Louise Mountbatten

Louise Mountbatten
Louise in 1945
Queen consort of Sweden
Tenure29 October 1950 – 7 March 1965
BornPrincess Louise of Battenberg
(1889-07-13)13 July 1889
Schloss Heiligenberg, Jugenheim, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Empire
Died7 March 1965(1965-03-07) (aged 75)
Saint Göran Hospital, Stockholm, Kingdom of Sweden
Burial13 March 1965
Spouse
(m. 1923)
HouseBattenberg (until 1917)
Mountbatten (from 1917)
FatherLouis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven
MotherPrincess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
SignatureLouise Mountbatten's signature

Louise Alexandra Marie Irene Mountbatten (born Princess Louise of Battenberg; 13 July 1889 – 7 March 1965) was Queen of Sweden from 29 October 1950 until her death in 1965 as the wife of King Gustaf VI Adolf. Born a princess of the German House of Battenberg, Louise was closely related to the ruling families of Britain as a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria and of Russia as a niece of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia, wife of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. She was also an older sister to Lord Louis Mountbatten. During the First World War, Louise served as a nurse in the Red Cross. She married the widowed Gustaf Adolf in 1923 and assumed the role of Sweden's first lady but did not become queen until his accession in 1950. Queen Louise was noted for her eccentricity and progressive views.