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Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
Princess
Female
Born
Mar 18, 1848
Hometown
Buckingham Palace
Died
Dec 3, 1939
Death Place
Kensington
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The Princess Louise was a member of the British Royal Family, the sixth child and fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and her husband, Albert, Prince Consort. Louise's early life was spent moving among the various royal residences in the company of her… Read More
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CHILDHOOD
Though christened Louisa in Buckingham Palace's private chapel by John Bird Sumner, the Archbishop of Canterbury, on 13 May 1848, she was invariably known as Louise throughout her life.
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TEENAGE
Louise's early life was spent moving among the various royal residences in the company of her family. When her father, the Prince Consort, died on 14 December 1861, the court went into a period of intense mourning, to which Louise was unsympathetic.
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1862
14 Years Old
The Queen comforted herself by rigidly continuing with Prince Albert's plans for their children. Princess Alice was married to Prince Louis, the future Grand Duke of Hesse, at Osborne on 1 June 1862. In 1863, Edward, the Prince of Wales, married Princess Alexandra of Denmark.
From her early years, Louise was a talented and intelligent child, and her artistic talents were quickly recognised. On his visit to Osborne House in 1863, Hallam Tennyson, the son of the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson, remarked that Louise could "draw beautifully".
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As an unmarried daughter of Victoria, Louise served as an unofficial secretary to her mother between 1866 and 1871.
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TWENTIES
1871
23 Years Old
Victoria settled an annuity on Louise shortly before her marriage. The ceremony was conducted at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle on 21 March 1871, and the crowd outside was so large that, for the first time, policemen had to form chain barriers to keep control.
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THIRTIES
1878
30 Years Old
Louise's first few months in Canada were tinged with sadness as her favourite sister, Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse, died on 14 December 1878.
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Louise's first state ball was given on 19 February 1879, and she made a good impression on her guests when she ordered the silk cordon, separating the viceregal party from the guests, be removed.
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1883
35 Years Old
Louise returned to Britain, from Quebec, with her husband on 27 October 1883, and landed at Liverpool.
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1885
37 Years Old
Beatrice had married the tall and handsome Prince Henry of Battenberg in a love match in 1885, and they had four children.
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FORTIES
1890
42 Years Old
Rumours of affairs did not surround only Bigge. In 1890, the sculptor Joseph Edgar Boehm died in Louise's presence at his studio in London, leading to rumours that the two were having an affair.
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FIFTIES
1902
54 Years Old
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Louise continued her sculpture, and in 1902, designed a memorial to the colonial soldiers who died in the Boer War.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
Louise's marriage survived thanks to long periods of separation, but the couple reconciled in 1911, and she was devastated by her husband's death in 1914.
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In spring 1914 Louise stayed at Kensington Palace while her husband remained on the Isle of Wight.
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1925
77 Years Old
Louise spent her last years at Kensington Palace, occupying rooms next to her sister Princess Beatrice. She made occasional public appearances with the royal family, such as at the Cenotaph at Whitehall on 11 November 1925.
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1935
87 Years Old
In 1935, she greeted her nephew, King George V, and his wife, Queen Mary, at Kensington Town Hall during their Silver Jubilee celebrations, and was made an Honourary Freeman of the Borough of Kensington.
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Between these occasions, her great nephew, King Edward VIII, abdicated on 11 December 1936.
Louise died at Kensington Palace on the morning of 3 December 1939 at the age of 91, wearing the wedding veil she wore 68 years previously.
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