Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh (1921-)

Prince Philipos of Greece and Denmark was born on the 10th June 1921 to Prince Andrew, Prince of Greece and Denmark (1882-1944) and Princess Alice, Princess of Battenburg (1885-1969) at Villa Mon Repos on the island of Corfu, Greece. He was exiled from Greece as a child, and was then educated in the United Kingdom and Germany. He had a successful thirteen year long career in the Royal Navy starting in 1939, in which he rose to the rank of Commander. He met his future wife, Princess Elizabeth (1926-) while he escorted her and her sister around Dartmount Naval College in 1939. They married eight years later on the 20th November 1947 at Westminster Abbey in London. Together they had four children: Charles (1948-), Anne (1950-), Andrew (1960-) and Edward (1964-). He is currently consort to the monarch, and has held this title since 1952.