Louise Mountbatten

Louise Mountbatten www.classicpicture.se

Born as a princess.  Princess Louise of Battenberg was the daughter of Prince Louis of Battenberg, admiral of the fleet in the United Kingdom and Princess Victoria of Hesse by Rhine, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria.

Brother of the last Viceroy of India. Louise was a sister of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, who was killed by a bomb 1979

Her courtship with a crown prince. 1923 the Swedish crown prince began to court her and although she had said that she would never marry a king or a widower, she accepted the proposal of the man destined to be both.

Becoming a Crown Princess. Louise became officially the first lady of Sweden and was expected to perform the duties of a queen, twenty years before she actually became queen.

Finally a queen. In 1950 Louise became queen of Sweden after accession to the throne of her husband. She was described as eccentric for royalty and temperamental.
Queen Louise died on 7 of March 1965 and is buried beside her husband King Gustaf VI Adolf.

About the picture. Louise dressed in royal jewelry posing for the photographer in the fashion of photography at the time 1930s.

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