New-York tribune., 1898-09-30
LEE OF THE QUEEN.

There have been few more romantic career than
that OF Queen Louise Of Denmark. who. beginning
Ne IN insIgnincance and downright poverty. with
absolutely no prospects In view. has died as inc
mother and mother-in-law of more crowned heads
than Is even Queen Victoria During the last
twenty years ~ her life she had exercised re-
markahlo influence upon political affairs IN Europe
In particular upon her tavoritc son-n-law the late
Gar. much of whose reactionnry policy and auto
cratic disnclination to everything In the shape OF
parliamentary forms ~ government was justly a.
rihu'ed 70 the long letters which she was In the
habit OF writing to him regularly each week she
was remarkably gifted woman In many ways. and
one OF the finest amateur pianists and harpists In
Europ- and ono 81 her greatest delights was 10
takc part In harp trios either with professional
players finished amateurs
Queen Louise was the daughter of the Landgraf
Wilhelm q, Hessc-Casscl by his rarrinGe with the
Princess Charlotte Of Denmark, sister OF King
Christian. Tho family OF Iesss -Casscl has fire.
quently intermarricd with that Of Denmark. 50
that the two houses have become very nearly re-
lated The Princess Louise ~ Hesse- -Cassel was
born Septemher : 1877.
She twenty-five years of age when she was
bctro,hcd N Primo. Christian ~ Schleswig -Ho-
stein -Sondcrburg G.ucksburg. who was lttl-
more than one year her Junior and who at that
time had No hopes ~ being a reicning sovereign
ms hc was the NTH child Of his parents and had
two older brothers. But he appointed 10 the
succession Of tho Crown of Denmark by tho treaty
of London n, May 1852 and by tho Danish law ~
succession of July n. 1863
The carly portion 81 Queen Iouise's married NE
spent IN The dreary old castle of Rumpenhcim.
or tho Rhine. and II was not until her husband was
recognized 'he successor Of the childlcss King
Friedrich VII that the family migrated 10 Copen-
hagen. They not welcome there at first. the
Danes r"scniing the Idea ~ having ono whom they
pleased describe as a German Prince i'm
| ll,I.
Court was ~ such character rs 10 call into play
all that wonderful tact for which the late Queen
was 50 renowned. The fact Is that King Friedrich
had been divorced by his wife and had contracted
lefi handed alliance with Mile Rasmussen a
Partisan cN N-modiste. who had been In the habit ~
visiting Copenhagen periodically 70 ~ the dresses
made in Paris for the Kings first wife Queen
Louise; or the Crown Princess. as IN" vas then
treated this lady. who had been elevated 10 the
an1 aa%R % as 9m vim tb Hn Rnrs
She treated her az a member - the family. allowed
her little girls 20 associate with her. and II to-day
the Princess Of Wales tho widowed Cznrlna and
the Duchess Of Cumborand not only possess tho
| enough ia design and make their own toilets II
need be. II is entirely due - the lessons in dress
| their morganatic aunt. the Parisian modistc
II was in hose days that the financial circum-
| they were compelled ~ make their own dresses anil
hats. while ther father was glad 10 add TO his
| sisncr for niustrafed books md papers. His con
sort hons'cd Of being st th' most ScSnGTiGn h3us-
women in those days. and on ccasinr 10 bc pretty
! became handsome She retained her good looks and
| appeared ~ the age VI seventy-scvcU as q woman
| Of barely hftv Their" IS Photograph in existence
| and her granddaughter. the Duchess II Fife show
Ing, them all dressed alike in low-cnt court robes
which conveys tho impression that tho grand
daughter was an Older woman. and certainly mora
mature than her extraordinarily well,prrscrvcd
| mother and grandmother. Just before she married
| the Prince Of Holsreln she was the point of
became Car Alexander II, while her husband had
bccn one of the numerous sn'ors for the hand Of
| Queen Victoria He was backed by Nictoria's Eng
| Iish uncles tho King Of Hanover. the Duke ~
Sussex and the Duke Of Gloucester but was quietly
| thrust aside by King Leopold OF helgium and tho
Duchess Of Kent in favor Of Prince Alfred Of SAKE
Thc Prince her husba nd. succeeded to tho thron.
on the death OF Friedrich VII November l5 1861, ns
| Christian TX.
The children OF the King and Queen Of Denmark
arr. Prince Frederick. tho hcir-apparont. born in
daughter Of King Carl Ky Of Sweden and Norway;
| Princess Alexander who was born IN lSii. and who
| Wilhelm born In 1915 elected King of tn. Iiecne~.
under tho title Of Georg, l. by the Crock National
| Constantinowna Grand duchess Of Russia ~
Is.7: Princess Marie pagmnr: born In is7. snt
married in lS6c 70 Alexander II thN :ote Empero.
~ Russia Princess Thyrn. born N 1888 ar!
married N ISIS tn Prince Ernest August. lIukc 4
! Cumberland; Prince Waldcmnr, horn IL ,f' -
of rov,I family alliances can be how II is :hlt
the Queen Ind come 10 be called IN" m'thor-h-''"
! The Queen was worshippcd by the Danes wh"
looked upon her the incarnation - al thap VIZ
| rcvcr-nccd with great love; The death " IN. ~
Car was great grief and shn,k ts her nnc uis
in connection with her dnughtcr-ir- law. tho frn'
! c,ss Wnldcninr I'm 1885, mny he sntl 70 have prs:
| ciritated the final breaking up Of this grand "a
lady for she has been in ill-henh ever sine" ear'