Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden 1889-1965

On 13th July 1889 Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden was born to Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven [aged 35] and Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven [aged 26]. She a great granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.61%.

On 15th June 1905 Gustaf Adolph VI King Sweden [aged 22] and Margaret "Daisy" Windsor [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of Prince Arthur Windsor 1st Duke Connaught and Strathearn [aged 55] and Luise Margarete Hohenzollern Duchess Connaught [aged 44]. He the son of [her future father-in-law] Gustav V King Sweden [aged 46]. They were fourth cousin twice removed. 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 [aged 37]. Portrait of Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [aged 17]. Seated half-length to the left in three-quarter profile, wearing a pale yellow dress and stole and a white plumed hat.

In 1916 [her brother] George Mountbatten 2nd Marquess Milford Haven [aged 23] and Nadejda Mikhailovna Torby Marchioness Milford Haven [aged 19] were married. He the son of [her father] Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven [aged 61] and [her mother] Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven [aged 52].

On 7th November 1917 [her father] Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven [aged 63] was created 1st Marquess Milford Haven. Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven [aged 54] by marriage Marchioness Milford Haven.

On 11th September 1921 [her father] Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven [aged 67] died. His son George [aged 28] succeeded 2nd Marquess Milford Haven. Nadejda Mikhailovna Torby Marchioness Milford Haven [aged 25] by marriage Marchioness Milford Haven.

On 18th July 1922 Louis Mountbatten 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma [aged 22] and Edwina Ashley [aged 20] were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. He the son of [her father] Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven and [her mother] Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven [aged 59].

The wedding, which attracted hugh crowds, was attending by Queen Mary [aged 55], Queen Alexandra [aged 77] and the Prince of Wales.

Left to right: Mary Ashley [aged 15], Princess Margarita Glücksburg [aged 17], Joan Esther Sybilla Pakenham [aged 18], Sophie Glücksburg [aged 8] (seated), Louis Mountbatten 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Edwina Ashley, Prince of Wales [aged 28], Mary Sibell Ashley-Cooper [aged 19] (seated), Princess Theodora [aged 16] and Princess Cecile [aged 11] (seated).

On 3rd November 1923 Gustaf Adolph VI King Sweden [aged 40] and Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [aged 34] were married. She the daughter of Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven and Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven [aged 60]. He the son of Gustav V King Sweden [aged 65]. They were fifth cousin once removed. 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 [aged 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 [aged 39] and her mother the Dowager Lady Milford Haven [aged 65], to see the portrait of their sister and daughter-in-law Nadejda [aged 32], daughter of Grand Duke Michael Michaelovitch of Russia (1861-1929).

On 20th October 1932 [her step-son] Prince Gustaf Adolf Bernadotte [aged 26] and Sibylla Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 24] were married. He the son of [her husband] Gustaf Adolph VI King Sweden [aged 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 8th April 1938 [her brother] George Mountbatten 2nd Marquess Milford Haven [aged 45] died. His son David [aged 18] succeeded 3rd Marquess Milford Haven.

On 10th October 1944 Harold Philips [aged 34] and Georgina Wernher [aged 24] were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. Guests included The King of Hellenes [aged 54], Prince Bertil of Sweden [aged 32], and The Duchess of Kent [aged 37]. Princess Alexandra of Kent [aged 7] and Gina's sister, Myra, were bridesmaids.

On 26th January 1947 [her step-son] Prince Gustaf Adolf Bernadotte [aged 40] died in a plane crash at Kastrup Airport, Copenhagen, Denmark. The prince, along with two companions, was returning to Stockholm from a hunting trip and visit to Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands. The delayed KLM flight from Amsterdam had landed at Copenhagen for a routine stop before continuing to Stockholm. Soon after the Douglas DC-3 aircraft took off, it climbed to an altitude of about 50 meters, stalled, and plummeted nose-first to the ground, where it exploded on impact. All 22 people aboard the plane (16 passengers and six crew members) were killed. Also aboard the ill-fated flight was American singer and actress Grace Moore and Danish actress Gerda Neumann. An investigation found that an inexperienced young employee had serviced the aircraft and, short of time, the plane's captain had failed to perform the final pre-flight check list properly. He took off not realizing that elevator locking pins were still in place.

On 28th October 1947 Louis Mountbatten 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma [aged 47] was created 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma with a special remainder to his daughters and their heirs male. Edwina Ashley Countess Mountbatten Burma [aged 45] by marriage Countess Mountbatten of Burma.

On 24th September 1950 Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven [aged 87] died.

On 29th October 1950 Gustav V King Sweden [aged 92] died. His son Gustaf [aged 67] succeeded VI King Sweden. Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [aged 61] by marriage Queen Consort Sweden.

On 2nd March 1965 Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [aged 75] died.

On 15th September 1973 Gustaf Adolph VI King Sweden [aged 90] died. His grandson Carl [aged 27] succeeded XVI King Sweden. Silvia Sommerlath Queen Consort Sweden by marriage Queen Consort Sweden.