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Louise Margaret, Duchess of Connaught, 1860-1917

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Personal name headingLouise Margaret, Duchess of Connaught, 1860-1917
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Variant(s)Louise, Duchess of Connaught, 1860-1917
Louise Margaret, Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn, 1860-1917
Louise Margaret, Princess of Prussia, 1860-1917
Luise Margarete, Princess of Prussia, 1860-1917
Associated countryPrussia (Kingdom) Great Britain
Associated placeCanada
Birth date1860-07-25
Death date1917-03-14
Place of birthPotsdam (Germany)
Place of deathLondon (England)
Profession or occupationPrincesses Nobility
Found inBlack & White, December 27, 1902 [in: Egyptian khedives, 1862-1902]: page 875 (The inauguration of the Nile Dam : the Duchess of Connaught laying the last stone; depicted (among others): The Duke of Connaught, The Duchess of Connaught; inscription in image: H.R.H. The Duchess of Connau[ght])
Wikipedia, March 13, 2019 (Prince Louise Margaret of Prussia; later Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn; born 25 July, 1860, Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia; died 14 March 1917 (aged 56), Clarence House, London; full name (English): Louise Margaret Alexandra Victoria Agnes; full name (German): Luise Margarete Alexandra Viktoria Agnes; spouse: Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, seventh child and third son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert; born Princess Luise Margarete, daughter of Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia and Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt; after her marriage (1879), her name was Anglicised as Louise Margaret, and Princess Louise was styled Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn; the Duchess of Connaught; title of John Singer Sargent portrait: Louise, Duchess of Connaught spent twenty years accompanying her husband on his deployments throughout the British Empire; she accompanied him to Canada in 1911 when he began his term as Governor-General; in 1916 she became colonel-in-chief of the 199th Canadian (Overseas) Infantry Battalion (The Duchess of Connaught's Own Irish-Canadian Rangers), CEF; died of influenza and bronchitis at Clarence House, their London home)