A Future Queen of Spain The Infant Princess of Battenberg was christened in the Drawing - Room at Balmoral Castle . Queen Victoria entered with the Prince and Princess Henry of Battenberg , and the service commenced with a choral composed by the Prince Consort . The infant , who received the names of Victoria Eugenie Julia Ena , was handed to the Queen , who at once transferred it to the officiating minister . The water used for the Baptism came specially from the River Jordan 1887