Louise of Hesse-Kassel
✶September 7, 1817
†September 29, 1898
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✶September 7, 1817
†September 29, 1898
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Louise of Hesse-Kassel was Queen of Denmark as the wife of King Christian IX, from 15 November 1863 until her death in 1898. From 1863 to 1864, she was concurrently Duchess of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg. Born in Kassel, she was the daughter of Prince William of Hesse-Kassel and Princess Charlotte of Denmark, and a niece of King Christian VIII. Through her descent from King Frederick III, she supported her husband's claim to the Danish throne.
queen consort of Denmark from 1863 to 1898
Biography from the article Louise of Hesse-Kassel on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.