Louise Mountbatten
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Louise Alexandra Marie Irene Mountbatten (previously Princess Louise of Battenberg; 13 July 1889 – 7 March 1965) became Queen consort of Sweden in 1950 and served as such until her death in 1965. Through her marriage, prior to her husband's accession as King Gustaf VI Adolf
, Louise was Crown Princess of Sweden and Duchess of Scania
.
, in the Grand Duchy of Hesse
. Her father, Prince Louis of Battenberg, who was Admiral of the Fleet in the UK, renounced all his German
titles in 1917, during World War I
, and furthermore anglicized his family name to "Mountbatten". He was then created the first Marquess of Milford Haven
in the peerage of the United Kingdom. His daughter then came to be known as "Lady Louise Mountbatten". Louise was a sister of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
, an aunt of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
, and was also a niece of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia
.
Because of her father's work, the family moved around between different British territories, such as Malta, but they often returned to the Heiligenberg Palace outside Darmstadt
, which they considered their home, although they did identify themselves as British. Louise often visited queen Victoria of Great Britain of the Isle of Wight
with her mother during her childhood. The family is described as harmonious; the parents of Louise lived in a happy love relationship, not in an arranged marriage, and Louise was particularly close to her brother, with whom she corresponded until her death. Louise and her sister was educated by governesses, except for a brief period in Texter's girl's school in Darmstadt. In 1909, Louise received a proposal from the King of Portugal. Edvard VII was in favour of the match, but Louise declined, as she wished to marry for love. In the age of twenty, Louise was secretly engaged to her brother-in-law, Prince Christopher of Greece, but they were forced to give up their relationship because of economical reasons.
In 1914, Louise and her mother visited Russia, and were invited to a trip down the Volga with their Imperial relatives. During her visit, Louise was to have noted the influence of Rasputin with worry. The trip was interrupted by the sudden outbreak of World War I
, and Louise's father telegraphed them and asked them to return immediately. Louise's mother gave her jewelry to the empress for safe keeping, and they left Russia by boat from Hapsal in Estonia
and travelled to neutral Sweden, paying for the trip with gold, as their money was suddenly not acceptable currency in Russia. The stayed in Sweden as guests of the Crown Prince couple at Drottningholm Palace
just one night before they returned to Great Britain.
During World War I, Louise was first active within the Soldiers and Sailors Families Association and the Smokes for Soldiers and Sailors, but she soon enlisted in the Red Cross for service as a nurse. She was active at a French military hospital in Nevers
, and then at a war hospital at Palaves outside Montpellier
, from March 1915 until July 1917. She was commended for her hard work, and was awarded The British war- and Victory-medals, a medal from the British Red Cross, as well as the Médaille de la reconnaissance francaise
. After the war, she was active in social work for the children in the slums of Battersea
in London
.
) of Sweden who was the widower of her relative, Princess Margaret of Connaught
, at St. James's Palace
. Louise's only child, a daughter, was stillborn on 30 May 1925.
Regarding this matter, she remarked: "It is hard for me to be the protector of different institutions, as I have been accustomed to practical work, as an ordinary person, before my marriage". As a former nurse, a fact she was proud to point out, she was interested in improving the working conditions for nurses.
In 1926-27, the Crown prince couple made an international trip around the world to benefit Swedish interests, which was described as a great success, especially the trip to the USA, during which they travelled over the nation from New York
to San Francisco. The public interest was great, and the couple acquired a reputation for being "democratic", after having refused such things such as greeting the guests at a reception sitting on thrones, which they had been invited to do at the reception of an American millionaire. During an interview in Salt Lake City, Louise stated that she believed in gender equality and that women was fully capable of being active within all profession and in the business world as well as within politics: "Women are completely intellectually equal to men and, provided they are given sufficient education, are just as capable to deserve respect and admiration as men in this field". In 1934-35, she made a similar trip with Gustav Adolf to Greece and around the Middle East and Africa, called the Orient Tour. In 1936, she attended the funeral of Georg V of Great Britain.
During World War II, Louise was active in aid work within the Red Cross. She collected candles and other non-electric light sources for the needy during the campaign "Vinterljus" (English: Winter Lights). Another contribution was Kronprinsessans Gåvokommitté för Neutralitetsvakten (English:"The Crown Princess Gift Association For the Neutral Defence Forces"), which provided the soldiers mobilised to guard the borders of neutral Sweden with gifts: normally socks, scarfs and caps knitted by contributors from all over the country. As a citizen of a neutral country, Louise was also able to act as a messenger between people who needed to communicate with relatives and friends across warfaring borders. She also provided supplies to many private citizens in this way, such as "two old ladies in Münich", the former German language teacher of her husband's previous wife, and the former princess Tatiana of Russia in Palestine. It is said many would have died, had it had not been for her help. In 1940, for example, she sent supplies to the British major Michael Smiley at the Rifle Brigade, who was captured and placed in a prisoner of war camp, after his mother-in-law Alicia Pearson had asked for her help. During the Finnish winter war, she set up a home for Finnish war children at Ulriksdal Palace.
Louise disliked the strict court protocol, and as soon as she was queen, she reformed the old protocol of her mother-in-law from 1911 and issued a new one in 1954, which abolished and democraticized many old customs at court. In 1962, she abolished the court presentations and replaced it with "democratic ladies' lunches", to which she invited professional career women, a custom which was to continue under princess Sibylla after her death. She also renovated and redecorated the interior of the Royal Palace in Stockholm.
Louise are described as eccentric for a royal and temperamental; she could get very angry, but she also possessed a good heart, a great sense of humour and a sense of self irony and distance to herself and her role as a royal. She could show her sympathies openly, and this was taken as a sign of her honesty. It was said at court that: "I would describe the queen as gentleman. She would never avoid acknowledging her own mistakes". Louise is described as a great lover and patriot of her new home country Sweden, and was often shocked by Swedish anti-patriotic customs. She was a supporter of the political system and democracy in the form it had developed in Sweden and stated her opinion to her relatives that no other political system than the Swedish one had created such a happy development for any nation. Queen Louise also admired Swedish nature and in particular the Swedish women, because of what she considered their natural dignity regardless of class, and remarked that she had never seen a country with less vulgarity than Sweden.
Queen Louise was quite an eccentric and had several Pomeranian dogs which she would hide about her person when visiting abroad which caused problems when travelling through customs (which she usually did under the pseudonym "Countess of Gripsholm" or "Mrs Olsson"). After having spent the summer vacation with her husband in Italy every year, she always left earlier than him to visit England before her return to Sweden. There is a story which says that Louise, after almost being hit by a bus in London (because she would often jay-walk), took to carrying a small card with the words, "I am the Queen of Sweden" printed on it, so that people would know who she was in case she was hit by a vehicle. In London, she often stayed at Hyde Park Hotel, and she often crossed a very trafficked street there to shop, which is why she wrote this note.
In 1963, Louise accompanied her spouse at an official visit to France, were she made a great impression on president de Gaulle. At dinner, she said to him: "I must ask you to excuse my ugly French. My French is the one spoken in the trenches of 1914". De Gaulle was present at her memorial in the Swedish church in Paris, which was the first occasion for a French president the visit the Swedish church of Paris, as well as one of only two occasions de Gaulle visited a memorial service of this kind. Her last official assignment was the Nobel Prize
dinner of 1964, during which no one noticed that she was in fact already ill.
, in Stockholm
, following an emergency surgery after a period of severe illness. She had made her last public appearance at the Nobel Prize Ceremony
in December 1964. She is buried alongside her husband in the Royal Cemetery
in Solna
north of Stockholm
.
, a granddaughter of Britain's Queen Victoria and an elder sister of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia. Both Queen Louise and her stepchildren were great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria.
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Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
Gustaf VI Adolf - Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf - was King of Sweden from October 29, 1950 until his death. His official title was King of Sweden, of the Goths and of the Wends. He was the eldest son of King Gustaf V and his wife Victoria of Baden...
, Louise was Crown Princess of Sweden and Duchess of Scania
Scania
Scania is the southernmost of the 25 traditional non-administrative provinces of Sweden, constituting a peninsula on the southern tip of the Scandinavian peninsula, and some adjacent islands. The modern administrative subdivision Skåne County is almost, but not totally, congruent with the...
.
Early life
Louise was born a Princess of Battenberg at Heiligenberg Palace, Seeheim-JugenheimSeeheim-Jugenheim
Seeheim-Jugenheim is a municipality in the Darmstadt-Dieburg district in Hesse, Germany. It has a population of approximately 17,000.Seeheim-Jugenheim consists of seven villages:*Balkhausen *Jugenheim...
, in the Grand Duchy of Hesse
Grand Duchy of Hesse
The Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine , or, between 1806 and 1816, Grand Duchy of Hesse —as it was also known after 1816—was a member state of the German Confederation from 1806, when the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt was elevated to a Grand Duchy, until 1918, when all the German...
. Her father, Prince Louis of Battenberg, who was Admiral of the Fleet in the UK, renounced all his German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
titles in 1917, during World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, and furthermore anglicized his family name to "Mountbatten". He was then created the first Marquess of Milford Haven
Marquess of Milford Haven
Marquess of Milford Haven is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1917 for Prince Louis of Battenberg, the former First Sea Lord, and a relation to the British Royal family, who amidst the anti-German sentiments of the First World War abandoned the use of his German...
in the peerage of the United Kingdom. His daughter then came to be known as "Lady Louise Mountbatten". Louise was a sister of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas George Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC, FRS , was a British statesman and naval officer, and an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...
, an aunt of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is the husband of Elizabeth II. He is the United Kingdom's longest-serving consort and the oldest serving spouse of a reigning British monarch....
, and was also a niece of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia
Alexandra Fyodorovna of Hesse
Alix of Hesse and by Rhine later Alexandra Feodorovna Romanova , was Empress consort of Russia as spouse of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of the Russian Empire...
.
Because of her father's work, the family moved around between different British territories, such as Malta, but they often returned to the Heiligenberg Palace outside Darmstadt
Darmstadt
Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine Main Area.The sandy soils in the Darmstadt area, ill-suited for agriculture in times before industrial fertilisation, prevented any larger settlement from developing, until the city became the seat...
, which they considered their home, although they did identify themselves as British. Louise often visited queen Victoria of Great Britain of the Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest island of England, located in the English Channel, on average about 2–4 miles off the south coast of the county of Hampshire, separated from the mainland by a strait called the Solent...
with her mother during her childhood. The family is described as harmonious; the parents of Louise lived in a happy love relationship, not in an arranged marriage, and Louise was particularly close to her brother, with whom she corresponded until her death. Louise and her sister was educated by governesses, except for a brief period in Texter's girl's school in Darmstadt. In 1909, Louise received a proposal from the King of Portugal. Edvard VII was in favour of the match, but Louise declined, as she wished to marry for love. In the age of twenty, Louise was secretly engaged to her brother-in-law, Prince Christopher of Greece, but they were forced to give up their relationship because of economical reasons.
In 1914, Louise and her mother visited Russia, and were invited to a trip down the Volga with their Imperial relatives. During her visit, Louise was to have noted the influence of Rasputin with worry. The trip was interrupted by the sudden outbreak of World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, and Louise's father telegraphed them and asked them to return immediately. Louise's mother gave her jewelry to the empress for safe keeping, and they left Russia by boat from Hapsal in Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
and travelled to neutral Sweden, paying for the trip with gold, as their money was suddenly not acceptable currency in Russia. The stayed in Sweden as guests of the Crown Prince couple at Drottningholm Palace
Drottningholm Palace
The Drottningholm Palace is the private residence of the Swedish royal family. It is located in Drottningholm. It is built on the island Lovön , and is one of Sweden's Royal Palaces. It was originally built in the late 16th century. It served as a residence of the Swedish royal court for most of...
just one night before they returned to Great Britain.
During World War I, Louise was first active within the Soldiers and Sailors Families Association and the Smokes for Soldiers and Sailors, but she soon enlisted in the Red Cross for service as a nurse. She was active at a French military hospital in Nevers
Nevers
Nevers is a commune in – and the administrative capital of – the Nièvre department in the Bourgogne region in central France...
, and then at a war hospital at Palaves outside Montpellier
Montpellier
-Neighbourhoods:Since 2001, Montpellier has been divided into seven official neighbourhoods, themselves divided into sub-neighbourhoods. Each of them possesses a neighbourhood council....
, from March 1915 until July 1917. She was commended for her hard work, and was awarded The British war- and Victory-medals, a medal from the British Red Cross, as well as the Médaille de la reconnaissance francaise
Médaille de la Reconnaissance française
The Médaille de la Reconnaissance française is a French honor medal created 13 July 1917 and awarded solely to civilians.-History:...
. After the war, she was active in social work for the children in the slums of Battersea
Battersea
Battersea is an area of the London Borough of Wandsworth, England. It is an inner-city district of South London, situated on the south side of the River Thames, 2.9 miles south-west of Charing Cross. Battersea spans from Fairfield in the west to Queenstown in the east...
in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
.
Marriage
As a young woman, Louise claimed that she would never marry a king or a widower. Yet, on 3 November 1923, at age 34, Louise married Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf (later King Gustaf VI AdolfGustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
Gustaf VI Adolf - Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf - was King of Sweden from October 29, 1950 until his death. His official title was King of Sweden, of the Goths and of the Wends. He was the eldest son of King Gustaf V and his wife Victoria of Baden...
) of Sweden who was the widower of her relative, Princess Margaret of Connaught
Princess Margaret of Connaught
Princess Margaret of Connaught was the daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, third son of Queen Victoria, and his wife, Princess Luise Margarete of Prussia...
, at St. James's Palace
St. James's Palace
St. James's Palace is one of London's oldest palaces. It is situated in Pall Mall, just north of St. James's Park. Although no sovereign has resided there for almost two centuries, it has remained the official residence of the Sovereign and the most senior royal palace in the UK...
. Louise's only child, a daughter, was stillborn on 30 May 1925.
Crown Princess
The marriage between Louise and Gustav Adolf was by all accounts a love match and described as very happy. She was also liked by her mother-in-law because of her friendly nature, although they seldom saw each other, as Queen Victoria spent most of her time in Italy. The fact that her mother-in-law, the queen, spent most of her time in Italy meant that Louise was forced to handle a lot of representation from the beginning, which was initially hard for her as she was at this point described as quite shy. After the queen's death in 1930, Louise also officially the first lady of the royal house and expected to perform all the duties of a queen, twenty years before she was formally made queen. This meant that she was to take over the protection of all the organisations and associations traditionally assigned to the queen. She was made the protector of the Swedish Red Cross, Kronprinsessan Lovisas Barnsjukhus, Eugeniahemmet, Drottningens centralkomitté, Arbetsflitens Befrämjande, Sophiahemmet and Svenska Hemslöjdsföreningarns Riksförbund.Regarding this matter, she remarked: "It is hard for me to be the protector of different institutions, as I have been accustomed to practical work, as an ordinary person, before my marriage". As a former nurse, a fact she was proud to point out, she was interested in improving the working conditions for nurses.
In 1926-27, the Crown prince couple made an international trip around the world to benefit Swedish interests, which was described as a great success, especially the trip to the USA, during which they travelled over the nation from New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
to San Francisco. The public interest was great, and the couple acquired a reputation for being "democratic", after having refused such things such as greeting the guests at a reception sitting on thrones, which they had been invited to do at the reception of an American millionaire. During an interview in Salt Lake City, Louise stated that she believed in gender equality and that women was fully capable of being active within all profession and in the business world as well as within politics: "Women are completely intellectually equal to men and, provided they are given sufficient education, are just as capable to deserve respect and admiration as men in this field". In 1934-35, she made a similar trip with Gustav Adolf to Greece and around the Middle East and Africa, called the Orient Tour. In 1936, she attended the funeral of Georg V of Great Britain.
During World War II, Louise was active in aid work within the Red Cross. She collected candles and other non-electric light sources for the needy during the campaign "Vinterljus" (English: Winter Lights). Another contribution was Kronprinsessans Gåvokommitté för Neutralitetsvakten (English:"The Crown Princess Gift Association For the Neutral Defence Forces"), which provided the soldiers mobilised to guard the borders of neutral Sweden with gifts: normally socks, scarfs and caps knitted by contributors from all over the country. As a citizen of a neutral country, Louise was also able to act as a messenger between people who needed to communicate with relatives and friends across warfaring borders. She also provided supplies to many private citizens in this way, such as "two old ladies in Münich", the former German language teacher of her husband's previous wife, and the former princess Tatiana of Russia in Palestine. It is said many would have died, had it had not been for her help. In 1940, for example, she sent supplies to the British major Michael Smiley at the Rifle Brigade, who was captured and placed in a prisoner of war camp, after his mother-in-law Alicia Pearson had asked for her help. During the Finnish winter war, she set up a home for Finnish war children at Ulriksdal Palace.
Queen
In 1950, Louise became queen after the ascension to the throne by her spouse. Louise is described as a true democrat at heart, and was therefore somewhat disturbed by being celebrated merely in her capacity of a queen. In reference to the celebrations, she remarked: "People look at me as if though I were something special. Surely I do not look differently today from how I looked yesterday!"Louise disliked the strict court protocol, and as soon as she was queen, she reformed the old protocol of her mother-in-law from 1911 and issued a new one in 1954, which abolished and democraticized many old customs at court. In 1962, she abolished the court presentations and replaced it with "democratic ladies' lunches", to which she invited professional career women, a custom which was to continue under princess Sibylla after her death. She also renovated and redecorated the interior of the Royal Palace in Stockholm.
Louise are described as eccentric for a royal and temperamental; she could get very angry, but she also possessed a good heart, a great sense of humour and a sense of self irony and distance to herself and her role as a royal. She could show her sympathies openly, and this was taken as a sign of her honesty. It was said at court that: "I would describe the queen as gentleman. She would never avoid acknowledging her own mistakes". Louise is described as a great lover and patriot of her new home country Sweden, and was often shocked by Swedish anti-patriotic customs. She was a supporter of the political system and democracy in the form it had developed in Sweden and stated her opinion to her relatives that no other political system than the Swedish one had created such a happy development for any nation. Queen Louise also admired Swedish nature and in particular the Swedish women, because of what she considered their natural dignity regardless of class, and remarked that she had never seen a country with less vulgarity than Sweden.
Queen Louise was quite an eccentric and had several Pomeranian dogs which she would hide about her person when visiting abroad which caused problems when travelling through customs (which she usually did under the pseudonym "Countess of Gripsholm" or "Mrs Olsson"). After having spent the summer vacation with her husband in Italy every year, she always left earlier than him to visit England before her return to Sweden. There is a story which says that Louise, after almost being hit by a bus in London (because she would often jay-walk), took to carrying a small card with the words, "I am the Queen of Sweden" printed on it, so that people would know who she was in case she was hit by a vehicle. In London, she often stayed at Hyde Park Hotel, and she often crossed a very trafficked street there to shop, which is why she wrote this note.
In 1963, Louise accompanied her spouse at an official visit to France, were she made a great impression on president de Gaulle. At dinner, she said to him: "I must ask you to excuse my ugly French. My French is the one spoken in the trenches of 1914". De Gaulle was present at her memorial in the Swedish church in Paris, which was the first occasion for a French president the visit the Swedish church of Paris, as well as one of only two occasions de Gaulle visited a memorial service of this kind. Her last official assignment was the Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
dinner of 1964, during which no one noticed that she was in fact already ill.
Death
Queen Louise died on 7 March 1965 at St. Göran HospitalSaint Göran Hospital
Saint Göran Hospital is a hospital in Stockholm, Sweden. It is located at Kungsholmen in central Stockholm....
, in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, following an emergency surgery after a period of severe illness. She had made her last public appearance at the Nobel Prize Ceremony
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
in December 1964. She is buried alongside her husband in the Royal Cemetery
Kungliga begravningsplatsen
Kungliga begravningsplatsen is the official burial place of the Swedish Royal Family since 1922. It is located on the small island of Karlsborg in the bay of Brunnsviken; the whole cemetery is a part of the popular Haga Park in Solna, Sweden.-Burials:Members of the Swedish Royal Family of...
in Solna
Solna Municipality
Solna Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, located just north of the capital Stockholm. Its seat is located in the 'city' of Solna....
north of Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
.
Titles and styles
- Her Serene Highness Princess Louise of Battenberg (1889–1917)
- Miss Louise Mountbatten (1917)
- The Lady Louise Mountbatten (1917–1923)
- Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess of Sweden (1923–1950)
- Her Majesty The Queen of Sweden (1950–1965)
Ancestry
Queen Louise was the second of the four children of Prince Louis of Battenberg, by his wife Princess Victoria of Hesse and by RhinePrincess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, later Victoria Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven was the eldest daughter of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine and his first wife Princess Alice of the United Kingdom .Her mother died while her brother and sisters...
, a granddaughter of Britain's Queen Victoria and an elder sister of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia. Both Queen Louise and her stepchildren were great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria.
See also
- Lady Louise WindsorLady Louise WindsorThe Lady Louise Windsor is the elder child of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, and Sophie, Countess of Wessex. She is the youngest granddaughter and second-youngest grandchild of Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh...
, born 2003, granddaughter of Queen Louise's nephew, The Duke of EdinburghPrince Philip, Duke of EdinburghPrince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is the husband of Elizabeth II. He is the United Kingdom's longest-serving consort and the oldest serving spouse of a reigning British monarch....
Books
- Fjellman, Margit: Drottning Louise - En biografi (Queen Louise - A Biography), Bonniers, 1965; 232 pages (Sweden)
- Fjellman, Margit: Louise Mountbatten, Queen of Sweden, London, Allen Unwin, 1968; ISBN 978-0-04-923044-6
- Fridh, Kjell: Gamle kungen Gustaf VI Adolf. En biografi (Old King Gustaf VI Adolf. A Biography). Wahlström & Widstrand (W&W), Stockholm, 1995; 368 pages (Sweden)
- Severin, Kid: Vår Drottning (Our Queen), Åhlén & Åkerlunds Förlags AB Stockholm, 1963; 64 pages (Sweden)
- Ulfsäter-Troell, Agnetha: Drottningar är också människor: Sex kvinnoöden på Stockholms slott, Förlaget Ulfsäter, 1996, 479 pages (kap. Drottning Louise / Chapt. Queen Louise). Also TV-programme: Drottning av Sverige (Queen of Sweden), history programme about the six Bernadotte queens consort, from Queen Desirée to Queen Louise (adapted from the book), produced by Agneta Ulfsäter-Troell and Marianne Söderberg for Swedish Television SVTSveriges TelevisionSveriges Television AB , Sweden's Television, is a national television broadcaster based in Sweden, funded by a compulsory fee to be paid by all television owners...
, 1996–97 (Sweden)
Photographs
- Small private portrait, 1920s
- As Crownprincess, official Swedish portrait, 1920s
- Portrait 1930s
- Battenberg family portrait, ~1900s-1910s; Young Princess Louise standing
- Louise as Red Cross nurse in France during WW1, ca 1917
- Queen Louise, as Crown Princess, ~late 1920s
- As Queen, official portrait, 1950s
- Pamela Mountbatten, Patricia Mountbatten, Lord Louis Mountbatten & Queen Louise
- Queen Louise as a young girl, with her family in 1901; sitting on the floor, at right
- Wedding photograph, 1923
- The Bernadotte Royal Family, ca 1937; Louise at right
- Queen Louise in late 1950s/early 1960s
- Chatting away with Lady Churchill at the Nobel Prize Banquet in Stockholm, 1953
- Portrait, late 1930s
- The King and Queen of Sweden at the Nobel Prize Ceremony in Stockholm, 1961
- Queen Louise's funeral; the horse drawn casket with the Swedish and UK flag
External links
- Princely House of Battenberg
- Royal House of Sweden and Royal House of Norway
- The Swedish Royal Court (official site)
- The Mountbatten Family
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