Biography of Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden 1889-1965

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

On 15th June 1905 [her future husband] Gustaf Adolph VI King Sweden (age 22) and Margaret "Daisy" Windsor (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Prince Arthur Windsor 1st Duke Connaught and Strathearn (age 55) and Luise Margarete Hohenzollern Duchess Connaught (age 44). He the son of [her future father-in-law] Gustav V King Sweden (age 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 (age 37). Portrait of Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden (age 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 (age 23) and [her sister-in-law] Nadejda Mikhailovna Torby Marchioness Milford Haven (age 19) were married. He the son of [her father] Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven (age 61) and [her mother] Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven (age 52).

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

On 11th September 1921 [her father] Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven (age 67) died. His son [her brother] George (age 28) succeeded 2nd Marquess Milford Haven. [her sister-in-law] Nadejda Mikhailovna Torby Marchioness Milford Haven (age 25) by marriage Marchioness Milford Haven.

On 18th July 1922 [her brother] Louis Mountbatten 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (age 22) and [her sister-in-law] Edwina Ashley (age 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 (age 59).

The wedding, which attracted hugh crowds, was attending by Queen Mary (age 55), Queen Alexandra (age 77) and the Prince of Wales.

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

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

On 20th October 1932 [her step-son] Prince Gustaf Adolf Bernadotte (age 26) and Sibylla Saxe Coburg Gotha (age 24) were married. He the son of [her husband] Gustaf Adolph VI King Sweden (age 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 (age 45) died. His son [her nephew] David (age 18) succeeded 3rd Marquess Milford Haven.

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

On 26th January 1947 [her step-son] Prince Gustaf Adolf Bernadotte (age 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 [her brother] Louis Mountbatten 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (age 47) was created 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma with a special remainder to his daughters and their heirs male. [her sister-in-law] Edwina Ashley Countess Mountbatten Burma (age 45) by marriage Countess Mountbatten of Burma.

On 24th September 1950 [her mother] Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven (age 87) died.

On 29th October 1950 [her father-in-law] Gustav V King Sweden (age 92) died. His son [her husband] Gustaf (age 67) succeeded VI King Sweden. Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden (age 61) by marriage Queen Consort Sweden.

On 2nd March 1965 Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden (age 75) died.

On 15th September 1973 [her former husband] Gustaf Adolph VI King Sweden (age 90) died. His grandson Carl (age 27) succeeded XVI King Sweden. Silvia Sommerlath Queen Consort Sweden by marriage Queen Consort Sweden.