Princess Louise Margaret, Duchess of Connaught

Princess Louise Margaret

Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn

Born

Died

14 March 1917 (aged 56)
Clarence House, London

Burial

Spouse

Issue

Full name
English: Louise Margaret Alexandra Victoria Agnes German: Luise Margarete Alexandra Viktoria Agnes

Father

Mother

Full name
English: Louise Margaret Alexandra Victoria Agnes German: Luise Margarete Alexandra Viktoria Agnes

Royal styles of The Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn

Reference style	Her Royal Highness
Spoken style	Your Royal Highness
Alternative style	Ma'am

Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia (Louise Margaret Alexandra Victoria Agnes; later Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn; 25 July 1860 – 14 March 1917) was a German princess, and later a member of the British Royal Family, the wife of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn. She also served as the Viceregal Consort of Canada, when her husband served as the Governor General of Canada from 1911 to 1916. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Queens Margrethe II of Denmark and Anne-Marie of Greece are among her great-grandchildren.

Princess Luise Margarete was born at Marmorpalais (Marble Palace) near Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia. Her father was Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828–1885), the son of Karl of Prussia (1801–1883) and his wife Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1808–1877). Her mother was Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt (1837–1906), daughter of Leopold IV of Anhalt-Dessau. 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. Her father was a double cousin of the German Emperor Friedrich III, the husband of her sister-in-law, Victoria, Princess Royal.