Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll

English princess, sixth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

Date of Birth: 18-Mar-1848

Place of Birth: Buckingham Palace, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 03-Dec-1939

Profession: painter, sculptor

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll

  • Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, (Louisa Caroline Alberta; 18 March 1848 – 3 December 1939) was the sixth child and fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
  • In her public life, she was a strong proponent of the arts and higher education and of the feminist cause.
  • Her early life was spent moving among the various royal residences in the company of her family.
  • When her father, the prince consort, died on 14 December 1861, the court went into a long period of mourning, to which with time Louise became unsympathetic.
  • Louise was an able sculptor and artist, and several of her sculptures remain today.
  • She was also a supporter of the feminist movement, corresponding with Josephine Butler, and visiting Elizabeth Garrett. Before her marriage, from 1866 to 1871, Louise served as an unofficial secretary to her mother, the Queen.
  • The question of Louise's marriage was discussed in the late 1860s.
  • Suitors from the royal houses of Prussia and Denmark were suggested, but Victoria did not want her to marry a foreign prince, and therefore suggested a high-ranking member of the British aristocracy.
  • Despite opposition from members of the royal family, Louise fell in love with John, Marquess of Lorne, the heir of the Duke of Argyll.
  • Victoria consented to the marriage, which took place on 21 March 1871.
  • Despite a happy beginning, the two drifted apart, possibly because of their childlessness and the queen's constraints on their activities.In 1878, Lorne was appointed Governor General of Canada, a post he held 1878–1884.
  • Louise was viceregal consort, starting a lasting interest in Canada.
  • Her names were used to name many features in Canada. Following Victoria's death in 1901, Louise entered the social circle established by her elder brother, the new king, Edward VII.
  • Louise's marriage survived thanks to long periods of separation; the couple reconciled in 1911 and she was devastated by her husband's death in 1914.
  • After the end of the First World War in 1918, at the age of 70, she began to retire from public life, undertaking few public duties outside Kensington Palace, where she died at the age of 91.

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