Princess Louise was born on 17 February 1875 in
Frederik VIII's Palace, an 18th-century
palace which forms part of the
Amalienborg Palace complex in central
Copenhagen, during the reign of her paternal grandfather,
King Christian IX. She was the third child and first daughter of
Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark and his wife
Louise of Sweden. Her father was the eldest son of
King Christian IX of Denmark and
Louise of Hesse-Kassel, and her mother was the only daughter of
King Charles XV of Sweden and Norway and
Louise of the Netherlands. She was baptised with the names
Louise Caroline Josephine Sophie Thyra Olga, and was known as Princess Louise (namesake of her mother, as well as her paternal and maternal grandmothers). and
Crown Princess Louise with their children in 1885. Princess Louise was raised with her siblings in the royal household in Denmark and grew up between her parents' city residence in
Copenhagen, the
Frederik VIII's Palace at the
Amalienborg Palace complex, and their country retreat, the
Charlottenlund Palace, located by the coastline of the
Øresund strait north of the city. In contrast to the usual practise of the period, where royal children were brought up by
governesses, the children were raised by Crown Princess Louise herself. Under the supervision of their mother, the children of the Crown Princess received a rather strict Christian-dominated upbringing, which was characterized by austerity, the fulfilment of duties, care and order. Like her siblings, she was educated privately under the supervision of tutors. From childhood, Louise was described as a very withdrawn girl with a shy and quiet personality. As she also married and left Denmark at an early age, she remained a relatively unnoticed member of the
Danish royal family throughout her life. ==Marriage==