Louise

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Louise or Luise may refer to:

People with the given name Louise or Luise:

Arts

Places

  • Louise, Manitoba, a rural municipality in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada
  • Louise, West Virginia

Royalty

  • Louise of Savoy (1476–1531), mother to Francis I of France
  • Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1776–1810), queen of Prussia
  • Princess Louise of Prussia (1808–1870) was the third surviving daughter and ninth child of Frederick William III of Prussia and Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
  • Princess Louise of Prussia (1838–1923), daughter of Wilhelm I of Germany
  • Louise of Great Britain (1724–1751), youngest surviving daughter of George II of Great Britain and Caroline of Ansbach. Queen of Denmark and Norway from 1746 until her death, as the first wife of King Frederick V of Denmark.
  • Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1817–1898), daughter of Prince William of Hesse and Charlotte of Denmark. A German princess by birth and in 1863 became the Queen to King Christian IX of Denmark.
  • Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1667 – 1721) was Queen of Denmark and Norway as the first spouse of King Frederick IV of Denmark.
  • Louise of Sweden (1851–1926) was Queen of Denmark as the spouse of King Frederick VIII of Denmark. She was the only daughter of King Charles XV of Sweden and Louise of the Netherlands.
  • Louise of the Netherlands (1828–1871) was the Queen of Sweden and Norway as spouse of King Charles XV of Sweden and IV of Norway. Her father was Prince Frederick of the Netherlands, the second child of King William I of the Netherlands and Wilhelmina of Prussia. Her mother Louise was the eighth child of King Frederick William III of Prussia and Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

Ships

See also

  • Louiseville
  • Lake Louise (disambiguation)
  • Louis (disambiguation)
  • Louisa (disambiguation)
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