Louise of Denmark (1726–1756)

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Louise of Denmark, Duchess of Saxony-Hildburghausen

Louise of Denmark (born October 19, 1726 in Copenhagen , † August 8, 1756 in Hildburghausen ) was a princess of Denmark and Norway and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen .

Life

Louise was the only surviving daughter of the Danish King Christian VI. and his wife Sophie Magdalene von Brandenburg-Kulmbach . The sister of King Frederick V of Denmark was a candidate for marriage to both the Duke of Cumberland and King Adolf Friedrich of Sweden . But the insignificant Duodec prince Karl Friedrich , Margrave of Baden-Durlach , was also considered by Louise's brother. Frederick V wanted to prevent the kingdom from falling to Saxony or the related Holstein-Gottorf if his dynasty died out. In 1749 the princess had an affair with a page who was eventually imprisoned.

They married on October 1, 1749 Castle Hirschholm with Ernst Friedrich III. , Duke of Saxony-Hildburghausen, to whom she brought an important bride and groom. On the occasion of this marriage, Duke Ernst Friedrich III. the Order of the Happy Covenant “l'ordre de l'heureuse Alliance”, which was returned after Louise's death.

Like her parents, Louise was strictly religious. Her work as Duchess in Hildburghausen is described as sublime, godly, virtuous, most just and strictly in fulfillment of every regent duty. The proud and spoiled duchess made a point of running an expensive court with stiff etiquette. Carl Barth describes the conditions at court during the reign of the Duchess: “Duke Ernst Friedrich Carl's first wife, a royal. Princess of Denmark had moved in with royal effort. The city proudly saw the gold-sheeted heather next to it, runners with large silver-clad sticks, whips or torches hurrying through the streets in front of the gilded splendid cars covered with mirrored windows. Great solenne sleigh rides, masked and other balls, hunting games, ballets in the theater and high performance made the winter joys. The halls were filled with a large number of courtiers, the flower of the knighthood and the ladies in glittering hooped skirts; the Laquaien crowded army in the anteroom, selected horses from all races the stables, but all cash registers had a lot of empty space. "

On December 5, 1755, the only child of the marriage, Princess Friederike Sophie Juliane Karoline, was born, who died again on January 10, 1756. After a long illness, the Duchess passed away only a few months after her daughter. Parts of their property had to be brought back to Denmark.

ancestors

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 King Christian V (1646–1699)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 King Friedrich IV. (1671-1730)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Charlotte Amalie of Hessen-Kassel (1650–1714)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 King Christian VI (1699–1746)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Gustav Adolf of Mecklenburg (1633–1695)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Louise of Mecklenburg (1667–1721)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Magdalena Sibylla of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf (1631–1719)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Louise of Denmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Georg Albrecht of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1619–1666)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Christian Heinrich of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1661–1708)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Maria Elisabeth of Holstein-Glücksburg (1628–1664)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1700–1770)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Albrecht Friedrich von Wolfstein zu Sulzbürg (1644–1693)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Sophie Christiane von Wolfstein (1667–1737)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Sophia Luise zu Castell and Remlingen (1645–1717)
 
 
 
 
 
 

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rudolf Armin Human: Chronicle of the city of Hildburghausen . Hildburghausen 1886 p. 35
  2. ↑ Heinrich Ferdinand Schöppl: The Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. Bozen 1917, reprint Altenburg 1992, p. 70
  3. ↑ Heinrich Ferdinand Schöppl: The Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. Bozen 1917, reprint Altenburg 1992, p. 71.
personal data
SURNAME Louise of Denmark
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Louise of Denmark and Norway
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Princess of Denmark, Duchess of Saxony-Hildburghausen
DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1726
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen
DATE OF DEATH August 8, 1756
Place of death Hildburghausen