Louise Mountbatten

Her Majesty Queen Louise (Louise Alexandra Marie Irene) of Sweden (13 July, 1889 ? 7 March 1965) was the second wife of King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden.

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13 July - 1889 - 7 March - 1965 - Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden

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She was born "Her Serene Highness Princess Louise of Battenberg". Her father, Prince Louis of Battenberg, who was Admiral of the Fleet in the U.K., renounced all his German titles in 1917, during World War I, and furthermore anglicized his family name ("Battenberg") to "Mountbatten". He was then created the first Marquess of Milford Haven in the peerage of the United Kingdom. His daughter then came to be known as Lady Louise Mountbatten.

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Battenberg - Prince Louis of Battenberg - German - World War I - Marquess of Milford Haven

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On November 3, 1923, Louise married His Royal Highness Oskar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustav Adolf, Duke of Scania, Crown Prince of Sweden, later King Gustav VI Adolf. The marriage was happy, but their only child was stillborn. Louise died on March 7, 1965.

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November 3 - 1923 - Scania - Crown Prince - Sweden - King Gustav VI Adolf - March 7 - 1965

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Queen Louise was the second of the four children of Prince Louis Alexander of Battenberg, by his wife Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Her siblings were:

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Louis Alexander of Battenberg - Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine - Victoria

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• Alice, Princess Andrew of Greece, (the mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh);
• George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven; and,
• Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma.

Louise's correct styles and titles through life were:

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• Her Serene Highness Princess Louise of Battenberg (1889-1917)
• Lady Louise Mountbatten (1917-1923)
• Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Louise of Sweden (1923-1950)
• Her Majesty Queen Louise of Sweden (1950-1965)