Princess Louise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Infobox Glücksburg Royalty|highness
name = Princess Louise
full name = Louise Caroline Juliana
" _de. Luise Karoline Juliane"
title = The Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont
styles = "HSH" The Dowager Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont
"HSH" The Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont
"HSH" Princess Louise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
royal house = House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
House of Waldeck and Pyrmont
spouse = George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
issue = Prince Wolrad Frederick


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date of birth = birth date|1858|01|06|df=y
place of birth =Schloss Luisenlund, Kiel, Duchy of Schleswig
date of death = death date and age|1936|07|02|1858|01|06|df=y
place of death = Marburg an der Lahn, Hesse, Germany
father = Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
mother = Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe

Princess Louise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburgcite web | url=http://thepeerage.com/p10899.htm#i108989| title=Luise Prinzessin zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg | date=17 June 2003 | accessdate=2008-09-07 | publisher= [http://thePeerage.com thePeerage.com] | author=Darryl Lundy] cite web | url=http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/holstein.html| title=SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN | date= | accessdate=2008-09-07 | publisher=Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site | author=Paul Theroff] (born 6 January 1858 at Schloss Luisenlund in Kiel, Duchy of Schleswig; died 2 July 1936 in Marburg an der Lahn, Hesse, Germany) was the princess consort of George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Louise was the third child and second eldest daughter of Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe and a niece of Christian IX of Denmark.

Marriage and issue

Louise married George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, son of George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and his wife Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, on 29 April 1891 at Schloss Luisenlund. Louise and George Victor had one son:

*"HSH" Prince Wolrad Frederick of Waldeck and Pyrmont (26 June 1892 - 14 October 1914)
**Wolrad was killed in action shortly after the outbreak of the First World War [cite news | title =Prince killed on patrol | pages =3 | publisher =New York Times | date =1914-10-21 ] .

Upon her marriage to George Victor, Louise became the stepmother of seven children from her husband's first marriage to Princess Helena of Nassau. Louise's stepchildren included Emma, Queen of the Netherlands (only seven months her junior) and Princess Helena, Duchess of Albany. She was 41 years younger than her step-son-in-law William III of the Netherlands. Louise died one and one half months before the birth of her step-great-granddaughter Beatrix of the Netherlands.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

*6 January 1858 - 29 April 1891: "Her Serene Highness" Princess Louise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
*29 April 1891 - 12 May 1893: "Her Serene Highness" The Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont
*12 May 1893 - 2 July 1936: "Her Serene Highness" The Dowager Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Ancestry

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1= 1. Princess Louise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
2= 2. Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
3= 3. Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe
4= 4. Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
5= 5. Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel
6= 6. George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
7= 7. Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont
8= 8. Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
9= 9. Countess Friederike of Schlieben
10= 10. Landgrave Charles of Hesse-Kassel
11= 11. Princess Louise of Denmark and Norway
12= 12. Philip II Ernest, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe
13= 13. Landgravine Juliane of Hesse-Philippsthal
14= 14. George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
15= 15. Princess Auguste of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
16= 16. Karl Anton August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
17= 17. Countess Frederica of Dohna-Schlobitten
18= 18. Karl Leopold, Count of Schlieben
19= 19. Countess Maria Eleonore of Lehndorff
20= 20. Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
21= 21. Princess Mary of Great Britain
22= 22. Frederick V of Denmark
23= 23. Louise of Great Britain
24= 24. Friedrich Ernst, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe-Alverdissen
25= 25. Elisabeth Philippine von Friesenhausen
26= 26. Wilhelm, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal
27= 27. Landgravine Ulrica of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
28= 28. Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
29= 29. Countess Palatine Christiane Henriette of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
30= 30. August, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
31= 31. Princess Christine of Anhalt-Bernburg

References