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==Early life== ==Early life==
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Louise was born on 20 February 1867 at ], the London residence of her parents, the ] and ].<ref name="Royal-2015"/> Louise's father was the eldest son of ] and ]. Her mother was the eldest daughter of ] and ]. From birth, as the granddaughter of the British monarch, she had the title ''Her Royal Highness Princess Louise of Wales''.{{sfn|Eilers|1987|p=176}}{{sfn|Weir|2008|p=320}} She spent much of her childhood at ] in ].<ref name="Royal-2015"/> She was ] at Marlborough House on 10 May 1867 by ], ].{{efn|Her godparents were her paternal aunts – ], ] and ]; her paternal uncle (by marriage), ]; her first cousin once-removed – ]; her maternal great-uncle – Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel); her maternal grandmother: ]; her children, Louise's uncle, ]; and aunt, ]; ]; and ].}} Like her sisters ] and ], she was educated under the supervision of tutors. She occasionally spent the summer in Denmark, her mother's homeland. In her youth, Louise was described as a very withdrawn girl.<ref name="Oxford Dictionary National Biography">{{Cite ODNB|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/34602|title=Louise, princess royal and duchess of Fife|last = Reynolds | first = K. D. | author-link = K. D. Reynolds}}</ref> Louise was born on 20 February 1867 at ], the London residence of her parents, the ] and ].<ref name="Royal-2015"/> Louise's father was the eldest son of ] and ]. Her mother was the eldest daughter of ] and ]. From birth, as the granddaughter of the British monarch, she had the title ''Her Royal Highness Princess Louise of Wales''.{{sfn|Eilers|1987|p=176}}{{sfn|Weir|2008|p=320}} She spent much of her childhood at ] in ].<ref name="Royal-2015"/> She was ] at Marlborough House on 10 May 1867 by ], ].{{efn|Her godparents were her paternal aunts – ], ] and ]; her paternal uncle (by marriage), ]; her first cousin once-removed – ]; her maternal great-uncle – Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel); her maternal grandmother: ]; her children, Louise's uncle, ]; and aunt, ]; ]; and ].}} Like her sisters ] and ], she was educated under the supervision of tutors and studied guitar under ].<ref name=cfm>Rosie Pentreath. , biography at ''Classic FM''</ref> She occasionally spent the summer in Denmark, her mother's homeland. In her youth, Louise was described as a very withdrawn girl.<ref name="Oxford Dictionary National Biography">{{Cite ODNB|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/34602|title=Louise, princess royal and duchess of Fife|last = Reynolds | first = K. D. | author-link = K. D. Reynolds}}</ref>


Louise and her sisters, Victoria and Maud, were bridesmaids at the wedding of their paternal aunt ] to ] in 1885.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw145863/Prince-and-Princess-Henry-of-Battenberg-with-their-bridesmaids-and-others-on-their-wedding-day?LinkID=mp89748&role=art&rNo=2|title=Prince and Princess Henry of Battenberg with their bridesmaids and others on their wedding day|publisher=National Portrait Gallery|access-date=30 May 2018}}</ref> Louise and her sisters, Victoria and Maud, were bridesmaids at the wedding of their paternal aunt ] to ] in 1885.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw145863/Prince-and-Princess-Henry-of-Battenberg-with-their-bridesmaids-and-others-on-their-wedding-day?LinkID=mp89748&role=art&rNo=2|title=Prince and Princess Henry of Battenberg with their bridesmaids and others on their wedding day|publisher=National Portrait Gallery|access-date=30 May 2018}}</ref>
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==Marriage and children== ==Marriage and children==
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Despite her mother's attempts to keep her daughters unmarried and by her side, on Saturday 27 July 1889, Louise married ], who was eighteen years her senior, at the Private Chapel in ] with the ] officiating at the service.<ref name="RCT-1889">{{cite web|url=https://www.rct.uk/collection/404460/the-marriage-of-princess-louise-of-wales-with-the-duke-of-fife-at-buckingham|title=The Marriage of Princess Louise of Wales with the Duke of Fife at Buckingham Palace, 27th July 1889|work=Royal Collection Trust|accessdate=8 July 2021}}</ref> Her bridesmaids were Princesses ] and ], ], ] and ] and the Countesses ], ] and ].<ref name="RCT-1889"/> “O Perfect Love, all human thought transcending," was written by Dorothy Blomfield for her sister's marriage in 1883, and was intended to be sung to Strength and Stay, in Hymns Ancient & Modern, No. 12. Subsequently it was set as an anthem by J. Barnby for the marriage of the Duke of Fife with the Princess Louise of Wales, on July 27, 1889. Two days after the wedding, ] created him ] and Marquess of Macduff in the ]. The ] creating this dukedom contained the standard ] to ] ].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=25958 |date=27 July 1889 |page=4077 }}</ref> After the birth of their two daughters, on 24 April 1900, Queen Victoria signed letters patent creating a second Dukedom of Fife, along with the Earldom of Macduff in the ] with a special remainder: in default of a male heir, these peerages would pass to the daughters of the 1st Duke, and then to their male descendants. Despite her mother's attempts to keep her daughters unmarried and by her side, on Saturday 27 July 1889, Louise married ], who was eighteen years her senior, at the Private Chapel in ] with the ] officiating at the service.<ref name="RCT-1889">{{cite web|url=https://www.rct.uk/collection/404460/the-marriage-of-princess-louise-of-wales-with-the-duke-of-fife-at-buckingham|title=The Marriage of Princess Louise of Wales with the Duke of Fife at Buckingham Palace, 27th July 1889|work=Royal Collection Trust|accessdate=8 July 2021}}</ref> Her bridesmaids were Princesses ] and ], ], ] and ] and the Countesses ], ] and ].<ref name="RCT-1889"/> “O Perfect Love, all human thought transcending," was written by Dorothy Blomfield for her sister's marriage in 1883, and was intended to be sung to Strength and Stay, in Hymns Ancient & Modern, No. 12. Subsequently it was set as an anthem by J. Barnby for the marriage of the Duke of Fife with the Princess Louise of Wales, on 27 July 1889. Two days after the wedding, ] created him ] and Marquess of Macduff in the ]. The ] creating this dukedom contained the standard ] to ] ].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=25958 |date=27 July 1889 |page=4077 }}</ref> After the birth of their two daughters, on 24 April 1900, Queen Victoria signed letters patent creating a second Dukedom of Fife, along with the Earldom of Macduff in the ] with a special remainder: in default of a male heir, these peerages would pass to the daughters of the 1st Duke, and then to their male descendants.


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After the death of her husband, Louise led a reclusive life. Sometimes she accompanied her mother and her sister Victoria to public events. In the years leading up to her death Louise suffered from heart disease.<ref name="NYT-1931"/> On 1 st October 1929 at Mar Lodge she was taken ill with gastric haemorrhage and was brought back to London. Louise, Princess Royal Duchess of Fife died in her sleep 15 months later on the afternoon on 4 January 1931, at age 63 years old, just one month 2 weeks and 16 days before her 64 th year old birthday. At her home at 15 ] London, with her two daughters Alexandra and Maud at her bedside. She was buried in ].<ref name="NYT-1931"/> Her remains were later removed to the ], Mar Lodge, Braemar, Aberdeenshire.{{sfn|Weir|2008|p=320}} Her will was sealed and her estate was valued at £46,383 (or £2.2 million in 2022 when adjusted for inflation).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Evans |first1=Rob |last2=Pegg |first2=David |title=£187m of Windsor family wealth hidden in secret royal wills |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jul/18/187m-pounds-of-windsor-family-wealth-hidden-in-secret-royal-wills |website=The Guardian |access-date=19 July 2022 |language=en |date=18 July 2022}}</ref> After the death of her husband, Louise led a reclusive life. Sometimes she accompanied her mother and her sister Victoria to public events. In the years leading up to her death Louise suffered from heart disease.<ref name="NYT-1931"/> In October 1929 at Mar Lodge she was taken ill with gastric haemorrhage and was brought back to London. Louise succumbed to ] in her sleep at 2:30PM on 4 January 1931, at age 63, at her home at 15 ] London, with her two daughters Alexandra and Maud at her bedside.<ref name="NYT-1931"/> She was tenth in line to the throne at the time of her death. Her brother, King ] wrote to their sister ], "Louise suffered so terribly these last few months that one can but thank God. She is at peace with her dear ones. But it's sad for us, and the loss of a sister comes very near one's heart."<ref>Edward VII’s Children by John Van Der Kiste p.166</ref> She was buried in ].<ref name="NYT-1931"/> Her remains were later removed to the ], Mar Lodge, Braemar, Aberdeenshire.{{sfn|Weir|2008|p=320}} Her will was sealed and her estate was valued at £46,383 (or £2.2 million in 2022 when adjusted for inflation).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Evans |first1=Rob |last2=Pegg |first2=David |title=£187m of Windsor family wealth hidden in secret royal wills |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jul/18/187m-pounds-of-windsor-family-wealth-hidden-in-secret-royal-wills |website=The Guardian |access-date=19 July 2022 |language=en |date=18 July 2022}}</ref>


==Honours and arms== ==Honours and arms==

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British princess (1867–1931)

Louise
Louise in 1901
BornPrincess Louise of Wales
(1867-02-20)20 February 1867
Marlborough House, London, England
Died4 January 1931(1931-01-04) (aged 63)
Portman Square, London, England
Burial10 January 1931
Royal Vault, St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
22 May 1931
St Ninian's Chapel, Braemar
Spouse Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife ​ ​(m. 1889; died 1912)​
Issue
Names
Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar
HouseWindsor (from 1917)
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
(until 1917)
FatherEdward VII
MotherAlexandra of Denmark
SignatureLouise's signature

Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar; 20 February 1867 – 4 January 1931) was the third child and eldest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom; she was a younger sister of King George V. Louise was given the title of Princess Royal in 1905. Known for her shy and quiet personality, Louise remained a low-key member of the royal family throughout her life.

Early life

Portrait of Louise as a child by James Sant, 1872

Louise was born on 20 February 1867 at Marlborough House, the London residence of her parents, the Prince and Princess of Wales. Louise's father was the eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Her mother was the eldest daughter of Christian IX and Queen Louise of Denmark. From birth, as the granddaughter of the British monarch, she had the title Her Royal Highness Princess Louise of Wales. She spent much of her childhood at Sandringham House in Norfolk. She was baptised at Marlborough House on 10 May 1867 by Charles Longley, Archbishop of Canterbury. Like her sisters Victoria and Maud, she was educated under the supervision of tutors and studied guitar under Catharina Pratten. She occasionally spent the summer in Denmark, her mother's homeland. In her youth, Louise was described as a very withdrawn girl.

Louise and her sisters, Victoria and Maud, were bridesmaids at the wedding of their paternal aunt Princess Beatrice to Prince Henry of Battenberg in 1885.

Marriage and children

The Duke and Duchess of Fife, 1889

Despite her mother's attempts to keep her daughters unmarried and by her side, on Saturday 27 July 1889, Louise married Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife, who was eighteen years her senior, at the Private Chapel in Buckingham Palace with the Archbishop of Canterbury officiating at the service. Her bridesmaids were Princesses Maud and Victoria of Wales, Victoria Mary of Teck, Marie Louise and Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein and the Countesses Feodora, Helena and Valda Gleichen. “O Perfect Love, all human thought transcending," was written by Dorothy Blomfield for her sister's marriage in 1883, and was intended to be sung to Strength and Stay, in Hymns Ancient & Modern, No. 12. Subsequently it was set as an anthem by J. Barnby for the marriage of the Duke of Fife with the Princess Louise of Wales, on 27 July 1889. Two days after the wedding, Queen Victoria created him Duke of Fife and Marquess of Macduff in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The letters patent creating this dukedom contained the standard remainder to heirs male of the body lawfully begotten. After the birth of their two daughters, on 24 April 1900, Queen Victoria signed letters patent creating a second Dukedom of Fife, along with the Earldom of Macduff in the Peerage of the United Kingdom with a special remainder: in default of a male heir, these peerages would pass to the daughters of the 1st Duke, and then to their male descendants.

Louise with her daughters, Maud and Alexandra, 1911

The Duke and Duchess of Fife had three children:

The couple made their home at Mar Lodge, a sporting lodge built for them by Alexander Marshall Mackenzie.

Princess Royal

On 9 November 1905, Edward VII created Louise the Princess Royal, the highest honour bestowed on a female member of the royal family. At the same time, the King declared that the two daughters of the Princess Royal would be styled as princesses, with the style and attribute of "Highness" and with precedence immediately after all members of the royal family bearing the style of "Royal Highness".

In December 1911, while sailing aboard SS Delhi to Egypt, the Princess Royal and her family were shipwrecked off the coast of Morocco. Although they were otherwise unharmed, the Duke of Fife fell ill with pleurisy, probably contracted as a result of the shipwreck. He died at Assuan, Egypt, in January 1912, and Princess Alexandra succeeded to his dukedom, becoming Duchess of Fife in her own right.

Later life and death

Braemar, Mar Lodge Estate, St Ninian's Chapel – Grave of Princess Louise, Princess Royal (1867–1931)

After the death of her husband, Louise led a reclusive life. Sometimes she accompanied her mother and her sister Victoria to public events. In the years leading up to her death Louise suffered from heart disease. In October 1929 at Mar Lodge she was taken ill with gastric haemorrhage and was brought back to London. Louise succumbed to heart disease in her sleep at 2:30PM on 4 January 1931, at age 63, at her home at 15 Portman Square London, with her two daughters Alexandra and Maud at her bedside. She was tenth in line to the throne at the time of her death. Her brother, King George V wrote to their sister Maud, "Louise suffered so terribly these last few months that one can but thank God. She is at peace with her dear ones. But it's sad for us, and the loss of a sister comes very near one's heart." She was buried in St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. Her remains were later removed to the Private Chapel, Mar Lodge, Braemar, Aberdeenshire. Her will was sealed and her estate was valued at £46,383 (or £2.2 million in 2022 when adjusted for inflation).

Honours and arms

Honorary military appointments

Arms

Upon her marriage, Louise was granted a coat of arms, being the Royal Arms of the United Kingdom with an inescutcheon for Saxony, all differenced with a label argent of five points, the outer pair and centre bearing crosses gules, and the inner pair bearing thistles proper. The inescutcheon was dropped by royal warrant in 1917.

Princess Louise's coat of arms until 1917 Fife Arms Hotel, Braemar: Arms of the Duke and Duchess of Fife

Ancestors

See also: Descendants of Queen Victoria and Descendants of Christian IX of Denmark
Ancestors of Louise, Princess Royal
8. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
4. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
9. Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
2. Edward VII of the United Kingdom
10. Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
5. Victoria of the United Kingdom
11. Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
1. Louise, Princess Royal
12. Frederick William, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
6. Christian IX of Denmark
13. Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel
3. Princess Alexandra of Denmark
14. Prince William of Hesse-Kassel
7. Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel
15. Princess Charlotte of Denmark

Notes

  1. Her godparents were her paternal aunts – Alice, Princess Louis of Hesse, Helena, Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein and Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll; her paternal uncle (by marriage), Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia; her first cousin once-removed – Grand Duchess Augusta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; her maternal great-uncle – Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel); her maternal grandmother: Queen Louise of Denmark; her children, Louise's uncle, George I of Greece; and aunt, The Tsarevna of Russia; Karl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg; and Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.

References

  1. "Louise, Princess Royal". The British Museum. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. "Royal Titles: Style and Title of the Princess Royal". The British Monarchy. n.d. Archived from the original on 27 July 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "The stories of Queen Victoria's granddaughters: Princess Louise of Wales". Royal Central. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. Eilers 1987, p. 176.
  5. ^ Weir 2008, p. 320.
  6. Rosie Pentreath. 'Ever heard of Catharina Pratten, the star guitarist, and composer who taught Queen Victoria’s daughters?', biography at Classic FM
  7. ^ Reynolds, K. D. "Louise, princess royal and duchess of Fife". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34602. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  8. "Prince and Princess Henry of Battenberg with their bridesmaids and others on their wedding day". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  9. ^ "The Marriage of Princess Louise of Wales with the Duke of Fife at Buckingham Palace, 27th July 1889". Royal Collection Trust. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  10. "No. 25958". The London Gazette. 27 July 1889. p. 4077.
  11. "Princess Louise's Highland seat(s)". National Trust for Scotland. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Princess Louise Dies in Her Sleep". The New York Times. 5 January 1931. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  13. "No. 27852". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 November 1905. p. 7495.
  14. Hugh Dawson, A Guide to the Chapel of Saint Ninian, Mar Lodge, Braemar. The Scottish Episcopal Church, Braemar 2015
  15. "ASSUAN, Upper Egypt, Jan. 29" (PDF). The New York Times. 30 January 1912. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
  16. Edward VII’s Children by John Van Der Kiste p.166
  17. Evans, Rob; Pegg, David (18 July 2022). "£187m of Windsor family wealth hidden in secret royal wills". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  18. "No. 25732". The London Gazette. 23 August 1887. p. 4580.
  19. Silverstone, Paul H. (1984). Directory of the World's Capital Ships. New York: Hippocrene Books. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-88254-979-8.
  20. ^ Michaels, Beth (15 August 2014). "The 10 Princesses Royal". History and Headlines. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  21. Heraldica – British Royal Cadency

Bibliography

  • Eilers, A. Marlene (1987). Queen Victoria's Descendants. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co. p. 176. ISBN 9163059649.
  • Weir, Alison (2008). Britain's Royal Families, The Complete Genealogy. London: Random House. p. 320. ISBN 9780099539735.

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