Louise, Princess Royal

Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar was born 20 February 1867, third child of the future Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, younger sister to the future George V. She grew up in the long shadow of her grandmother Victoria's court, her reserved temperament hardening into a lifelong aversion to public life. In 1905 her father granted her the title Princess Royal, the designation reserved for the sovereign's eldest daughter. She held it for twenty-six years, through her brother's reign and into the next generation, but the honor brought no accompanying fame. She died 4 January 1931, having spent six de…