#queen louise of hesse kassel

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Cropped image of Empress Maria Feodorovna, Queen Louise of Denmark, and Alexandra, Princess of Wales.

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Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia and her great-grandmother, Queen Louise of Denmark, circa 1896.

photo enchanced by me!!

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Beauties! ❤

Maria Feodorovna with her mother Queen Louise of Denmark and sister Alexandra, then Princess of Wales.

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Royal Deaths, 29 September

855 - Lothair I, Emperor of the Romans.

1360 - Joan I, Countess of Auvergne, Queen of France.

1364 - Charles the ‘Saint’, Duke of Brittany, killed in the Battle of Auray at 44 or 45.

1560 - Gustav Vasa I, King of Sweden who abolished Sweden's elective monarchy, dies at 64.

1833- Ferdinand VII, King of Spain who lost nearly all of Spain's territories in Latin America, dies at 48.

1834 - Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg.

1882 - Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Parma, first wife of Roberto I, Duke of Parma, in childbirth aged 33.

1898 - Queen Louise of Denmark, born of Hesse-Kassel, wife of King Christian IX of Denmark.

2020 - Sabah IV bin Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait.

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Royal Birthdays for today, October 31st:

Edward, King of Portugal, 1391

Hedwig, Abbess of Quedlinburg, 1445

Henriette of Cleves, Princess of Mantua, 1542

Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel, Duchess of Oldenburg, 1722

Charlotte Bonaparte, Infanta of Spain, 1802

Luis I, King of Portugal and the Algarves, 1838

Louise of Sweden, Queen of Denmark, 1851

Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler, 1934

Norberta of Liechtenstein, Dowager Marchioness of Mariño,  1950

Leonor of Spain, Princess of Asturias, 2005

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Coverage of the wedding of the then Duke of York (later KING GEORGE V) to Princess Mary of Teck (later QUEEN MARY) by the The Illustrated London News, July 1893. (1) Cover on 10 July 1893. (2) The wedding breakfast at Buckingham Palace: the royal table. (3) The congratulations after the wedding ceremony. (4) The royal party at the opera, Tuesday, July 4. Left to Right: Duke of York, Princess May, Grand Duke of Hesse (ERNEST LOUIS), Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (PRINCESS AUGUSTA OF CAMBRIDGE), The Czarevitch (later NICHOLAS II OF RUSSIA), Queen of Denmark (LOUISE OF HESSE-KASSEL), Princess of Wales (later QUEEN ALEXANDRA), King of Denmark (CHRISTIAN IX). (5) The presents on view at the Imperial Institute. (6) Departure of the Duke of York and his bride from Buckingham Palace. (7) The marriage of HRH the Duke of York, K.G., and HSH the Princess Victoria Mary of Teck: the wedding ceremony in St. James’s Chapel. (8) The Duke of York receiving an Address from the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House. (9) The Bridegroom’s procession to the Chapel. (10) The marriage ceremony in the Chapel Royal, St. James’s.

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Queen Louise is barely noticeable in the background!

Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna holding her grandnephew Prince Edward (known in the family as David; the future Edward VIII), with the Duchess of York, and her mother Queen Louise of Denmark in 1898.

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Royal Engagement photo of Princess Alexandra of Denmark and Albert Edward, Prince of Wales.

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Top: Prince Frederick of Denmark, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, Princess Alexandra of Denmark, and Princess Dagmar of Denmark.

Bottom: Prince Philippe of Belgium, Crown Princess Louise of Denmark, and Crown Prince Christian of Denmark.

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The Family <3

emperor Franz Joseph Of Austria And King Of Hungary (1816-1905)

age: 35

height: 6’4

birthday: 18th august

early life:

Franz Joseph was born on 18 August 1816 in the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna (on the 65th anniversary of the death of Francis of Lorraine) as the eldest son of Archduke Franz Karl (the younger son of Francis I), and his wife Sophie, Princess of Bavaria. Because his uncle, reigning from 1835 as the Emperor Ferdinand, was disabled by seizures, and his father unambitious and retiring, the mother of the young Archduke "Franzi" brought him up as a future emperor, with emphasis on devotion, responsibility and diligence.

Empress Alexandra Of Austria, Queen Of Hungary (1816-1907)

age: 35

height: 5’10

birthday: 8th March

Early Life:

Princess Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julia, or "Alix", as her immediate family knew her, was born at the Yellow Palace, an 18th-century town house at 18 Amaliegade, immediately adjacent to the Amalienborg Palacecomplex in Copenhagen.[1] Her father was Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and her mother was Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel.[2] She had five siblings: Frederick, William (later George I of Greece), Dagmar (later Empress of Russia), Thyra and Valdemar.

Her father's family was a distant cadet branch of the Danish royal House of Oldenburg, which was descended from King Christian III. Although they were of royal blood,[a] the family lived a comparatively modest life. They did not possess great wealth; her father's income from an army commission was about £800 per year and their house was a rent-free grace and favour property. Occasionally, Hans Christian Andersen was invited to call and tell the children stories before bedtime.

GrandDuchess Elisabeth Of Austria, Later Empress Of Austria And Queen Of Hungary at 19 Years old (1837-1927)

age: 14-15

height: 5’8

birthday: 24th December

Marie Valerie (1840-1943) lmao Valerie lived a long time

Height: 5’3

age: 10

birthday: 24th april

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Alexandra, Dagmar & Thyra have her big beautiful eyes! 🥺❤

Luise of Hesse-Kassel, future Queen of Denmark, 1855. Cropped from a portrait by August Schiøtt

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Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom, Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia, Princess Thyra, and their father King Christian IX of Denmark playing cards.

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Alexandra of Denmark (Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julia; 1 December 1844 – 20 November 1925) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India from 22 January 1901 to 6 May 1910 as the wife of King-Emperor Edward VII.

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Maria Feodorovna (26 November 1847 – 13 October 1928), known before her marriage as Princess Dagmar of Denmark, was Empress of Russia from 1881 to 1894 as the wife of Emperor Alexander III.

She was the second daughter of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel.

Maria's eldest son became the last Russian monarch, Emperor Nicholas II.

Maria lived for 10 years after Bolshevik functionaries murdered Nicholas and his immediate family in 1918.

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Princess Thyra of Denmark (Thyra Amalie Caroline Charlotte Anna; 29 September 1853 – 26 February 1933) was the youngest daughter and fifth child of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel.

In 1878, she married Ernest Augustus, the exiled heir to the Kingdom of Hanover.

As the Kingdom of Hanover had been annexed by Prussia in 1866, she spent most of her life in exile with her husband in Austria.

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Christian IX (8 April 1818 – 29 January 1906) was King of Denmark from 15 November 1863 until his death in 1906.

From 1863 to 1864, he was concurrently Duke of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg.

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GODPARENTS OF NICHOLAS II

Born during his grandfather's reign on 18 May (New Style) 1868 at the Alexander Palace, Tsarkoe Selo in Saint Petersburg. He was the eldest son of Alexander III and his wife Maria Feodorovna (then, the Tsarevich and Tsarina of Russia). He was christened on 1 June at the  Chapel of the Resurrection of the Catherine Palace at Tsarskoe Selo, by the confessor of the imperial family, protopresbyter Vasily Borisovich Bazhanov. His godparents were: 

ALEXANDER II, EMPEROR OF RUSSIA - his paternal grandfather, the Russian Emperor stood as one of the godparents. He became the Emperor of All Russia in 1855. Alexander’s most significant reform as emperor was the emancipation of Russia’s serfs in 1861, for which he is known as Alexander the Liberator. He was assassinated in 1881 when the young Nicholas was only 12 years-old, to which he became the heir apparent upon his death.

PRINCESS MARIE OF HESSE AND BY RHINE, EMPRESS MARIA ALEXANDROVNA OF RUSSIA - his paternal grandmother, the consort of Emperor Alexander II, was another of his godparents. Known for her intellect, she was one of the founders of the Russian Red Cross Society. However, she suffered from tuberculosis from 1863 and spent long stays in southern Europe to avoid harsh winters. Although she and her husband were unofficially separated sometime after the death of their eldest son, Maria was treated with respect and love by her surviving family. Maria passed away from illness when the young Nicholas was still a child.

PRINCESS LOUISE OF HESSE-KASSEL, QUEEN CONSORT OF DENMARK - his maternal grandmother was listed as one of his godparents. Louise became the Queen consort of Denmark upon her husband's - King Christian IX - accession in 1863, just few years before her grandson Nicholas' birth. She, herself, was a niece of another King of Denmark (Christian VIII). The great dynastic success of Louise's six children was to a great extent a result of Louise's own ambitions - through them, she was a grandmother of not only the future Tsar of Russia (Nicholas II), but also that of King George V of the United Kingdom; King Constantine I of Greece; King Christian X of Denmark, and King Harken VII of Norway.

GRAND DUCHESS ELENA PAVLOVNA OF RUSSIA - his great-great-aunt, the wife of the late Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich, was one of his godparents. Born as Princess Charlotte of Württemberg, she became a close friend of his grandmother the Empress Maria Alexandrovna, and was known as an intellectual. She was also considered the most exceptional woman in the imperial family since Catherine the Great.

KING FREDERICK VIII OF DENMARK - then, the Crown Prince, his maternal uncle stood as one of his godparents. During the long reign of his father, he was largely excluded from influence and political power. Upon his father's death in 1906, he acceded to the throne at the advanced age of 62. In many ways, Frederick VIII was a liberal monarch who was much more favorable to the new parliamentary system introduced in 1901 than his father had been, being reform-minded and democratically inclined. 

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do you have suggestions for names for future queens that arent magarete?

It's difficult, you know, because the case for Margrethe is just very strong given her predecessors. It's actually one of Danish history's most curious coincidences that QMII became QMII. She was named for her late British grandmother and presumably, at the time of her birth, Frederik and Ingrid were hopeful they'd get themselves a little Christian sooner or later. But she so happens to end up becoming Queen of Denmark and she so happens to share name with the closest we've come to having a female monarch of Denmark. That is pretty amazing, if you ask me.

And ON TOP of I and II, we have Margrethe Sambiria – consort to Christoffer I and first female regent of Denmark – also known as "Margrethe Sprænghest" (or Margrethe Burst-horse!!1!) as she was known to ride horses to their death, leading her army across the country. It's just... difficult to argue against continuing the tradition QMII started since we've just had a myriad of badass Margrethes 😅

BUT, some suggestions:

Thyra – We actually don't know a whole lot about Thyra Danebod yet she's a legend. Mother of the Kingdom of Denmark, what's not to like? (Well, that would be its English pronunciation but hey-ho. Lest we forget that Norway's Ingrid Alexandra would've been Tyra Eufemia had Haakon and Mette-Marit felt bold enough 😂)

Dagmar – You'd think I was naming daughters of Christian IX but I'd give this particular one to Dagmar of Bohemia (actual name Markéta, or in Danish – you guessed it – Margrethe). Again, a legendary Queen and she who gave the Dagmar Cross its name. Doesn't hurt that "we" had a Russian Empress named Dagmar either.

Ingrid – You knew she'd be coming and she doesn't need an explanation. Queen Ingrid was instrumental to the DRF. While it may not be used for a potential firstborn daughter in the forthcoming generation (due to aforementioned Norwegian Ingrid), I can easily see her used in the future.

Louise – It has a dated feel, I understand but hear me out: Technically speaking, the reason the Glücksburgs are on the Danish throne today is because of Louise of Hesse-Kassel 🤷‍♀️ We've also had no less than 4 Queen consorts named Louise.

Emma – Bit of an outsider, Emma of Normandy does not get the respect nor the attention she deserves. And it's a timeless name!

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2 Louise's & 2 Alexandra's!

Four generations: Queen Louise of Denmark (born Princess of Hesse-Kassel) with her eldest daughter Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (consort of King Edward VII, at the time of taking the picture she was the Princess of Wales) and Alexandra’s eldest daughter Princess Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife. Queen Louise is holding Princess Louise’s eldest daughter Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife, 1893.

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