Princess Louise of Denmark (1875–1906)

Princess Louise of Denmark (Louise Caroline Josephine Sophie Thyra Olga) (17 February 1875 – 4 April 1906) was a member of the Danish royal family, the third child and oldest daughter of King Frederick VIII and his wife, Queen Louise. She married her second cousin Prince Friedrich of Schaumburg-Lippe in 1896.

For other people with the same name, see Louise of Denmark (disambiguation).
Princess Louise
Princess Friedrich of Schaumburg-Lippe
Born(1875-02-17)17 February 1875
Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark
Died4 April 1906(1906-04-04) (aged 31)
Ratiboritz Castle, Bohemia
Spouse
IssueMarie Louise, Princess Friedrich Sigismund of Prussia
Prince Christian
Stephanie, Princess of Bentheim and Steinfurt
Names
Louise Caroline Josephine Sophie Thyra Olga
HouseGlücksburg
FatherFrederick VIII of Denmark
MotherLouise of Sweden

Early life
Princess Louise with her mother, Crown Princess Louise.

Princess Louise was born on 17 February 1875 in Frederick VIII's Palace, an 18th-century palace which forms part of the Amalienborg Palace complex in central Copenhagen, during the reign of her paternal grandfather, King Christian IX.[1] She was the third child and first daughter of Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark and his wife Louise of Sweden.[1] Her father was the eldest son of King Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel, and her mother was the only daughter of King Charles XV of Sweden and Norway and Louise of the Netherlands. She was baptised with the names Louise Caroline Josephine Sophie Thyra Olga, and was known as Princess Louise (namesake of her mother, as well as her paternal and maternal grandmothers).[1]

Princess Louise was raised with her siblings in the royal household in Denmark and grew up between her parents' city residence in Copenhagen, the Frederick VIII's Palace at the Amalienborg Palace complex, and their country retreat, the Charlottenlund Palace, located by the coastline of the Øresund strait north of the city. In contrast to the usual practise of the period, where royal children were brought up by governesses, the children were raised by Crown Princess Louise herself. From childhood, Louise was described as a very withdrawn girl with a shy and quiet personality.[2]

Marriage

She married Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe (1868–1945) at Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen on 5 May 1896. They had three children.

The couple lived in Ratiboritz Castle in Bohemia. The marriage was an happy one, however, Princess Louise suffered from melancholy and homesickness, longed for Denmark and spent much time visiting her family, staying for 2 to 3 months at a time.[3] Her father also came and visited with her each year.

Death

Princess Louise died at Ratiboritz Castle on 4 April 1906. The official cause of death was named as meningitis; however, she died in a lake by Ratiboritz Castle, and it is known that she had, on a previous occasion, been prevented by a gardener from throwing herself in the lake.[4] She and her father-in-law Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe died five hours apart at the family castle in Nachod, Bohemia.[5]

Issue

Frederick and Louise had three children:

Ancestry

References

Citations
  1. Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh, ed. (1977). Burke's Royal Families of the World. Vol. 1. London, UK: Burke's Peerage Ltd. p. 71.
  2. Bramsen 1992, p. 274.
  3. Bo Bramsen: Huset Glücksborg. Europas svigerfader og hans efterslægt. Band 2, Kopenhagen 1992, ISBN 87-573-1843-6
  4. Bo Bramsen: Huset Glücksborg. Europas svigerfader og hans efterslægt. Band 2, Kopenhagen 1992, ISBN 87-573-1843-6, p. 338.
  5. "Prince and Princess Dead", The New York Times, Vienna, 5 April 1906

Bibliography
  • Bramsen, Bo (1992). Huset Glücksborg. Europas svigerfader og hans efterslægt [The House of Glücksburg. The Father-in-law of Europe and his descendants] (in Danish) (2nd ed.). Copenhagen: Forlaget Forum. ISBN 87-553-1843-6.
  • Lerche, Anna; Mandal, Marcus (2003). A royal family : the story of Christian IX and his European descendants. Copenhagen: Aschehoug. ISBN 9788715109577.
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