Edmund Batthyány-Strattmann

His names and titles were given in different forms and translations, such as Batthyány Ödön in Hungarian and Edmond Gustave, Prince Batthyany, Comte de Strattmann, in French.

His parents were married on 14 December 1828, two years after his birth,[2] and this had the effect of legitimating him and his younger brother, Gustavus Batthyány von Német-Ujvar (1828–1906).

[7] In 1874, the magazine Vanity Fair published a cartoon of Batthyany by "Ape" entitled "Yachting", reporting that from his youth he had been trained as an Englishman and that in pursuing his passion he had almost always owned the best vessel of the class he wished to race in.

[6] He was a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron,[8] where in addition to sailing the garden parties he held at Eaglehurst House were very popular amongst those fortunate enough to be invited, featuring entertainments such as fire-balloons and a game of polo, played with hobby-horses.

[10] Nevertheless, when he died in 1883, the 5th Prince left substantial settled estates in Austria, Hungary, and Croatia, in which his son Edmund succeeded him.