Marie Louise d'Aspremont [SEP] spouse
[{"answer": "Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine", "provenance": [{"wikipedia_id": "30545098", "title": "Marie Louise d'Aspremont", "start_paragraph_id": 1, "start_character": 0, "end_paragraph_id": 1, "end_character": 141, "bleu_score": 1.0, "meta": {}, "section": "Section::::Abstract."}]}]
Isabelle de Ludres


the Pope for deserting his spouse Nicolette of Lorraine for Beatrice de Cousance, but the engagement was broken when he married Marie Louise d'Aspremont (1651–1693) in 1664. She became a lady-in-waiting to the French queen Maria Theresa of Spain in 1670 and to Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate in 1673. In 1675, she became involved in a relationship with Louis XIV. Louis wished the relationship to be secret and had no plans to make her official favorite, and when she openly declared that she was going to replace
12559367
Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine


divorce from Nicole. The couple separated in April 1642 following his excommunication, which was the consequence of his second marriage; it was also the month in which she bore a son whom Charles recognised. More than 20 years later, on 20 May 1663, Charles married Béatrice de Cusance a second time, to allow legitimation of their children. She died two weeks after this second marriage. Charles married a fourth time at the age of 61. The bride was Marie-Louise d'Aspremont (1652-1692), the 18-year
6889813
Marie-Louise Coidavid


Marie Louise Coidavid (1778– March 11, 1851), was the Queen of the Kingdom of Haiti 1811–20 as the spouse of Henri I of Haiti. Marie-Louise was born into a free black family; her father was the owner of a hotel, Hotel de la Couronne, Cap-Haïtien. She married Henri Christophe in Cap-Haïtien in 1793, having had a relationship with him from the year prior. They had four children: François Ferdinand (born 1794), Françoise-Améthyste (d. 1831)
5181769
Marie-Louise Coidavid


at the palace until they were escorted from it by the followers of her spouse together with his corpse; after their departure, the palace was attacked and plundered. Marie-Louise and her daughters were given the property Lambert outside Cap. She was visited by president Jean Pierre Boyer, who offered her his protection; he denied the spurs of gold she gave him, stating that he was the leader of poor people. They were allowed to settle in Port-au-Prince. Marie-Louise was described as calm and
5181772
The Constant Wife


. Called one of Maugham’s “most clever and captivating creations” , Constance is the calm, intelligent, and self-possessed wife of John Middleton, a successful London doctor. Knowing full well of her husband's infidelity with her best friend Marie-Louise, Constance purposefully pretends that she has no idea of the affair. When Marie-Louise's jealous husband publicly confronts Constance about their spouses’ affair, Constance protects both her husband and Marie-Louise by cleverly lying to disprove his evidence. She later reveals to
9211977
Louise Antoinette Lannes, Duchess of Montebello


until the fall of Napoleon in 1814. Montebello was described as a virtuous beauty with domestic values and Napoleon reportedly trusted and respected her and referred to her as a "true lady of honor". She, however, did in fact not like him, reportedly because she blamed him for the death of her spouse. Her relationship to Marie Louise was very good, and she became a favorite of the empress. After her arrival to France, Marie Louise was only allowed to keep one person of her Austrian entourage, her
14515743
Marie-Louise Loubet


Marie-Louise Loubet (1843-1925) was the wife of the President of France Émile Loubet. She was reportedly not interested in participating in representation but did so anyway, hosting garden party's and accompanying her spouse to the theatre and opera. Her daughter performed many of her tasks. She was however reportedly somewhat interested in diplomacy and once referred to as the presidential adviser in foreign policy. She received the Grand Cordon of the Order of Charity of the Ottoman Empire in early 1900. When Marie Curie was invited to
9949379
Marie Baptiste


Baptiste, her spouse and their four children, left Sweden and toured Europe, but was not able to secure a contract in any theater. In 1776, they returned to Sweden, where they did not succeed in their intention to start a theater school with their daughter Marie Louise as principal, but Gustav III restored the pension previously awarded her for her role in the theater fire evacuation, and her spouse was engaged as a violinist at the Royal orchestra. They belonged to the little group of French artists that staged French language
1311553
Marie-Louise Coidavid


, Athénaïs (d. 1838) and Victor-Henri. At her spouse's new position in 1798, she moved to the Sans-Souci Palace. During the French invasion, she and her children lived underground until 1803. In 1811, Marie-Louise was given the title of queen upon the creation of the Kingdom of Haiti. Her new status gave her ceremonial tasks to perform, ladies-in-waiting, a secretary and her own court. She took her position seriously, and stated that the title "given
5181770
Marie-Louise Coidavid


resigned, but her daughters, especially Athenais, were described as vengeful. The Queen was in exile for 30 years. In August 1821, the former queen left Haiti with her daughters under the protection of the British admiral Sir Home Popham, and travelled to London. There were rumours that she was searching for the money, three million, deposited by her spouse in Europe. Whatever the case, she did live the rest of her life without economic difficulties. Marie Louise lived the rest of her life discreetly with her daughters
5181773
Louise Marie Madeleine Fontaine


his "Confessions": Gaston de Villeneuve-Guibert describes the childhood of Louise: The carefree attitude to these first years of life helped the young Louise to face the reality of the adult world, the place of women in society from the 18th century and the omnipotence of parental authority. The father decide the fate of his children. The role of the religious institution on the status of women is crucial. The convent education is to enforce obedience, submission, accept the authority of parents and the intended spouse. Samuel Bernard
279487
Jeanne Charlotte du Luçay


jewels and supervising the expenses and business transactions connected to them. Because of the lack of interest of her superior, the Duchess of Montebello, she also took over her task of administrating the alms and charities of the empress. She was present during the birth of the King of Rome 20 March 1811. Jeanne Charlotte du Luçay remained in service to Marie Louise until she left her at Rambouillet the 11 April 1814, after the abdication of Napoleon and before the departure of Marie Louise to Austria. Her spouse temporarily regained his court
14065408
Louise Antoinette Lannes, Duchess of Montebello


Louise Antoinette Lannes, Duchess of Montebello (February 26, 1782, Paris – July 3, 1856, Paris) was a French courtier, "dame d'honneur" (Mistress of the Robes) to Empress Marie Louise of France. She was the daughter of senator and financier François Scholastique, Count of Guéhéneuc. She was the sister of general Charles Louis Joseph Olivier, Count of Guéhéneuc. On September 16, 1800, age 18 at Dornes she married general Jean Lannes (1769–1809), being his second spouse. They had
14515741
Louise Julie de Mailly


his private parties at the Royal castles at Versailles, Choisy and La Muette. The queen regarded Louise Julie as the most hurtful of all the lovers of her spouse because she was the first, but grew accustomed to her; she did not dislike her as a person, as she would come to dislike her sister and successor, Marie Anne. Louise Julie de Mailly was widely celebrated at court after she was introduced as the king's official mistress, but this put a great deal of strain their relationship. Her new position
16849785
Louise-Emmanuelle de Châtillon, Princesse de Tarente


grand daughter of Louis César de La Baume Le Blanc, the famous writer. In 1781, she married Charles Bretagne Marie de La Trémoille, prince de Tarente and duke de la Trémouille. The couple had one daughter, Charlotte (26 October 1788 – 15 February 1791). In 1786, she was appointed one of 15 "dame du palais" to queen Marie Antoinette. After the outbreak of the French revolution, her spouse emigrated and joined the émigré army under the Prince of Condé. Louise-Emmanuelle accompanied the royal
3982329
Louise Élisabeth de Joybert


Louise Élisabeth de Joybert (August 18, 1673 - January 1740) was a French marchioness, married to marquis Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, governor of New France 1703-1725. She is reported to have had great influence during the tenure of her spouse, and to have used her influence to promote her friends and hinder the careers of her enemies. Louise was the elder daughter of Pierre de Joybert de Soulanges et de Marson and his wife Marie-Françoise, who was a daughter of Louis-Théandre Chartier de Lotbinière,
21879366
Ferdinand Charles, comte d'Aspremont-Lynden


Ferdinand Charles Gobert, comte d'Aspremont Lynden (1689–1772), was a soldier, who served in the Low countries for the Habsburgs. Count d'Aspremont was born in Froidcourt Castle, son of Ferdinand Gobert. He married two times: First time to Countess Maria Theresia Esterhazy de Galantha (1697–1716) and second time to Countess Maria Johanna von Nostitz-Rokinitz (1723–1779). He had no issue from both marriages. He served the Dutch Republic in the War of Spanish Succession as lieutenant between 1708 and 1714. During this war,
10992028
Marie-Louise Coidavid


to her by the nation" also gave her responsibilities and duties to perform. She served as the hostess of the ceremonial royal court life performed at the Sans-Souci Palace. She did not involve herself in the affairs of state. She was given the position of Regent should her son succeed her spouse while still being a minor. However, as her son became of age before the death of his father,but this was never to materialize. After the death of her spouse in 1820, she remained with her daughters
5181771
Princess Marie Gasparine of Saxe-Altenburg


Princess Marie Gasparine of Saxe-Altenburg (Marie Gasparine Amalie Antoinette Karoline Elisabeth Luise; 28 June 1845 – 5 July 1930) was a daughter of Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg and his wife Princess Louise Caroline Reuss of Greiz. She was the consort of Charles Gonthier, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen. Marie was considered as a potential spouse for Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, the eldest son and heir of Queen Victoria. A London newspaper speculated (supposedly from "authentic sources") that the prince's choices were
1110235
Marie Leszczyńska


, Duchess de Mazarin, who supported Marie during the affair between her cousin, Louise Julie de Mailly, and the king. Marie's private circle of friends was completed with the addition of President Hénault (her "Surintendant" since 1753) and Comte d'Argenson, whom she had asked not to address her with her title and with whom she also consulted when she wished to have a pension or a promotion given to a protegé. Like her mother, Marie maintained a political correspondence with Margareta Gyllenstierna, the spouse of Arvid Horn
7065505
Louise Nørlund


Marie Sørine "Louise" Nørlund (1854–1919) was a Danish feminist and pacifist. She was the founder and chairman of the Danske Kvindeforeningers Valgretsforbund or DKV (the Danish Women's Society's Suffrage Union) in 1898–1907 and 1908–1909. She was the daughter of the farmer and parliamentarian Mikkel Hasle Christiansen (1816–83) and Ane Jacobsdatter (1820–88). She married journalist and publisher Niels Jensen Nørlund (1854–1894) in 1881, but the couple divorced in 1892, and after the death of her former spouse, she was left in
9336966
Marie of Hesse-Kassel


Marie Sophie Frederikke of Hesse-Kassel (28 October 1767 – 21/22 March 1852) was queen consort of Denmark and Norway by marriage to Frederick VI. She served as regent of Denmark during the absence of her spouse in 1814–1815. Marie was the eldest child of Landgrave Charles of Hesse-Kassel and Princess Louise of Denmark. Her father was the second son of the ruler of Hesse-Kassel, and as such, had no principality of his own. Thus he acted in such positions as were offered to cadet members of
21812728
Marie Baptiste


Hague, she married her colleague, the actor Jacques Anselme Baptiste (1732-?) and became known as "Madame Baptiste". She became the mother of two daughters and two sons, notably her daughter Maria Louise Baptiste. In 1756, Marie Baptiste and her spouse where engaged by theater director Louis Du Londel to the French theater in Sweden. Louis Du Londel recruited eight new members to the Theater in his journey to The Hague, of which Marie Baptiste where counted as the most significant. The French Du Londel theater in
1311546
Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe


, Louis Alexandre was unfaithful with two actresses, which reportedly devastated Marie Thérèse. She was comforted by her father-in-law, to whom she became close. In 1768, at the age of nineteen, Marie Thérèse became a widow when her husband died of a venereal disease at the Château de Louveciennes, nursed by his spouse and sister. She inherited her husband's considerable fortune, making her wealthy in her own right. Her father-in-law successfully persuaded her to abandon her wish to become a nun
16267402
Jean-Baptiste du Plessis d'Argentré


Jean-Baptiste du Plessis d'Argentré (1 November 172024 February 1805) was Bishop of Séez, Normandy, from 17 Sep 1775 until his death. Jean-Baptiste was born in the in Argentré-du-Plessis in Brittany, from where the family took their name, to Pierre, former page of Louis XIV, and Marie-Louise Hindret de Ravenne. He was tutor to the "Enfants de France", the children of the French royal family, and the King's almoner. He was also (commendatory)
458063
Clotilde of France


Louise of Savoy and her relative Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe in 1767, Charles Emmanuel's sister Marie Joséphine, had married Clotilde's older brother, the Count of Provence in 1771, and another of Charles Emmanuel's sisters, Marie Thérèse, had married Clotilde's youngest brother, the Count of Artois in 1773. Clothilde did not wish to marry, but adjusted herself to the will of her brother. She asked the Princess de Lamballe about the personality of her intended spouse, and was taught Italian in order to fulfill
10131180
Marie Anne de Mailly


as "Mademoiselle de Monchy". On 19 June 1734, she married Jean Baptiste Louis, marquis de La Tournelle (1708-1740). She was a friend of Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans, granddaughter of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan. In 1732, Marie Anne's oldest sister Louise Julie, who had succeeded their mother as lady-in-waiting to the queen, caught the attention of King Louis XV, and was permitted by her spouse to become a royal mistress. Although she became the king's mistress in
10320006
Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe


was announced in the Paris newspapers of 4 November. Back in the Tuileries, Lamballe resumed her office and her work rallying supporters to the queen, investigating the loyalty of the household and writing to the noble émigrées asking them to return to France in the name of the queen. In February 1792, for example, Louis Marie de Lescure was convinced to remain in France rather than emigrating after having met the queen in the apartment of Lamballe, who then informed him and his spouse Victoire de Donnissan de La Rochejaquelein of the queen
16267437
Catherine Opalińska


mistresses, many among her ladies-in-waiting, such as Catherine Ossolińska and Anna Maria Ossolińska, the "Première dame d'honneur" Marie-Louise de Linanges, Madame de Bassompierre and Madame de Cambres, until from 1745 he had a permanent relationship with Marie Françoise Catherine de Beauvau-Craon, all relationships which Catherine could not prevent. When his mother-in-law, the spouse of the dethroned king of Poland, died in 1747, Louis XV ordered a commemorative ceremony, in her honour at Notre Dame Cathedral
9309687
Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark


summers, where she held a lively court, where artists, such as the poet Jens Baggesen, were among her admirers. The spouses were dissimilar: while Louise Augusta was extrovert, lively, beautiful and pleasure-loving, her spouse was unattractive, serious, interested in philosophy and politics. She was said to have many lovers, among them most notably the doctor Carl Ferdinand Suadacini, who treated her for infertility and was believed to have fathered her children, though this cannot be proven. Louise Augusta felt sympathy for
19338120
Princess Augusta of Great Britain


year, at the Battle of Jena, Napoleon defeated the Prussian army; and on the same day, at the Battle of Auerstadt, the Duke of Brunswick was seriously wounded, dying a few days later. The Duchess of Brunswick, with two of her sons and a daughter-in-law, fled to Altona, where she was present with her daughter-in-law Marie of Baden at her dying spouse's side. Her other daughter-in-law, Louise of Orange-Nassau, went to Switzerland
17996722
Pauline de Bassano


Empresses Josephine and Marie-Louise. In 1853, her spouse was appointed chamberlain to Emperor Napoleon III of France, while she received to position of "dame d'honneur" to the Empress. The court of the newly wed empress had then just been formatted, and the ladies-in-waiting consisted of a "Grand-Maitresse" (Mistress of the Robes), a dame d'honneur and six (later twelve) "dame du palais", most of whom were chosen from among the acquaintances to the empress prior
11883889
Victoire de Rohan


father in 1788, the Duke inherited the title of "Prince de Guéméné". Afterwards, Victoire was known at court as "Madame de Guéméné". At the death of her father, her spouse became heir to the title "Prince de Soubise". She and her family lived lavishly in Paris at the "Hôtel de Rohan-Guéméné", located on the famous Place des Vosges. In 1775, Marie Louise de Lorraine, "Comtesse de Marsan" resigned the post of governess to the royal children in favour
14642229
Royal Castle of Ciergnon


Ciergnon Castle, or the Royal Castle of Ciergnon (Château Royal de Ciergnon; Koninklijk kasteel van Ciergnon) is a residence and summer retreat of the Belgian Royal Family situated near the town of Ciergnon in the municipality of Houyet, province of Namur. The castle is a property of the Belgian Royal Trust. The domain with its woods, river and vast hunting grounds was acquired in 1840 by King Leopold I of Belgium at the request of his spouse Queen Louise-Marie. At first a hunting lodge was erected on a beautiful
6515623
Hortense de Beauharnais


subsequently allowed to visit France, as the climate there was considered better for her other son Louis-Napoléon. She remained in France, again pleased by her status as a queen at the French court, until 1810, when Napoléon forced her to return to the Netherlands. (Napoleon married Marie Louise of Austria in April 1810, and did not consider it suitable to have the daughter of his former spouse at court.) Hortense returned temporarily to the Netherlands, but on 1 June 1810, she was allowed to leave again
16170055
François Philippe Voisin


, Chairman of the Industrial and Agricultural Society of Pointe a Pitre since its foundation in 1907, Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Suez Canal Company in 1895, his grandson, Gaston Micard, student of the Ecole Polytechnique, and his granddaughter Mathilde Micard and her spouse Tony-Louis-Octave Smet, named honorary master of requests to the Council of State in 1903. Voisin was the son of Jacques-Philippe Voisin and Marie-Louise Douillet. Voisin married Mathilde Aronssohn on March 30, 1854 in Strasbourg. Mathilde was
17090552
Sophie Stebnowska


and also frequented the circles around the royal court. Sophie Stebnowska was engaged at the Royal Swedish Opera in December 1782 and given a contract for life as a premier actress on 25 February 1790. She was regarded to belong to the elite artists of the opera. She made her last appearance on the state in 1803, and retired from the opera in 1806. Stebnowska was also an acknowledged harpist. In March 1795, she participated in a concert in the Stockholm Stock Exchange Building with her spouse and Marie Louise Marcadet, where
20860711
Princess Louise of Denmark (1750–1831)


on the King. This, however, did not last, as Christian VII's warm feelings for him soon evaporated, and in the spring 1767, the couple left Copenhagen to live in Hanau. She would have her first child in Hanau, Marie Sophie, Princess of Hesse on October 20, 1767 and then her second, Wilhelm, Prince of Hesse on January 20, 1769. The family would then move to Gottorp Castle after her spouse was appointed governor of Schleswig Holstein. In 1770, King Christian VII gave his
5293712
Françoise de Chalus


and Claire Gérault de Solages. On 10 July 1749, she married a noble of Spanish descent Don Jean François, 1er duc de Narbonne-Lara Grandee of Spain 1st Class, Lieutenant General of the Army, Commander in Name of the King of the Dioceses of Castres, Albi and Lavaur, 1st Gentleman of the House of H.R.H. the Duke of Parma (Aubiac, Lot-et-Garonne, 27 December 1718 - 12 August 1806). Her spouse was a member of the Spanish entourage of Marie Louise Élisabeth of France
8662415
Princess Louise of Orange-Nassau


was not forced to agree, but reportedly, she accepted well aware of the fact that it was very difficult for her to find another spouse of suitable rank and religion. The wedding was conducted 14 October 1790 in Haag, and the spouse settled in Brunswick. Louise was reportedly homesick in Brunswick, experienced a difficulty to adapt to new customs and missed the more vivid culture life in the Netherlands. She started a correspondence with her mother, her governess and former tutor which is preserved and regarded as an important source of contemporary
3883645
Louise of the Netherlands


Louise of the Netherlands (Wilhelmina Frederika Alexandrine Anna Louise; 5 August 1828 – 30 March 1871) was the Queen of Sweden and Norway as spouse of King Charles XV of Sweden and IV of Norway. Princess Louise was born on 5 August 1828 in The Hague. Her father was Prince Frederick of the Netherlands, the second child of King William I of the Netherlands and Wilhelmina of Prussia. Her mother Louise was the eighth child of King Frederick William III of Prussia and Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Her education was to
14663722
Louise of Sweden


Louise of Sweden (Louise Josephine Eugenie (); 31 October 1851 – 20 March 1926), was Queen of Denmark as the spouse of King Frederick VIII. She was the only surviving child of Charles XV of Sweden and his consort, Louise of the Netherlands. Louise was born in Stockholm. After the death of her brother, Carl Oscar (1852-1854), she became an only child at the age of three, and remained one because of her mother's inability to have more children due to an injury
9804682
Ferdinand, Duke of Parma


engagement of Modena's heiress to an Austrian Archduke was already agreed very early on. Another candidate was Louise Marie Thérèse Bathilde d'Orléans who offered a very large dowry; she was the only surviving daughter of Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans. She was the sister of Philippe Égalité. The decision of who his future spouse would be, was sealed by his mother's close correspondence with the powerful Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, who had promised Ferdinand's parents the throne of the Netherlands, which had been returned to Austrian rule
12478927
Catharina of Württemberg


. After the downfall of the Napoleonic Empire in 1814, her father expected her to separate from Jerome, as Empress Marie Louise had done from Napoleon, but instead she followed him into exile to Trieste in Austrian Italy. During the Hundred Days in 1815, she helped Jerome to escape and join Napoleon, and was as a consequence deported to Württemberg, where she was placed under house arrest. After the defeat of Napoleon, she was joined by her spouse in house arrest. Catharina and Jerome were eventually released from house arrest
16100315
Gaëtan de Rosnay


Gaëtan de Rosnay (17 May 1912 -19 October 1992) was a French painter born in Mauritius, He belonged to the art movement called "La Jeune Peinture" ("young picture") of the School of Paris, with painters like Bernard Buffet, Yves Brayer, Louis Vuillermoz, Pierre-Henry, Daniel du Janerand, Maurice Boitel, Gaston Sébire, Paul Collomb, Jean Monneret, Maurice Verdier. From his Russian spouse Natalia, née Koltchine, he was the father of Louise-Marie-Zina, Joël (
22039302
Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier


considerable fortune that added to her already vast personal wealth. As a result of her mourning her father, Mademoiselle was only allowed to go to the formal marriage between Louis and his new spouse Maria Theresa of Austria; however, Mademoiselle did go to the proxy ceremony incognito, fooling no one. The next marriage at court was between Philippe, the Duke of Orléans, known as Monsieur, and Princess Henrietta of England (youngest child of Queen Henrietta Maria and the dead Charles I of England) on 31 March 1661. Mademoiselle
3618098
Edgar Preca


too shy to call her and they would not speak again until four years later, 2006, when they bumped into each other at the same cafeteria. They began dating and married 18 months later. Preca became First Gentleman in April 2014 when his wife assumed the office of president. Even though Marie Louise is the second woman to serve as president of Malta, Preca is the first male spouse of a Maltese president and thus the first to hold the title First Gentleman. Agatha Barbara, who was Malta's first female president
6280454
Elisabet von Eyben


waiting Louise von Plessen in rank, and before the group of "hofffroken" (maid of honour). von Eyben was reportedly an influential confidante of the queen. The letter writer Luise Gramm accused her of being a bad influence upon the queen: it was she who convinced her to ride astride in male attire and dance and flirt alongside Anna Sofie Bülow, Christine Sophie von Gähler and Johanne Marie Malleville. She had an affair with the courtier count Christian Frederik Moltke, the spouse of Ida Hedevig Moltke, who in turn
9648057
Louise of the Netherlands


and Josephine Sparre present. This caused a scene, and his brother, Prince Oscar, reprimanded him indirectly by asking his own spouse, Sofia of Nassau, to toast with him. This scene caused Louise to burst into tears and suffer a nervous attack. Louise bore two children; Princess Louise in 1851, and Prince Carl Oscar in 1852. Due to complications that arose at the birth of Prince Carl Oscar, Louise was unable to have any more children. In 1854, her 2-year-old son, Carl Oscar,
14663730
Louise Rasmussen


great dislike and opposition, especially from the upper-class and the nobility, who considered it a misalliance. Louise was met with humiliation and disdain in social circles. On one occasion, for example, Frederick and Louise participated at a grand formal dinner with many members of the highest nobility; at the occasion in question, it was the custom of the nobility to propose a toast to the spouse of the monarch. This time, however, no one proposed a toast, even though Frederick and Louise waited for it to
14902359
Brodick Castle


no male heirs, so although his titles passed to his distant cousin Alfred Douglas-Hamilton upon his death, he entailed the castle upon his only daughter the Lady Mary Louise Douglas-Hamilton. She married James Graham, 6th Duke of Montrose in 1906. Unlike in 1651 when the property also passed through the female line and the then spouse assumed the Hamilton name, at this time, after more than five hundred years, Brodick castle was no longer possessed by someone bearing the Hamilton name. The Castle and gardens were acquired
10000647
Paul Picard


was to Louise Latham in Hamilton, Texas on July 23, 1968. Paul Romeo Picard is the direct descendant of the French pioneer Philippe Destroismasons dit Picard Senior and his wife Marie Martine Crosnier. He's also a descendant of Zacharie Cloutier, Jean Guyon, and as well as the French explorer Jean Nicolet and Jean's native American spouse Gisis Bahmahmaadjimiwin a.k.a. Jeanne Nipissing through their daughter Madeleine Euphrosine Nicolet. Basically all on his father Romeo Joseph Picard's side of his family. He's also a descendant of Pierre de St.
12838964
Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe


trusted her, since he expected Lamballe to blame him for encouraging the behavior which caused the death of Lamballe's late spouse, and when he was informed that she had ill will toward him during this affair, he reportedly broke with her. She was not informed beforehand of the Flight to Varennes. The night of the escape in June 1791, the queen said goodnight to her and advised her to spend some days in the country for the sake of her health before she retired; Lamballe found her behavior odd enough to remark
16267431
Royal tours of Canada by the Canadian Royal Family


1890, Prince Arthur conducted another tour of Canada, arriving in British Columbia from his earlier service with the British Army in the British Raj. During this tour, he travelled east towards the Maritimes, primarily by railway, before continuing on to the United Kingdom. Princess Marie Louise arrived in Canada in 1900 to tour the country, however controversy surrounding her spouse, Prince Aribert of Anhalt forced her to return to the United Kingdom shortly after her arrival. After Prince Aribert was found in bed with another man, his father,
16642607
Louise of Hesse-Kassel


would have an enhanced connection to the ancient bloodlines of the Danish monarchy. Louise and Christian lived a quiet family life. Louise's mother and siblings renounced their rights to the Danish throne to her. Louise herself in turn renounced her rights to the throne to her spouse Christian. In 1852, this succession order was confirmed by the Nordic countries and foreign powers in London. In 1847, Prince Christian was, with the approval of Europe's Great Powers, chosen as successor to the Danish throne by Christian VIII (who did
21752140
Royal bastard


found appropriate spouses for his bastards. As bastards were considered impure, their mothers might attempt to purify them through pious behavior. Louise de La Vallière had six children by Louis XIV, including Marie Anne de Bourbon (1666–1739) and Louis de Bourbon (1667–1683). She repented by joining a Carmelite convent. There she wore a belt of iron spikes that cut into her flesh. Church leaders denounced Madame de Montespan, Louis' best-known mistress, who had seven children by him. In 1675, Father Lécuyer refused
21730645
Belgian frigate Louise-Marie (F931)


named after "Louise-Marie", the name of a naval vessel purchased by the Belgian navy in 1840, which in turn was named after Queen Louise-Marie of Belgium, the wife of Leopold I. "Louise-Marie" is under command of commander Carl Gillis. In September 2010, "Louise-Marie" was reported to be preparing for a second deployment to the Horn of Africa. On 29 November 2013, the ship arrived in London, UK as part of the preparations for the centenary of the start
619976
Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow


Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (28 August 1667 – 15 March 1721) was Queen consort of Denmark and Norway as the first spouse of the King Frederick IV of Denmark. In 1708–09, she was regent during her husband's trip to Italy. Louise was born in Güstrow in the family of Duke Gustav Adolph of Mecklenburg-Güstrow and Magdalene Sibylle of Holstein-Gottorp as a great-great-granddaughter of Frederick II of Denmark. Louise grew up into a tiny court characterized by pietistic feelings and rigid religiosity, led by
13359552
Louise d'Aumont


was arrested in the absence of her spouse, as was his father, his brother and his sister-in-law, Louise. Louise and her children where rescued from prison by her family doctor, Desormeaux, who forged a release order from prison and hid them until the fall of Robespierre. On 28 March 1794, Louise gave birth to an illegitimate daughter, Amélie Céleste Erodore d'Aumont (died 1820). The father of the child is believed to have been Antoine de Montazet, arch bishop of Lyon. The marriage
16369023
Louise de Maisonblanche


daughter of Philippe de Maisonblanche, old Captain of the Guards, and of Lady Gabrielle de La Tour, his spouse." Brought up in Paris by her mother, she did not receive the same attention that the daughters of Madame de Montespan and Louise de La Vallière did. She lived for a while at the château de Suisnes where her mother died in 1687 aged 50. Louise was then put in the care of François Le Signerre and her sister Catherine Le Signerre in Mulcent. Louise remained confined at Mulcent with the Le
11889787
Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow


her to accept any potential adultery from his side without protests. On 5 December 1695, Louise married Crown Prince Frederik in Güstrow followed by their formal entry in to Copenhagen. Initially, the marriage was described as happy; Louise reciprocated Frederick's attraction, and the french ambassador noted: "The crown princess loves her spouse intensely, and he lives with her in complete bliss". Their children who reached maturity were King Christian VI of Denmark and Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark. In 1699, Frederick and Louise became king and
13359554
Marie-Louise Damien


Marie-Louise Damien (born Louise Marie Damien; 5 December 1889 – 30 January 1978), better known by the stage name Damia, was a French singer and actress. Louise Marie Damien was born on 5 December 1889 to Marie Joséphine Louise (née Claude) and Nicolas Damien on rue Jeanne d’Arc in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. Her father was a police sergeant in Lorraine and she was raised in a family of eight siblings. Running away from home after being sent to a reform school, Damien arrived in Paris
332877
Marie-Louise O'Murphy


master shoemaker ("maître cordonnier"). His son, Daniel Morfi, father of Marie-Louise O'Murphy, married on 21 January 1714 in the parish of Saint Eloi of Rouen with Marguerite Iquy, also Irish: Of the twelve children born to the couple between 1714 and 1737, five died shortly after birth and seven survived to adulthood: five daughters (Marguerite-Louise, Marie-Brigitte, Marie-Madeleine, Marie-Victoire, Marie-Louise); and two sons (Jean-François and Michel-
11492356
Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma


of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla to Empress Marie Louise. She ruled the duchies until her death. Marie Louise married morganatically twice after Napoleon's death in 1821. Her second husband was Count Adam Albert von Neipperg (married 1821), an equerry she met in 1814. She and Neipperg had three children. After Neipperg's death, she married Count Charles-René de Bombelles, her chamberlain, in 1834. Marie Louise died in Parma in 1847. Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria (who was given the Latin baptismal name
16170513
Marie-Louise O'Murphy


Marie-Louise O'Murphy (; also variously called "Mademoiselle de Morphy", "La Belle Morphise", "Louise Morfi" or "Marie-Louise Morphy de Boisfailly"; 21 October 1737 – 11 December 1814) was one of the lesser mistresses ("petites maîtresses") of King Louis XV of France, and a model for the famous painting of François Boucher. Marie-Louise O'Murphy or Morfi, was born in Rouen on 21 October 1737 as the youngest of twelve children of Daniel Morfi and Marguerite Iquy,
11492353
Princess Marie Louise of Hanover


Princess Marie Louise of Hanover and Cumberland (11 October 1879 – 31 January 1948) was the eldest child of Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, and Princess Thyra of Denmark, the youngest daughter of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel. Through her father, Marie Louise was a great-great-granddaughter of George III of the United Kingdom and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. She was a first cousin of Nicholas II of Russia and George V of the United Kingdom. Marie Louise married on 10
746184
Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne


Marie Louise passionately fell in love with this first cousin, who returned her feelings, and they began an affair. In Louise's circles adultery was widely accepted so long as it was done discreetly. However, as neither Marie Louise nor her husband had been unfaithful before, her mother-in-law kept a very strict eye on her as her husband was with the French army in the Netherlands and her servants had been ordered, by her mother-in-law, to guard her virtue. Marie Louise and Charles
20802385
Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein


Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (Franziska Josepha Louise Augusta Marie Christina Helena; 12 August 1872 – 8 December 1956) was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Princess Marie Louise was born at Cumberland Lodge, in Windsor Great Park. Her father was Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, the third son of Duke Christian of Schleswig-Holstein and Countess Louise of Danneskjold-Samsøe. Her mother was Princess Helena, the fifth child and third daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. She was
8811463
Louise Rasmussen


Louise Christine Rasmussen, also known as "Countess Danner" (21 April 1815 – 6 March 1874), was a Danish Ballet dancer and stage actor. She was the mistress and later the morganatic spouse of King Frederick VII of Denmark. She was not a queen consort, but officially styled Countess Danner. Louise Rasmussen was the daughter of the unmarried maid Juliane Caroline Rasmussen and the merchant Gotthilf L. Køppen. She was a student of the ballet school of the Opera in Copenhagen in 1826, was contracted in 1830 and a
14902356
Christiane Henriette Louise Juel


Christiane Henriette Louise Juel née von Schleinitz (1709-1756) was a Danish noblewoman and courtier. She served as maid-of-honor to the queen, Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, and married the queen's courtier Carl Juel in 1738. She and her spouse where powerful central figures at the Danish royal court and their careers there took place in parallel: in 1742-43 they served as chamberlain and chief lady-in-waiting to Princess Louise of Denmark (1726–1756), and in 1743 they were
20870523
Mary-Louise Hooper


and had one child, Suzanne Mary Salsbury. On July 7, 1926, Mary-Louise accompanied her mother, Susan Norris Fitkin, on her first overseas trip as General President of the Nazarene Women's Missionary Society, which was a two-month tour of the British Isles and various European countries, including France; Switzerland; Austria; Germany; and Italy. Mary-Louise and her mother sailed from New York to Southampton, England on the "RMS Aquitania". While in Scotland, Mary-Louise spoke at
11516659
Louise Antoinette Lannes, Duchess of Montebello


to stay on the advise of Montebello and Corvisart. Montebello also convinced Marie Louise to accept the suggestion to go to Austria rather than to join Napoleon on his exile in Elba. Montebello joined Marie Louise on her trip to Austria after the fall of Napoleon. However, she was soon replaced as the head of Marie Louise's court by the Contessa de Brignole, despite the protest of Marie Louise; partially because Austria wished to have all her French courtiers replaced, and partially because she herself did not wish to continue her service
14515750
Regina-Louise von Freedricksz


Regina-Louise "Irina" von Freedricksz née "Christineck" (1735-1821), was a Russian baroness and industrialist. Regina-Louise von Freedricksz was born into a German family in St Petersburg. She married baron (1723-1779), court banker to empress Catherine the Great, with whom she had nine children. In 1773, her spouse bought lands around Lake Ladoga, where he founded the estate Irinovka (named after her), where he managed a peat-extraction enterprise, an ironwork and a
13391053
Louise Rasmussen


a marriage with Louise would have been entitled to the throne. The reformed law of 1849, however, made the king so popular that he was able to have his wish granted. On 8 August 1850, Louise Rasmussen was given the title "Countess of Danner" and was married to Frederick in Frederiksborg Slotskirke by Bishop J. P. Mynster. She was the morganatic spouse of King Frederick, and was thereby not queen, nor did any possible children from the union have any right to the throne. The marriage was met with
14902358
Louise Julie de Mailly


enticing of the two.” In 1732 or 1733, Louise Julie finally caught the attention of the king, and became his mistress with the approval of her spouse. Louise Julie de Mailly was described as a thin beauty, with a perfect oval face and dark eyes with marked eyebrows, which gave her a “provocative and sensuous charm”. She knew how to adjust the fashion to suit her, designed her own “piquant and suggestive” negligees, and often wore her diamonds in her carefully dressed black hair – she
16849779
Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin


after this, the king's half sister suggested Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, which could strengthen Frederick's claim to the Mecklenburg succession. A meeting was arranged between Frederick I and Sophia Louise at Ilosenthal, where she was escorted by her mother. The king was pleased with her beauty, and after half an hours conversation, the meeting was discontinued, after which the proposal was formally made to the Duke of Mecklenburg and accepted. In November 1708 she became the third and last spouse of Frederick I of Prussia. The
2140512
Louise of Hesse-Kassel


Schleswig and Holstein. German Holstein's historic law of succession was Salic and could not so easily be reconciled with Christian's claim so long as the Augustenborgs survived and Prussia offered itself as the international champion of German nationalism. The result of this conflict was the Second War of Schleswig. On 3 July 1853, King Frederick VII confirmed this succession. By that act, Louise and Christian became Crown Princess and Crown Prince of Denmark. Louise had a tense relationship with King Frederick VII, who contradicted the succession of her spouse,
21752142
Marie Louise Scudder Myrick


There are numerous stories of Louise's exploits during her time in Ardsley Park, she was known as a very forthright and colorful character. Louise lived in this home until her death on June 10, 1934. Prior to her death, Louise had the remains of her late husband relocated from Oak Grove Cemetery in Americus, Georgia, to the Myrick Family tomb at Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah. Marie Louise Scudder Myrick was interred in the Myrick Family tomb following her funeral in Savannah. Marie Louise Myrick is still known in small circles
2835070
Snowy (character)


name "Milou"—an abbreviation of Marie-Louise—is borrowed from the nickname of Hergé's first girlfriend, Marie-Louise Van Cutsem. Marie-Louise's father disapproved of Hergé's low social standing, and the young couple's relationship consequently deteriorated. Nevertheless, Hergé remained fond of Marie-Louise, and made her the namesake of Tintin's most trusted friend. The name "Snowy" was chosen for English-language translations not only because of the dog's colour, but because it's a five-letter word
21160338
Françoise Marie de Bourbon


her unwed grandson a suitable bride. At the direction of her son, Françoise Marie negotiated with her niece, Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon, for her grandson to marry Louise Élisabeth's attractive daughter, Louise Henriette de Bourbon. This marriage united a grandchild of Françoise Marie with a grandchild of her sister and enemy, the Duchess of Bourbon. Françoise Marie lived to see, in 1747, the birth of their son, the future Philippe Égalité. The next of her daughters to marry was the youngest. Louise Diane, the favourite
10884984
Marie-Louise O'Murphy


we are sure that she wasn't an innocent girl". This is probably a similar account to the information written by Marquis d'Argenson in his diary on 1 April 1753 about Marie-Louise O'Murphy: After the death of her father on 4 June 1753, Marie-Louise's mother brought the family to Paris. Contemporary and modern historiography concur in identifying Marie-Louise O'Murphy as the very young model who posed for the "Jeune Fille allongée" ("Reclining Girl"), of François Boucher, a painting famous for
11492363
Marie Louise d’Orléans


she felt a severe pain in the abdomen which forced her to lie down the rest of the evening. She died the following night. The death of Marie Louise left her husband heartbroken. There were rumours that she had been poisoned by the notorious "intrigante" Olympia Mancini, comtesse de Soissons, at the behest of her mother-in-law, the dowager queen Mariana of Austria, because of Marie Louise's childlessness. Mariana and Marie Louise had, however, not been known to be estranged and the elder queen
13746468
Marie-Louise Rochebillard


Marie-Louise Rochebillard (4 June 1860 – 30 January 1936) was a French Social Catholic and pioneer of female trade union activity. Marie-Louise Rochebillard was born on 4 June 1860 in Changy, not far from Roanne. Her father, Jean-Claude Rochebillard, was a notary. Her mother, Léonie Depalle, was much younger than him. With a change in the family fortunes, from the age of sixteen Marie-Louise was given "the great honor of working for a living". She experienced the
162117
Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma


son, Boris, converted to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church in the summer of 1895. Marie Louise, pregnant, argued bitterly against her husband's actions, with the support of her father and her mother-in-law. The second child received baptism with Roman Catholic rites. However, unable to avoid Boris's conversion, Marie Louise, who had threatened to leave the country, left Sofia that same day for Beaulieu. In May 1896 Marie Louise returned to Bulgaria. In the summer, she went to London with her
6265257
Cantata for the Wedding of Emperor Napoleon and Marie-Louise of Austria


Cantate pour le Mariage de l'Empereur Napoleon avec Marie Louise d'Autriche ("Cantata for the Wedding of Emperor Napoleon and Marie Louise of Austria") is a wedding cantata for orchestra, choir and soloists composed by Johann Nepomuk Hummel in 1810. The piece was performed at the wedding ceremony of Napoleon Bonaparte and Marie Louise of Austria in March, but was not published in the composer's lifetime. It received a first performance in the UK in 2016, with instrumentalists and singers from Clare College, Cambridge conducted by Toby Hession. The
628112
Marie Louise Marcadet


Marie Louise Marcadet and the other actors formed a board of directors and managed the new theater themselves. This management has been described as stormy, but Marcadet was praised for her judgement in the voting about which plays to stage in the theater. The financial arrangements and employment conditions at the royal theater illustrate that Marie Louise Marcadet and Fredrica Löf was given the highest position of all women actors there. Marie Louise Marcadet performed both as an opera singer and a stage actress and was regarded as one of the most noted stage artists in
6711143
Louise of the Netherlands


large extent entrusted to her Belgian governess Victoire Wauthier, and she studied French, German, English, Russian and piano. In 1849, Louise was selected as a suitable spouse for Crown Prince Charles, the son of King Oscar I of Sweden and Norway and Josephine of Leuchtenberg. The marriage was arranged after the negotiations to arrange a marriage between Charles and her cousin Princess Louise of Prussia had failed. King Oscar I of Sweden wished to secure royal family connections between the new Bernadotte dynasty and the old royal dynasties of Europe,
14663723
Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg


Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg (13 September 1617 – 28 August 1676), was a Duchess consort of Courland by marriage to Duke Jacob Kettler of Courland. She was the de facto ruler of Courland during the reign of her spouse. She was born to George William, Elector of Brandenburg and Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate (1597–1660). Raised as a Calvinist, she practiced this faith all her life. In 1638 her family moved to Königsberg where she made contact with local group of poets led by Simon Dach. After Louise
1978981
Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau


Louise Juliana of Orange-Nassau (31 March 1576 in Delft – 15 March 1644 in Königsberg) was a countess of the Palatinate by marriage to Frederick IV, Elector Palatine, and regent during the minority of her son from 1610 until 1611. She was the eldest daughter of William of Nassau, Prince of Orange and his third spouse Charlotte de Bourbon-Montpensier. Louise Juliana was the first Dutch born member of the House of Orange-Nassau. After her father was murdered in 1584, she and some of her five
21095827
Louise von Plessen


Louise Scheel von Plessen ("née" komtesse Louise von Berckentin; Vienna, 26 April 1725 – Celle, 14 September 1799) was a Danish lady-in-waiting and memoir writer. She wrote the memoirs of her time at the Danish court: "Mémoires de la cour de Danemark". She was the daughter of Count Christian August von Berckentin (sometimes "Berkentin"; 1694–1758), the Danish ambassador to Austria, and his spouse, Susanna Margrethe von Boineburg zu Honstein (1697–1732). She spent her
21462621
Louise de Coligny


Louise de Coligny (23 September 1555 – 9 November 1620) was a Princess consort of Orange as the fourth and last spouse of William the Silent. She was the daughter of Gaspard II de Coligny and Charlotte de Laval. Louise was born at Châtillon-sur-Loing. Her parents saw to it that she received a humanist education. When she was sixteen, she married Protestant Charles de Téligny (1571). Both he and her father were murdered at the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre. Like her murdered father,
4788358
Louise de Broglie, Countess d'Haussonville


Bernard, known as Paul-Gabriel d'Haussonville (1843–1924), a renowned politician and essayist, through whom she has many descendants. Louise is unique in history for being the daughter, sister, spouse, and mother of four members of the French Academy: Her father Victor, brother Albert, husband Joseph, and son Paul-Gabriel did not occupy their Academy seats simultaneously, with Paul-Gabriel elected in 1888, six years after his mother's death. Louise was the great-aunt of Louis de Broglie, who
5717254
Louise d'Orléans (1869–1952)


Princess Louise d'Orléans (Louise Victoire Marie Amélie Sophie; 19 July 1869 – 4 February 1952) was a French princess of the House of Orléans and a member of the Royal Family of Bavaria. Throughout her life Louise remained very close to her first cousin, the Austrian archduchess Marie Valerie of Habsburg-Lorraine. Princess Louise was born at Bushy House, Teddington, England in 1869, a daughter of the French prince Ferdinand Philippe Marie d'Orléans, "duc d'Alençon", and his wife Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria, herself a
11046794
Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans


Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans (Marie Louise Adélaïde; 13 August 1698 – 10 February 1743) was the third daughter of Philippe d'Orléans, and Françoise Marie de Bourbon, a legitimised daughter of Louis XIV of France and his mistress, Madame de Montespan. She was Abbess of Chelles. Marie Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans was born at the Palace of Versailles on 13 August 1698. After the marriage of her aunt Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, Louise Adélaïde was known at court as "Mademoiselle de Chartres". She assumed the style of "Mademoiselle d'Orléans"
7784011
Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma


was kept uninformed of developments. Frustrated by the Russians delaying the marriage negotiations, Napoleon rescinded his proposal in late January 1810 and began negotiations to marry Marie Louise with the Austrian ambassador, the Prince of Schwarzenberg. Schwarzenberg signed the marriage contract on 7 February. Marie Louise was informed of the marriage by Metternich. When asked for consent, she replied: "I wish only what my duty commands me to wish." Marie Louise was married by proxy to Napoleon on March 11, 1810 at the Augustinian Church, Vienna.
16170520
Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma


informing him of increasing demands for peace in Paris and the provinces. Napoleon was decisively defeated in Leipzig on October 19 and returned to Saint Cloud on November 9. On 23 January 1814, Marie Louise was appointed Regent for the second time. On January 25, at 03:00 in the morning, Napoleon embraced Marie Louise and his son for the last time. He left to lead a hastily formed army to stave off the Allied invasion from the north. As the Allies neared Paris, Marie Louise was reluctant to leave. She
16170533
Marie Louise Gonzaga


cruel, but purposeful ways made sure that she was the only candidate. Under the pressure of the French government and other Western nations Marie Louise Gonzaga finally married Władysław by proxy on 5 November 1645. The proper wedding of Marie Louise and Władysław IV took place in Warsaw on 10 March 1646. She was forced by the Polish parliament (Sejm) and the strongly zealous nobility to change her name from Marie Louise to Ludwika Maria in order for the marriage to take place, as in Poland the first name "Maria" was
1747586
Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne


then resorted to secret midnight coach-rides; however, her mother-in-law had alerted the Paris police, who reported what went on. After a while, Marie Louise found herself pregnant and resorted to sleeping with her returned husband to make him believe he was the father, but this enraged the jealous Charles into creating a scene. Yet Marie Louise's husband did nothing and gossip began to spread. In January 1748, confronted by her own father as well as her mother-in-law, Marie Louise
20802386
USS Mary Louise (SP-356)


USS "Mary Louise" (SP-356) was a patrol boat that served in the United States Navy from August to October 1917. "Mary Louise" was built as a private boat of the same name in by the Milton Point Shipyard in New York. On 24 August 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her on a free-lease basis from her owner, J. S. Williams of Wilmington, North Carolina, for use as a patrol boat during World War I. She was placed in service as USS "Mary Louise" (
5562166
Marie-Louise Jensen


Marie-Louise Jensen (born 22 September 1964) is an English children's author. Marie Louise Jensen (née Chalcraft) was born in Henley-On-Thames of an English father and Danish mother. Her early years were plagued by teachers telling her to get her head out of a book and learn useless things like maths. Marie-Louise studied Scandinavian and German with literature at the UEA and has lived in both Denmark and Germany. After teaching English at a German University for four years, she decided to return
7954760