Princess Louise Duchess Of Argyll Early Life Potential Husbands

Louise was educated by a governess at Windsor Castle and later attended the KensingtonThis article is about the former borough of London. For other uses, see Kensington (disambiguation). Kensington is a former borough of London, now part of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The name is still used to designate an area of northwes National Art Training SchoolThe Royal College of Art is a postgraduate university in London, England, and claims to be the world’s only wholly postgraduate university of art and design offering the degrees of M. Housed in the Darwin Building in Kensington Gore, it serves roughly 800 when she was 20.

2 Potential Husbands

Her mother, the Queen, wished for her daughter to marry and a hunt was put in place for a suitable husband. The Princess of WalesAlexandra of Denmark ( December 1 1844 November 20 1925) was queen consort of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom 1901- 1910. Prior to that, she was Princess of Wales from 1863 to 1901 the longest any woman has ever held that title. In many ways, Alexan (later Queen Alexandra) proposed her own brother, Crown Prince Frederick of DenmarkFrederik VIII ( June 3, 1843 ? May 14, 1912), king of Denmark, eldest son of King Christian IX, was born at Copenhagen. As Crown Prince of Denmark he took part in the war of 1864 against Austria and Prussia, and subsequently assisted his father in the dut as a possible candidate, but the Queen firmly opposed to another DanishKongeriget Danmark ( In Detail) Motto of the Queen: Guds hjaelp, Folkets kaerlighed, Danmarks styrke (English: God's help, the love of the people, Denmark's strength) Official language Danish Capital Copenhagen Kobenhavn Monarch Margrethe II Prime Ministe marriage that could annoy PrussiaThe word Prussia ( German: Preussen (Preussen Polish: Prusy Lithuanian: Prusai Latin: Borussia has had various (often contradictory) meanings: The land of the Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad exclave of Russia. Louise's eldest sister the Crown Princess of Prussia, proposed her own candidate, the tall and rich Prince Albrecht of Prussia, her husband's cousin. However, he was reluctant to come and live in England. Victoria then proposed the idea that Louise marry a member of the British nobility. Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), disapproved of this idea.

3 Marriage

Eventually a suitable candidate was chosen, the Marquess of Lorne, heir to the title of Duke of Argyll. The Marquess' parents were known to the Queen, and they approved of the proposed union. The Marquess was also a Member of Parliament at this time. Princess Louise married the Marquess of Lorne on March 21, 1871 in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.

4 Canada

In 1878, the Marquess was offered the position of Governor General of Canada. On November 14 1878, Lorne and Louise departed from Liverpool Harbour on the long journey to Canada. Princess Louise was popular in Canada, and extensively toured the country, as well as visiting the neighbouring United States.

Princess Louise was an accomplished writer, sculptor and artist – she painted well in both oils and water colours. A door she painted with sprigs of apple blossoms can still be seen in the Monck wing corridor at Rideau Hall. She gave the name Regina (which is Latin for Queen) to the capital of Saskatchewan, and both the district of Alberta in the Northwest Territories (later the province of Alberta) and Lake Louise in that district were named after her. Although she was often unwell, she was a compassionate woman who, during an epidemic of scarlet fever, personally nursed the sick.

On February 14, 1880, she was seriously injured when the viceregal sleigh overturned on the streets of Ottawa, Ontario, but she eventually made a full recovery. The couple left Canada in 1883 to return to England, although Louise had already returned home for 2 years previously.

Three Canadian regiments still honour her in their titles:

8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise’s)
The Princess Louise Fusiliers
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise’s)

5 Duchess of Argyll

On 4 April, 1900, the 8th Duke of Argyll died, and the Marquess of Lorne, became the 9th Duke of Argyll, and Louise, the Duchess of Argyll.

The Duke died in 1914 from pneumonia. Princess Louise, now a widow, spent World War I visiting Canadian Army units coming to fight in France. She survived until the beginning of World War II, dying on December 3 1939 at Kensington Palace, when she was ninety one years old. At her own request her body was cremated at Golders Green in North London and her ashes were buried at Royal Cemetery at Frogmore .

The Duke and Duchess of Argyll did not have any children.

6 Titles

Her Royal Highness The Princess Louise
Her Royal Highness The Princess Louise, Marchioness of Lorne
Her Royal Highness The Princess Louise, The Duchess of Argyll

Argyll, Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, Princess Louise, Duchess of

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1 Early Life