Louise of Great Britain
| Louise of Great Britain | |
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Portrait of Louise aged 23 as queen of Denmark and Norway by Carl Gustav Pilo, c. 1747
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| Queen consort of Denmark and Norway | |
| Tenure | 6 August 1746 – 19 December 1751 |
| Born |
18 December 1724 (New Style) Leicester House, Westminster, London, England, Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Died | 19 December 1751 (aged 27) Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Burial | Roskilde Cathedral |
| Spouse | Frederick V of Denmark |
| Issue |
Sophia Magdalena, Queen of Sweden Wilhelmina Caroline, Electress of Hesse Christian VII of Denmark Princess Louise |
| House | Hanover |
| Father | George II |
| Mother | Caroline of Ansbach |
Louise of Great Britain (originally Louisa; 18 December 1724 – 19 December 1751) was Queen of Denmark and Norway from 1746 until her death, as the first wife of King Frederick V. She was the youngest surviving daughter of George II of Great Britain and Caroline of Ansbach.
Princess Louise was born as the fifth daughter and youngest child of the then Prince and Princess of Wales, on 7 December 1724, at Leicester House, London. She was baptised "Louisa" there on 22 December. Her godparents were her elder sister and two cousins: Princess Amelia of Great Britain, Princess Louisa Ulrika of Prussia (for whom Sarah Lennox, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox, stood proxy), and Frederick, Prince Royal of Prussia, later Frederick the Great (for whom Henry de Nassau d'Auverquerque, 1st Earl of Grantham, stood proxy).
On 11 June 1727, when Louise was two years old, her grandfather, George I, died, and her father ascended the throne as George II. On 30 August, as a child of the sovereign, Louise was granted use of the arms of the realm, differenced by a label argent of three points, each bearing torteaux gules.
In a dynastic marriage, Louise wed Prince Frederick of Denmark and Norway on 11 December 1743 in Copenhagen. A first ceremony was conducted on 10 November 1743 in Hannover with her brother, the Duke of Cumberland, as the representative of the groom. After this, the entourages of Louise and Frederick met at Altona, Holstein, after which they traveled together to Copenhagen, where they held their official entry into the capital, followed by a second ceremony with the groom present.
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