Louise of Great Britain

Louise of Great Britain (. * 7 Dezemberjul / December 18 1724greg in Leicester House, London, . † December 19, 1751 Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen) was Queen of Denmark and Norway from 1746 to 1751.

Life

Louise was the youngest daughter of King George II of Great Britain, and his wife Wilhelmine Caroline of Brandenburg- Ansbach.

Princess Louise was married on December 11, 1743 in Altona, the Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark and became Queen of Denmark in 1746. Louise's arrival in Copenhagen changed the hitherto rigid court life, the. Among Christian VI prevailed. It was not only popular with the population of Copenhagen. Unlike her predecessor, she learned Danish and saw to it that their children were taught in that language, which contributed to an increase in their popularity. She gave birth to Friedrich five children, four of whom survived. After only five years as Queen of Denmark died during the sixth pregnancy.

Influenced the wise and gracious Queen and inspired her husband to the government positively, so that art and science were strongly promoted. Extremely popular and worshiped among the Danes, the memory was transfigured on the early deceased with time in the memory more and more, which both her ​​successor Juliane Marie, as was also her niece and daughter Caroline Mathilde, as this Queen of Denmark, was a disadvantage with regard to sympathy. Example of this transfiguration is the Ode Queen Louise of Klopstock of 1752.

Progeny

• Christian ( * July 7, 1745, † June 3, 1747 ), Crown Prince of Denmark
• Sophie Magdalene (* July 3, 1746; † August 21, 1813 ) ∞ 1766 by King Gustav III. of Sweden (1746-1792)
• Wilhelmine Caroline (* July 10, 1747; † January 14, 1820 ) ∞ 1764 Elector Wilhelm I of Hesse -Kassel ( 1743-1821 )
• Christian VII (* January 29, 1749, † March 13, 1808 ), King of Denmark ∞ 1766 Princess Caroline Matilda of Great Britain ( 1751-1775 )
• Louise (* January 30, 1750; † January 12, 1831 ) ∞ 1766 Landgrave Charles of Hesse -Kassel ( 1744-1836 )