HM Queen Louise of Denmark

Queen consort of Denmark


Date & place of birth September 7, 1817 Rumpelhelm Castle, Kassel, Northern Germany
Born as HH Princess of Hesse-Kassel
Names Luise Wilhelmine Friedrike Caroline Auguste Julie

Father Prince Wilhelm of Hesse-Kassel
Mother Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark





Royal house Hesse (born) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg (marriage)
Consort Hereditary Princess of Denmark December 31, 1853-November 15, 1863
Queen consort November 15, 1863-September 29, 1898
Tenure 33 years 318 days
Predecessor Princess Caroline Amalie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augsutenburg
Successor Princess Lovisa of Sweden (son)





Siblings (5)
Third of six children (4 brothers, 1 sister)
Princess Carolina of Hesse-Kassel
Princes Maria of Hesse-Kassel
Prince Friedrich of Hesse-Kassel
Princess Auguste of Hesse-Kassel
Princess Sophie of Hesse-Kassel





Married May 26, 1842 Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen
Spouse King Christian IX of Denmark (then Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg)





Issue (6)
(3 sons, 3 daughters)
Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark (King Frederik VIII of Denmark)
Princess Alexandra of Denmark (Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom)
Prince Vilhelm of Denmark (King George I of the Hellenes)
Princess Dagmar of Denmark (Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia)
Princess Thyra of Denmark (Crown Princess Ernst August of Hanover)
Prince Valdemar of Denmark





Grandchildren (39)
(24 grandsons, 15 granddaughers)
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence
Prince George, Duke of York (King George V of the United Kingdom)
Princess Louise of the United Kingdom
Czarevitch Nikolai of Russia (Tzar Nicholas II of Russia)
Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom
Crown Prince Konstantine of Greece (King Konstantine I of the Hellenes)
Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia
Prince George of Greece and Denmark
Princess Maud of Wales (Queen Maud of Norway)
Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark
Prince Christian of Denmark (King Christian X of Denmark)
Prince Alexander of the United Kingdom
Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia
Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark
Prince Carl of Denmark (King Haakon VII of Norway)
Princess Louise of Denmark
Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia
Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark
Prince Harald of Denmark
Princess Ingeborg of Denmark
Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia
Princess Marie Louise of Hanover
Princess Thyra of Denmark
Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark
Prince George of Hanover
Prince Andreas of Greece and Denmark
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia
Princess Alexandra of Hanover
Princess Olga of Hanover
Prince Christian of Hanover
Prince Gustav of Denmark
Prince Aage of Denmark
Prince Ernst Augustus of Hanover (Duke of Brunswick)
Prince Chrisoph of Greece and Denmark
Prince Axel of Denmark
Princess Dagmar of Denmark
Prince Erik of Denmark
Prince Viggo of Denmark
Princess Margrethe of Denmark





Died September 29, 1898 Bernstorff Castle, Gentofte, near Copenhagen (age 81)
Place of burial Roskilde Cathedral, Roskilde





Titles
HH Princess Luise of Hesse-Kassel
HH Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg, Princess of Hesse-Kassel
HRH Princess Louise, Hereditary Princess of Denmark, Princess of Hesse-Kassel
HM Queen Louise of Denmark, Princess of Hesse-Kassel





Paternal grandparents
Landgrave Frederick of Hesse-Kassel
Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen

Paternal great-grandparents
Landgrave Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel
Princess Mary of Great Britain
Prince Charles William of Nassau-Usingen
Countess Karoline of Leiningen-Dagsburg





Maternal grandparents
Hereditary Prince Frederik of Denmark and Norway
Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Maternal great-grandparents
King Frederik V of Denmark and Norway
Duchess Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel (Queen Juliana of Denmark and Norway)
Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld