Karl Battenberg

Karl Philipp Arthur Jürgen Battenberg (born in Schneedünen, 1.VI.1617) is a whaler and lord from Whales, Lord of Schneedünen since 1688, and head of the Battenberg family. Famous for proposing the name Principality of Whales and the flag of Whales (both proposals adopted) during the 1685–1687 Two Martyrs constitutional convention.

His lordship, Schneedünen, is vested in himself, and after his resignation or demise, in his children in the paternal line, and should that line be extinct, in the children of his father, Philipp Battenberg, in the paternal line.

Family

Son of Philipp Battenberg and Elisabeth née Koburg.

Married twice. First time was with Franziska, with whom he had two children, Wilhelm and Heinrich. After Franziska died, he married his mistress Rosalind. Wilhelm is married to Katharina née Mitz, with whom he has three children: Jürgen, Charlotta, and Ludwig.