Princess Louise of Prussia
| Princess Louise | |
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| Grand Duchess of Baden | |
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| Grand Duchess of Baden | |
| Tenure | 20 September 1856 – 28 September 1907 |
| Born |
3 December 1838 Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia |
| Died | 23 April 1923 (aged 84) Baden-Baden, Weimar Republic |
| Burial | Karlsruhe |
| Spouse | Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden |
| Issue |
Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden Victoria, Queen of Sweden Prince Ludwig |
| House | Hohenzollern |
| Father | Wilhelm I, German Emperor |
| Mother | Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
| Religion | Lutheranism |
Princess Louise of Prussia (German: Luise Marie Elisabeth; 3 December 1838 – 23 April 1923) was the second child and only daughter of German Emperor Wilhelm I and Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. She was the younger sister of Frederick III of Germany ("Fritz") and aunt of Wilhelm II of Germany. Louise was seven years younger than Frederick and two years older than his wife, Victoria, Princess Royal.
Louise was born on 3 December 1838 to Prince Wilhelm of Prussia and his wife Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Her parents were an unhappy and estranged couple, and Louise had only one other sibling, Prince Frederick, who was seven years older. Upon her birth, Augusta declared that her duty in perpetuating the Hohenzollern dynasty was complete.
While Wilhelm showed little affection to his only son, he lavished attention on Louise, and often his unexpected visits to her schoolroom resulted in them playing together on the floor. Mother and daughter however were not close, with Augusta's presence filling Louise up with awe; one account states that when Augusta encountered her daughter, Louise "involuntarily drew herself up to her full height, and sat stiff and constrained as for her portrait, while she inwardly trembled lest her answers should prove incorrect".
Louise was betrothed to Frederick, Prince Regent of Baden in 1854, and they married 20 September 1856 at Neues Palais in Potsdam. Frederick had been regent because of his brother Louis's insanity, and was proclaimed Grand Duke of Baden when doctors declared that there was no chance of recovery. As the only daughter of the Prussian crown prince (and later emperor), their marriage caused Baden to gain a great deal of importance, and even more so once the German Empire was founded.
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