Danish princely titles.