- Born
- Died
- Birth nameLouise Alexandra Marie Irène von Battenberg
- Nicknames
- Prinzessin von Battenberg
- Lady Louise Mountbatten
- Drottning Louise
- Queen Louise was born on July 13, 1889 in Schloss Heiligenberg, Seeheim-Jugenheim, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Empire [now Hesse, Germany]. She was married to King Gustaf VI Adolf. She died on March 7, 1965 in Saint Göran Hospital, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.
- SpouseKing Gustaf VI Adolf(November 3, 1923 - March 7, 1965) (her death, 1 child)
- Children
- Parents
- RelativesLouis Mountbatten(Sibling)Queen Victoria(Great Grandparent)Prince Albert(Great Grandparent)Prince Henry of Battenberg(Aunt or Uncle)Elizabeth Feodorovna(Aunt or Uncle)Ernest Louis(Aunt or Uncle)Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine(Aunt or Uncle)Tsarina Alexandra(Aunt or Uncle)Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine(Aunt or Uncle)David Mountbatten(Niece or Nephew)Patricia Mountbatten(Niece or Nephew)Pamela Hicks(Niece or Nephew)Grand Duchess Olga(Cousin)Grand Duchess Tatiana(Cousin)Grand Duchess Maria(Cousin)Grand Duchess Anastasia(Cousin)Aleksey Nikolaeyvitch Romanov(Cousin)Prince Philip(Niece or Nephew)Queen Victoria Eugenia(Cousin)Princess Alice of Battenberg(Sibling)Princess Irene of Prussia(Aunt or Uncle)Prince Waldemar of Prussia(Cousin)Prince Sigismund of Prussia(Cousin)Grand Duchess Alice(Grandparent)Louis IV(Grandparent)
- Raised in England, Louise was the daughter of Prince Louis of Battenberg, and the sister of Princess Alice of Battenberg, Louis Mountbatten, and George Mountbatten. Through her mother Victoria Mountbatten, she was a granddaughter of Grand Duchess Alice and Louis IV, and a great-granddaughter of Prince Albert and Queen Victoria. She later became Louise, Queen of Sweden from the accession of her husband, King Gustaf VI Adolf, in 1950.
- Through the proclamation of 17 July 1917, whereby the British royal family assumed the surname Windsor, the name "Battenberg" was anglicized to "Mountbatten." Princess Louise of Battenberg thereby became Lady Louise Mountbatten, which remained her name until her marriage to King Gustaf VI Adolf in 1923.
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