HM Princess Louise of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess Royal, eldest daughter of King Edward VII

Eldest daughter of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom
Duchess of Fife

Date & place of birth February 20, 1867 Marlborough House, London
Born as HRH Princess Louise of Wales
Names Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar

Father King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (then Prince Albert Edward of Wales)
Mother Princess Alexandra of Denmark (Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom)





Royal house Saxe Coburg and Gotha later changed to Windsor





Siblings (5)
Second of six children (three brothers, two sisters)
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale
King George V of the United Kingdom
Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom
Princess Maud (Queen Maud of Norway)
Prince Alexander John of the United Kingdom





Married July 27, 1889 Private chapel, Buckingham Palace, London
Married Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife





Issue
(2 daughters)
Princess Alexandra of Fife (Princess Arthur of Connaught)
Princess Maud of Fife (Countess of Sothesk)





Grandchildren
(2 grandsons)
Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife





Died January 4, 1931 Portman Square, London (age 63)
Place of burial St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Windsor





Titles
HRH Princess Louise of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony
HRH Princess Louise of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess Royal, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony
HRH Princess Louise of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess Royal
HRH Princess Louise of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess Royal, Duchess of Fife

*Created Princess Royal – November 9, 1905 (title given to the eldest daughter of a British sovereign)





Paternal grandparents
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Prince consort)
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom

Paternal great-grandparents
Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Prince Edward of the United Kingdom, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
Princess Viktoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld





Maternal grandparents
King Christian IX of Denmark
Princess Luise of Hesse-Kassel (Queen Louise of Denmark)

Maternal great-grandparents
Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg
Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel
Landgrave Wilhelm of Hesse-Kassel
Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark