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Princess Marie Louise of Hanover and Cumberland (11 October 1879 – 31 January 1948) was the eldest child of Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, and Princess Thyra of Denmark, the youngest daughter of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel.
- Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein
- Prince Aribert of Anhalt
- Shock and Scandal
- Princess of Anhalt to Princess of Nowhere
- Memories of Six Reigns
- Portraits of Princess Marie Louise
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Her Highness Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein was the second daughter of Princess Helena of Great Britain (1846-1923) and Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sondenburg-Augustenburg (1831-1917), and she was their fourth child. Born at Cumberland Lodge in Windsor Great Park on the 12th of August, 1872, Marie Louise was christened on th...
On the 6th of July, 1891, Princess Marie Louise married Prussian soldier Prince Aribert of Anhalt (1866-1933.) They'd met at a family wedding, that of Princess Viktoria of Prussia (1866-1929) and Prince Adolf of Schaumberg-Lippe (1859-1916). Viktoria was a younger sister of Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941.) The Kaiser promoted the match between his gr...
She lost her thirty-three-year-old brother, Prince Christian Victor, on the 29th of October, 1900, to malaria which he contracted during the Boer War in Africa. In December of 1900, Marie Louise visited Canada. One day, she received a cable message from her father-in-law, Friedrich I of Anhalt (1831-1904), demanding that she return to Dessau withou...
With her grandmother’s full support, the annulment was processed quickly to minimise Marie Louise’s suffering at an age when the end of a marriage before death was potentially ruinous. She once again became Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein. She remained in Britain and made a stylish home for herself in London, but because she believed th...
After the war ended on the 11th of November, 1918, she resided with her mother and sister at Cumberland Lodge and Schomberg House in Pall Mall, London. When Princess Helena died in 1923, her daughters took on her work. She inspired Queen Mary (1867-1953) to commission the Queen Mary’s Doll's House, which utilised the skills of British craftspeople....
For images of Princess Marie Louise throughout her life, including a set from 1879 and another dated 1953, please visit the National Portrait Gallery website.
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Her mother was Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, the fifth child and third daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. She was baptized on 18 September 1872. Her godparents were Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria and Queen Marie of Hanover .
Aug 12, 2013 · No children were born of the marriage, and while Princess Marie Louise was on an official visit to the United States (where she met President McKinley) and Canada in 1900, it came to a dramatic end – her father-in-law annulled her marriage.
Aug 12, 2015 · Princess Marie-Louise of Schleswig-Holstein found great support in the home of her grandmother, Queen Victoria, when her own life took a traumatic turn
Jun 19, 2018 · Born in 1872, Princess Marie Louise was the daughter of Danish Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein and his wife Princess Helena of the United Kingdom who was a daughter of Queen Victoria. Marie Louise grew up at Cumberland lodge near to Windsor Castle with her parents and siblings.
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The couple had three children two boys and one girl : Andrea, Albert, Pierre Casiraghi who was born June 9, 1984, Charlotte, Marie, Pomeline Casiraghi who was born on August 3, 1986 and Pierre, Rainier, Stefano Casiraghi who was born on September 5, 1987. In October 1990 her husband Stefano was killed in a boat race.
