Princess Louise Margaret
Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn
Spouse	Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
Issue
Princess Margaret, Crown Princess of Sweden Prince Arthur of Connaught Lady Patricia Ramsay
Full name
Louise Margaret Alexandra Victoria Agnes German: Luise Margarete Alexandra Victoria Agnes
Detail Titles and styles
HRH The Duchess of Connaught HRH Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia
Royal house	House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha House of Hohenzollern
Father	Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia
Mother	Maria Anna of Anhalt
Born	25 July 1860(1860-07-25) Potsdam, Germany
Died	14 July 1917 (aged 56) Clarence House, London
Burial	Frogmore, Windsor

Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia (Louise Margaret Alexandra Victoria Agnes; later Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn; 25 July 1860 – 14 July 1917) was a German princess, and later a member of the British Royal Family, the wife of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught. The Prince Arthur Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (Arthur William Patrick Albert 1 May 1850 &ndash 16 January 1942) was a member of Princess Margaret of Connaught (Margaret Victoria Charlotte Augusta Norah later Crown Princess of Sweden; 15 January 1882 &ndash 1 May Prince Arthur of Connaught (Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert 13 January 1883 - 12 September 1938) was a member of the British Royal Family Princess Patricia of Connaught (Victoria Patricia Helena Elizabeth later Lady Patricia Ramsay; 17 February 1886 – 12 January 1974 The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. A royal house or royal dynasty is a familial designation or Family name of sorts used by Royalty. Saxe-Coburg and Gotha or Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha served as the name of the two German duchies of Saxe-Coburg and Saxe-Gotha in Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Also see Potsdam New York (in the USA For the Potsdam Conference see Potsdam Conference. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Clarence House is a royal home in London, situated on The Mall. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The Frogmore Estate or Gardens comprise 33 acres of private gardens within the grounds of the Home Park, adjoining Windsor Castle, in the English Windsor (ˈwɪnzə/ /ˈwɪndzə is a suburban town and tourist destination in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England. Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The British Royal Family is the group of close relatives of the monarch of the United Kingdom. The Prince Arthur Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (Arthur William Patrick Albert 1 May 1850 &ndash 16 January 1942) was a member of She also served as the Viceregal Consort of Canada, when her husband served as the Governor General of Canada from 1911 to 1916. The Viceregal consort is the spouse of the Governor General of Canada. The Governor General of Canada ( French: Gouverneure générale du Canada, or: Gouverneur général du Canada) is the vice-regal representative Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year

Early life

Princess Luise Margarete was born at Marmorpalais (Marble Palace) near Potsdam, Germany. Also see Potsdam New York (in the USA For the Potsdam Conference see Potsdam Conference. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Her father was Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828-1888), the son of Karl of Prussia (1801-1883) and his wife Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar (1808-1877). Marriage and Issue He married Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar on May 26, 1827 in Charlottenburg. Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar was born on February 3, 1808 in Weimar. Her mother was Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt (1837-1906), daughter of Leopold IV of Anhalt-Dessau. Leopold IV Frederick Duke of Anhalt (b Dessau, 1 October 1794 - d Her father, a nephew of the German Emperor Wilhelm I, distinguished himself as a field commander during the Battle of Metz and the campaigns west of Paris in the 1870-71 Franco-Prussian War. The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the 1870 War ( 19 July, 1870 — 10 May, 1871

Marriage

On 13 March 1879, Princess Luise Margarete married Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught at St. George's Chapel Windsor. Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Prince Arthur Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (Arthur William Patrick Albert 1 May 1850 &ndash 16 January 1942) was a member of Windsor Castle, in Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, is the largest inhabited Castle in the world and dating back to the time of Prince Arthur was the 7th child and 3rd son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901 was from 20 June 1837 the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland After her marriage she was styled Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Connaught and her name was anglicized as Louise Margaret.

Duchess of Connaught

The Duchess of Connaught spent the first twenty years of her marriage accompanying her husband on his various deployments throughout the British empire. The Duke and Duchess of Connaught acquired Bagshot Park in Surrey as their country home and after 1900 used Clarence House as their London residence. Bagshot Park ( Grid reference:) eleven miles south of Windsor, a royal residence at Bagshot Surrey, is the current home and official residence of Clarence House is a royal home in London, situated on The Mall. She accompanied her husband to Canada in 1911, when he began his term as governor general. In 1916, she became colonel-in-chief of the 199th Canadian (Overseas) Infantry Battalion (The Duchess of Connaught's Own Irish-Canadian Rangers), CEF. In 1885, she became chief of the 64th (8th Brandenburg) Regiment of Infantry "Field Marshal General Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia", Prussian Army.

Later life

The Duchess of Connaught died of influenza and bronchitis at Clarence House, a casualty of the 1917-1918 influenza epidemic. Bronchitis is an Inflammation of the Bronchi. More specifically it may refer to Acute bronchitis, caused by viruses or bacteria and lasting The 1918 flu pandemic (commonly referred to as the Spanish flu) was an Influenza Pandemic that spread to nearly every part of the world She was buried in the Royal Mausoleum, Frogmore, Windsor. The Frogmore Estate or Gardens comprise 33 acres of private gardens within the grounds of the Home Park, adjoining Windsor Castle, in the English The Duke of Connaught survived her by almost twenty-five years.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Styles of The Duchess of Connaught
Reference style	Her Royal Highness
Spoken style	Your Royal Highness
Alternative style	Ma'am

Titles and styles

• 25 July 1860 – 13 March 1879: Her Royal Highness Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia
• 13 March 1879 – 14 July 1917: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Connaught

Honours

• CI: Companion of the Crown of India, March 1879
• VA: Royal Order of Victoria and Albert (First Class), 1893
• DStJ: Dame of Justice of St. John, 1888
• RRC: Member of the Royal Red Cross, 1883

Issue

Ancestry

Legacy

The maternity wing attached to Aldershot's former military hospital, the Cambridge Military Hospital was also named in her honor as the Louise Margaret Maternity Hospital. A style of office, or honorific, is a term which by Tradition or Law precedes a reference to a person who holds a post or Title, or to the Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Imperial Order of the Crown of India is an order in the British honours system. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Royal Order of Victoria and Albert was a British Royal Family Order instituted in on 10 February 1862 by Queen Victoria, and enlarged Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem or Order of St John is a British -based royal order of Chivalry, and is Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The Royal Red Cross is a military decoration awarded in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth for exceptional services in military nursing Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Princess Margaret of Connaught (Margaret Victoria Charlotte Augusta Norah later Crown Princess of Sweden; 15 January 1882 &ndash 1 May Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Prince Arthur of Connaught (Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert 13 January 1883 - 12 September 1938) was a member of the British Royal Family Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Princess Alexandra Duchess of Fife (Alexandra Victoria Alberta Edwina Louise née Duff later Princess Arthur of Connaught; 17 May 1891 – 26 February Princess Patricia of Connaught (Victoria Patricia Helena Elizabeth later Lady Patricia Ramsay; 17 February 1886 – 12 January 1974 Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Alexander Ramsay may refer to Sir Alexander Ramsay 5th Baronet, MP for Kincardineshire 1713-1715 Sir Alexander Ramsay 2nd Baronet, Early life The son of King Frederick William II of Prussia, Frederick William was born in Potsdam and became Crown Prince in 1786 when his father ascended Marriage and Issue He married Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar on May 26, 1827 in Charlottenburg. Luise Auguste Wilhelmine Amalie ( Luisa Augusta Wilhelmina Amelia) ( March 10, 1776 &ndash July 19, 1810) Queen of Karl Frederick Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ( 2 February 1783 &ndash 8 July 1853) was a Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar was born on February 3, 1808 in Weimar. Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (Мария Павловна February 16, 1786 – June 23, 1859) was the third daughter of Paul Leopold IV Frederick Duke of Anhalt (b Dessau, 1 October 1794 - d Prince Louis Charles of Prussia (Friedrich Ludwig Karl von Preußen (born Potsdam, 5 November 1773; died Berlin, 28 December Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (full name Frederica Louise Caroline Sophie Charlotte Alexandrine) (b