Biography of Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden 1889-1965
Paternal Family Tree: Hesse
Maternal Family Tree: Marie Elisabeth of Saxony Duchess Holstein Gottorp 1610-1684
On 30 Apr 1884 father and daughter, [her grandfather] Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke (age 46) and [her mother] Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven (age 21), were both married on the same, of near, days, he taking advantage pf his relatives being in Darmstadt for his daughter's wedding. He, apparently, didn't approve of his daughter's choice of his first cousin [her father] Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven (age 29) since they, Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven (age 29) and Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven (age 21) would live in Britain.
Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven (age 29) and Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven (age 21) were married. She the daughter of Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke (age 46) and Princess Alice Saxe Coburg Gotha. They were first cousin once removed. She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
In the evening Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke (age 46) and Alexandrina Hutten Czapska (age 29) were married. She being his former mistress. Apparently, they separated within a week and the marriage was annulled within three months.
On 13 Jul 1889 Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden was born to Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven (age 35) and Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven (age 26). She a great granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.61%.
On 15 Jun 1905 [her future husband] Gustaf Adolph VI King Sweden (age 22) and Margaret "Daisy" Windsor (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Prince Arthur Windsor 1st Duke Connaught and Strathearn (age 55) and Luise Margarete Hohenzollern Duchess Connaught (age 44). He the son of Gustav V King Sweden (age 46). He a great x 5 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. She a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
1907. Philip de László (age 37). Portrait of Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden (age 17). Seated half-length to the left in three-quarter profile, wearing a pale yellow dress and stole and a white plumed hat.
On 07 Nov 1917 [her father] Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven (age 63) was created 1st Marquess Milford Haven. [her mother] Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven (age 54) by marriage Marchioness Milford Haven.
On 11 Sep 1921 [her father] Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven (age 67) died. His son [her brother] George Mountbatten 2nd Marquess Milford Haven (age 28) succeeded 2nd Marquess Milford Haven. Nadejda Mikhailovna Torby Marchioness Milford Haven (age 25) by marriage Marchioness Milford Haven.
On 03 Nov 1923 Gustaf Adolph VI King Sweden (age 40) and Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden (age 34) were married. She the daughter of Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven and Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven (age 60). He the son of Gustav V King Sweden (age 65). He a great x 5 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. She a great granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
1929. French Gallery Exhibition. The private view was covered by many newspapers and the Daily News reported: "There were as many celebrities on the walls as there were in person. Lady Onslow (age 40), in a dress of ecru lace over black, the Hon. Mrs Edward Lascelles in a beige crepe de chine jumper suit … and Lady Stanhope in a beige coat and skirt and bright patterned scarf and red hat, were three beautiful women who came to see how they looked "hung." Also in attendance were Princess Louise of Sweden (age 39) and her mother the [her mother] Dowager Lady Milford Haven (age 65), to see the portrait of their sister and daughter-in-law Nadejda (age 32), daughter of Grand Duke Michael Michaelovitch of Russia (1861-1929).
On 20 Oct 1932 [her step-son] Gustaf Adolf Bernadotte (age 26) and Sibylla Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 24) were married. He the son of Gustaf Adolph VI King Sweden (age 49) and Margaret "Daisy" Windsor. They were second cousins. He a great grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. She a great granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 26 Jan 1947 [her step-son] Gustaf Adolf Bernadotte (age 40) died in a plane crash.
On 24 Sep 1950 [her mother] Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven (age 87) died.
On 29 Oct 1950 [her father-in-law] Gustav V King Sweden (age 92) died. His son [her husband] Gustaf Adolph VI King Sweden (age 67) succeeded VI King Sweden. Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden (age 61) by marriage Queen Consort Sweden.
On 02 Mar 1965 Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden (age 75) died.
On 15 Sep 1973 [her former husband] Gustaf Adolph VI King Sweden (age 90) died. His grandson Carl XVI King Sweden (age 27) succeeded XVI King Sweden. Silvia Sommerlath Queen Consort Sweden by marriage Queen Consort Sweden.
Kings Wessex: Great x 25 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 29 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great Grand Daughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt 16 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis I Grand Duke of Hesse 17 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Count Palatine Christian III of Zweibrücken
Great x 3 Grandmother: Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken
Great x 1 Grandfather: Louis Hesse Darmstadt II Grand Duke 18 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: Alexander Hesse Darmstadt 19 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Grand Duke Charles Frederick of Baden
Great x 2 Grandfather: Prince Charles Louis of Baden 17 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Princess Wilhelmine Baden 18 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt 16 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt 17 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Count Palatine Christian III of Zweibrücken
Great x 3 Grandmother: Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken
Father: Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven 20 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandMother: Julia Hauke
Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden Great Grand Daughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
Great x 4 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt 16 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis I Grand Duke of Hesse 17 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken
Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis Hesse Darmstadt II Grand Duke 18 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Karl Wilhelm Hesse Darmstadt 19 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Grand Duke Charles Frederick of Baden
Great x 3 Grandfather: Prince Charles Louis of Baden 17 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Princess Wilhelmine Baden 18 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt 16 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt 17 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken
GrandFather: Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke 20 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Prussia
Mother: Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven Grand Daughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ernest Frederick Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophia Antonia Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Heinrich XXIV Count Reuss of Ebersdorf
Great x 3 Grandmother: Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha 17 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Karoline Ernestine of Erbach Schonberg 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Duke Ernest of Saxe Coburg Altenburg 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Duke Augustus of Saxe Coburg Altenburg 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Saxe Meiningen Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg
Great x 2 Grandmother: Duchess Louise Dorothea of Saxe Coburg Altenburg 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Grand Duke Frederick Francis I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Louise Charlotte Mecklenburg-Schwerin 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Princess Alice Saxe Coburg Gotha Daughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales
Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: King George III of Great Britain and Ireland Grand Son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn Son of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Louis Frederick Duke of Mecklenburg 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom Grand Daughter of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ernest Frederick Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophia Antonia Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Heinrich XXIV Count Reuss of Ebersdorf
Great x 3 Grandmother: Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha 17 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Karoline Ernestine of Erbach Schonberg 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England