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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 Louise Margaret of Prussia (Louise Margaret Alexandra Victoria Agnes; 25 July 1860 – 14 March 1917), later Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn, was a member of the House of Hohenzollern who married into the British royal family.
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Louise Margaret was the third surviving daughter of Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, a military officer popularly known as the “Red Prince” and grandson of Kaiser Friedrich Wilhem III, and Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau, a talented musician and painter. In 1878, Louise Margaret met Prince Arthur (1850-1942), Queen Victoria’s seventh child an...
On 13 March 1879, Arthur and Louise Margaret were married at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor. They had three children, Margaret (1882–1920), who married the future King Gustaf VI Adolph of Sweden in 1905; Arthur (1883–1938) who served as Governor General of South Africa from 1920 to 1924; and Patricia(1886–1974) who accompanied her parents to Canada a...
The Duke and Duchess of Connaught and their younger daughter, 25-year-old Princess Patricia, arrived in Ottawa on 14 October 1911 after the Duke’s installation as Governor General in the Quebec legislature the day before. The unfinished Chateau Laurier hotel displayed welcome banners in French and English. The Duchess was not impressed at first by ...
At the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, the Duchess established the Duchess of Connaught Hospital Fund to raise money for the establishment of military hospitals in Europe to care for wounded members of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Nancy Astor, Britain’s first female member of parliament, offered the use of her residence Cliveden House...
The Duke and Duchess of Connaught took a strong interest in the arts and both their daughters were accomplished painters. The Duchess of Connaught sponsored art exhibitions in Canada and supported the work of Canadian artists. In 1912, she was the patron of an exhibition of paintings, watercolours, pastels and drawings by the artist Mary Riter Hami...
The Duchess suffered from extended periods of ill health during her time as viceregal consort. In 1912, she suffered symptoms of what appeared to be appendicitis or peritonitis while in Quebec. In March 1913, she returned to the United Kingdom with the Duke for an operation and a period of convalescence. She suffered a relapse and required a second...
Mar 14, 2017 · Louise Margaret, who became known as the Duchess of Connaught after her marriage to Prince Arthur, gave birth to three children, who all survived through adulthood: the eldest, Princess Margaret of Connaught, (1882-1920), married Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden.
Sep 25, 2023 · Princess Marie Louise was the last surviving granddaughter of Queen Victoria, and her story features triumph over adversity. Through marriage and war, she became known as the “princess of nowhere.”.
Who was Princess Marie Louise of Hanover? Princess Marie Louise of Hanover and Cumberland, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Marie Louise was the eldest daughter 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.
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Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia (Louise Margaret Alexandra Victoria Agnes; 25 July 1860 – 14 March 1917), later Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn, was a member of the House of Hohenzollern who married into the British royal family.
