As such, Leopold was styled as "His Serene Highness" Prince Leopold of Battenberg from birth. In the United Kingdom he was styled "His Highness" Prince Leopold of Battenberg under a Royal Warrant passed by Queen Victoria in 1886. He was baptised at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle on 29 June 1889. His godparents were Leopold II of Belgium (represented by the Prince of Wales), the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (represented by Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein), Prince Louis of Battenberg (represented by the Marquess of Lorne), the Marchioness of Lorne, the Duchess of Albany and Princess Marie of Erbach-Schönberg. His father died of malaria in 1896.