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Prince Louis of Cambridge is the first Prince Louis in the British royal family for more than 100 years.<br><br>Earl Mountbatten of [http://burmaprivatetour.com burma private tour], the Prince of Wales�s great-uncle, after whom the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge�s third child has been named, was a Prince Louis until 1917.<br><br>A great-grandson of Queen Victoria and the son of a German prince, he was known as His Serene Highness Prince Louis of Battenberg.<br><br>But his title was changed in 1917 by King George V to counter anti-German feeling during the First World War, and reduce the number of princes and princesses within the royal family.<br><br>On July 17 1917, the king issued a royal proclamation changing the royals� house and surname from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor, and declaring that they would �relinquish and discontinue the use of all German Titles and Dignities�.<br><br>Battenberg was switched to the anglicised Mountbatten and Prince Louis of Battenberg became Lord Louis Mountbatten at the age of 17.<br><br>The young prince with his proud parents (Dominic Lipinski/PA)<br><br>His father, also a Prince Louis of Battenberg, later Admiral of the Fleet, became the 1st Marquess of Milford Haven.<br><br>The Duke of Edinburgh, who was Prince Philip of Greece, took the name Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten when he became a naturalised British subject before marrying Princess Elizabeth, now the Queen, in 1947.<br><br>For the most part, British princes and princesses do not need a surname, but if they do, such as upon marriage, it is Mountbatten-Windsor.<br><br>The Duke of Cambridge has Louis as a middle name.<br><br>He is William Arthur Philip Louis, while Prince Louis�s older brother Prince George is already George Alexander Louis.<br><br>The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall now both have grandchildren called Louis.<br><br>[http://Www.channel4.com/news/Prince%20Louis Prince Louis] is named after Earl Mountbatten (John Stilwell/PA)<br><br>Camilla�s daughter Laura Lopes has eight-year-old twin sons called Louis and Gus.<br><br>The three-year-old grandson of the Queen�s cousin the Duke of Kent is a Louis - Louis Windsor.<br><br>He is the son of Lord Nicholas Windsor, but this Louis is not a prince, nor is he in the line of succession to the throne because he is being brought up as a Catholic.<br><br>Advertisement