Louise of Denmark and Norway (1750-1831)
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Louise of Denmark and Norway (born January 20, 1750 in Christiansborg Palace , Copenhagen , Denmark ; † January 12, 1831 in Gottorf Palace , Schleswig ) was a princess of Denmark and Norway and, by marriage, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel .
Life
Louise was born on January 20, 1750 in Copenhagen as the youngest daughter of King Frederick V of Denmark and Norway and his wife Louise of Great Britain . She had four older siblings. Her brother, who was one year older, became Christian VII King of Denmark and Norway in January 1766 .
On August 30, 1766, Louise of Denmark married Landgrave Karl von Hessen-Kassel at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, with the consent of her brother, King Christians . The wedding had been advised against several times in advance, among other things because Landgrave Karl was accused of bravado and people feared his bad influence on the psychologically unstable young king. Christian's affection for his brother-in-law quickly waned after the wedding and Karl and Louise left Copenhagen in the spring of 1767 to live in Hanau , where their first two children were born.
After her husband was appointed governor of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, Louise moved with her family to Gottorf Castle in Schleswig . In 1770 King Christian VII gave his sister a piece of land in Güby , which was named Louisenlund in her honor. In the same year Louise and Karl received the Danish royal couple during their journey through the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. During her stay, rumors circulated about a relationship between Queen Carolines and Johann Friedrich Struensee, and it was observed that Caroline avoided meeting Struensee in Louise's presence. When the royal couple left, Louise was reportedly disappointed that she had not been asked to accompany the king on his journey.
After the fall and execution of Struensee in 1772, the relationship between King Christian and his brother-in-law Karl, who was appointed governor of Norway in September 1772, improved . Louise only accompanied him to Norway in June 1773, where the couple were welcomed benevolently in Christiania and the aristocrat Nordahl Brun Louise in Trondheim welcomed them with a poem. Karl himself claimed that he was so popular with the Norwegians that they would gladly have accepted him as king. This did not agree with the truth, however, because the population of Christiania quickly became dissatisfied with the high cost of living for the couple, as, among other things, gold chairs for the worship service and a triumphal arch had been purchased for Louise's official entry into Christiania. During their stay, Louise and Karl hosted a ball and reception for the birthday of Queen Juliane Marie , Louise's stepmother. They left Norway on September 8, 1773.
The now higher income of her husband made it possible for Louise to have Louisenlund Castle built as the couple's summer residence by Hermann von Motz.
Louise died on January 12, 1831 in Gottorf Castle and was buried in Schleswig Cathedral .
Marriage and offspring
Louise's marriage to Karl von Hessen-Kassel has six children:
- Marie von Hessen-Kassel (* October 28, 1767 - March 21, 1852), married her cousin King Friedrich VI on July 31, 1790 . from Denmark
- Wilhelm von Hessen-Kassel (born January 26, 1769 - † July 14, 1772)
- Friedrich (* May 24, 1771; † February 24, 1845), general and successor to his father as governor of Schleswig-Holstein, 1809 mayor of Fynen and Akershus, 1810-1813 vice governor in Norway
- Juliane zu Hessen-Kassel (born January 19, 1773 - March 11, 1860), Protestant abbess of the Itzehoe monastery
- Christian von Hessen-Kassel (born August 14, 1776 - † November 14, 1814)
- Luise Karoline von Hessen-Kassel (* September 28, 1789 - March 13, 1867), married January 28, 1810 to Duke Wilhelm von Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
ancestors
| King Friedrich IV. (1671-1730) | |||||||||||||
| King Christian VI (1699–1746) | |||||||||||||
| Louise of Mecklenburg (1667–1721) | |||||||||||||
| King Friedrich V (1723–1766) | |||||||||||||
| Christian Heinrich of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1661–1708) | |||||||||||||
| Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1700–1770) | |||||||||||||
| Sophie Christiane von Wolfstein (1667–1737) | |||||||||||||
| Louise of Denmark and Norway | |||||||||||||
| George I of Great Britain (1660-1727) | |||||||||||||
| King George II of Great Britain (1683–1760) | |||||||||||||
| Sophie Dorothea of Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1666–1726) | |||||||||||||
| Louise of Great Britain, Ireland and Hanover (1724–1751) | |||||||||||||
| Johann Friedrich of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1654–1686) | |||||||||||||
| Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1683–1737) | |||||||||||||
| Eleanor of Saxony-Eisenach (1662–1696) | |||||||||||||
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b DANSK BIOGRAFISK LEXICON. Retrieved September 27, 2020 .
- ↑ a b E. Holm: Carl, Landgreve af Hessen-Kassel, 1744-1836, Generalfeltmarskal. Retrieved September 27, 2020 .
- ^ A b August Fjelstrup: Damerne ved Karoline Mathildes Hof . 1909.
- ↑ a b Det gamle Christiania, 1624-1814. Retrieved September 27, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Louise of Denmark and Norway |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princess of Denmark and Norway, Countess of Hesse-Kassel |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1750 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Christiansborg |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 12, 1831 |
| Place of death | Gottorf Castle |