Princess Louisa of Great Britain
{{Short description|British princess (1749–1768)}}
{{for|the earlier Princess of Great Britain called Louisa, her paternal aunt|Louise of Great Britain}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name = Princess Louisa
| full name = Louisa Anne
| image = Princess Louisa of Great Britain 1765-70.jpg
| house = Hanover
| father = Frederick, Prince of Wales
| mother = Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1749|3|19|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Leicester House, London
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1768|5|13|1749|3|19|df=yes}}
| death_place = Carlton House, London
| burial_date = 21 May 1768
| burial_place = Westminster Abbey
}}
Princess Louisa Anne of Great Britain (19 March 1749 – 13 May 1768) was a grandchild of King George II and sister of King George III.
Life
File:PrincessesElizabethAndLouisa.jpg (left) and younger brother Frederick (below) in a family group portrait of 1751.]]
Princess Louisa was born on 19 March 1749, at Leicester House, Westminster, London, and was christened there on 11 April. Her father was Frederick, Prince of Wales, eldest son of George II and Caroline of Ansbach. Her mother was Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. Her godparents were her paternal uncle Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel and aunts the Queen of Denmark and the Princess of Orange, all of whom were represented by proxies.{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}} She was reportedly close to her sister Caroline Matilda, who was close in age and was raised with her.John Van der Kiste: The Georgian Princesses
File:Louisa Anne 1754 by Liotard.jpg
Her health was delicate throughout her life. According to Walpole, she "never appeared more than an unhealthy child of thirteen or fourteen".Finch, Barbara Clay: Lives of the princesses of Wales
In 1764, negotiations were made between the British and Danish royal houses of a marriage between the Danish heir to the throne, Prince Christian, and a British princess. The marriage was considered suitable in status and welcomed by both houses, as there were few royal Protestant houses to choose between at that point for either party. The preferred choice for a bride was initially Princess Louisa, but after the Danish representative in London, Count Hans Caspar von Bothmer (1727-1787), was informed of her weak constitution, her younger sister Caroline Matilda was chosen for the match instead.Bregnsbo, Michael: [https://books.google.com/books?id=j_0QzWKTDFMC&q=christine&pg=PT114 Caroline Mathilde. Magt og skæbne] The marriage was announced in Great Britain 10 January 1765.Bregnsbo, Michael: [https://books.google.com/books?id=j_0QzWKTDFMC&q=christine&pg=PT114 Caroline Mathilde. Magt og skæbne]
The same year, 1764, she received a proposal from her brother's brother-in-law, Adolf Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, but negotiations were again deterred due to concerns regarding her health.Finch, Barbara Clay: Lives of the princesses of Wales
Reportedly, by the time her sister Caroline Matilda left Great Britain for Denmark in 1766, Louisa was succumbing to a more and more deteriorating state of health due to an advancing tuberculosis, which eventually turned her into an invalid.John Van der Kiste: The Georgian Princesses
Princess Louisa died, at Carlton House, London, on 13 May 1768, unmarried, and without issue, at the age of 19.
Ancestors
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|1= 1. Princess Louisa of Great Britain
|2= 2. Frederick, Prince of Wales
|3= 3. Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
|4= 4. George II of Great Britain
|5= 5. Princess Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach
|6= 6. Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
|7= 7. Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst
|8= 8. George I of Great Britain
|9= 9. Duchess Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick-Celle
|10= 10. John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
|11= 11. Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach
|12= 12. Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
|13= 13. Princess Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels
|14= 14. Charles, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
|15= 15. Princess Sophia of Saxe-Weissenfels
}}
See also
References
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060830234237/http://ftp.cac.psu.edu/~saw/royal/r10.html#I338 Henry Churchyard "Royal Genealogies, Part 10"]
- [http://www.anusha.com/pafg733.htm#24060 Sam Sloan "Big Combined Family Trees (pafg733)"]
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External links
- {{NPG name|name=Princess Louisa Anne}}
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Category:18th-century British people
Category:18th-century British women
Category:People from Westminster