Lovisa of Sweden
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Queen Louise of Denmark (October 31, 1851 — March 20, 1926) was a princess of Sweden and the Queen consort of Frederik VIII of Denmark.
Louise Josephine Eugenie of the House of Bernadotte was born Princess Lovisa of Sweden in Stockholm. She was the only daughter of King Charles XV (3.5.1826 Stockholm -18.9.1872 Malmö) and Queen Lovisa of Sweden (5.8.1828 The Hague-30.3.1871 Stockholm).
Louise married in Stockholm on July 28, 1869, Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark (1843-1912); she eventually became Queen of Denmark in 1906 as Frederik's consort. The couple had 8 children (see Frederick VIII of Denmark).
As tradition precluded the succession of a woman to the thrones of Sweden and Norway, Louise could not inherit them. Her father Charles XV was succeeded by his brother Oscar II. By a twist of fate, Louise's son, Prince Charles, did in fact eventually became King of Norway; he was elected to succeed her uncle to the Norwegian throne as a result of Norway's independence from Sweden in 1905.
Queen Louise died in Amalienborg in 1926 and is interred next to her husband in Roskilde Cathedral near Copenhagen.
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- Bomann-Larsen, Tor (2004): "Folket - Haakon & Maud II" (in Norwegian)ca:Lluïsa de Suècia
de:Louise von Schweden-Norwegen fr:Lovisa de Suède no:Lovisa av Sverige
