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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.
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
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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.
Queen Victoria and the Lady Flora Hastings Scandal The Lady Flora Hastings scandal exposed Queen Victoria's personal prejudices and her poor judgment.
Dec 8, 2017 · Princess Marie Louise died on this day in 1956. The youngest surviving child of Princess Helena of the United Kingdom and Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, she was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria, and goddaughter of Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria and Queen Marie of Hanover.
Mar 16, 2018 · Princess Marie Louise was one of the ten bridesmaids of Queen Victoria’s fifth daughter, Princess Beatrice, at her wedding to Prince Heinrich of Battenberg in 1885, together with her...
Aug 12, 2013 · Princess Marie Louise is a remarkable character in more recent royal history for several reasons: she witnessed the reigns of six British monarchs, the circumstances surrounding the dissolution of her marriage, and the fact that after 1917, she was simply Princess Marie Louise of, well, nowhere.
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Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (Franziska Josepha Louise Augusta Marie Christina Helena; 12 August 1872 – 8 December 1956) was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria .
