Louise of Wales
Princess Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar of Wales, styled Princess Royal in 1905.
Daughter of Edward VII. King of the United Kingdom (1841-1910) and his wife Alexandra, Princess of Denmark (1844-1925)
Born: Marlborough House, London 20. Feb 1867
Christened: Marlborough House 10. May 1867
Godparents:
Queen Louise of Denmark (maternal grandmother)
Princess Louise of the United Kingdom (later Duchess of Argyll, paternal aunt)
Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna of Russia (later Empress, Princess Dagmar of Denmark, her maternal aunt)
King Georgios I. of the Hellenes (her maternal uncle)
Crown Prince Friedrich of Prussia (later Friedrich III. German Emperor, her paternal aunt Victoria’s husband)
Karl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (her maternal great-uncle)
Friedrich, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel
Eduard, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (nephew of the late Queen Adelaide)
Grand Duchess Augusta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (born Princess of the United Kingdom)
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (paternal aunt)
Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (paternal aunt)
Married: Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace 27. Jul 1889 Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife, cr. 1st Duke of Fife in 1889 (1849-1912), her third cousin in descent from King George III; son of James Duff, 5th Earl Fife (1814-1879) and Lady Agnes Hay (1829-1869), daughter of the 18th Earl of Erroll.
Issue:
Alastair Duff, Marquess of Macduff (stillborn 16. Jun 1890)
Princess Alexandra of Fife, Duchess of Fife (1891-1959) m. 1913 Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883-1938)
Princess Maud of Fife (1893-1945) m. 1923 Charles Carnegie, 11. Earl of Southesk (1893-1992)
Died: Portmann Square, London 4. Jan 1931
Buried: St. George’s Chapel, Windsor
Marlene A. Eilers ”Queen Victoria’s Descendants”, Rosvall Royal Books 1997; Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürsten I, Vol III, Starke Verlag 1955; Alison Weir: “Britain’s Royal Families”, Vintage Books 2008; Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. III/1, 1983, Verlag J. A. Stargaardt; for christening and godparents see Yvonne Demoskoff: Yvonne’s Royalty Home Page http://users.uniserve.com/~canyon/index.htm