Louise Marie of the Palatinate

Louise Marie of the Palatinate, also named Louise Holladine (18 April 1622 -11 February 1709) was a daughter of Frederick V, Elector Palatine and Elizabeth Stuart. 
== Family ==
Louise Marie's paternal grandparents were Frederick IV, Elector Palatine and his wife Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau. Her maternal grandparents were James I of England and his wife Anne of Denmark. James was son of Mary, Queen of Scots and Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley.
== Painting ==
Louise Marie was a talented portrait painter and graphic artist, a talent that she shared with her brother Prince Rupert. She was student of Gerard van Honthorst and painted so ably in his style that some of her works were attributed to him. To the dismay of her Protestant family, she converted to the Catholic faith and she fled to France. With the support of Louis XIV of France, she was later abbess of the convent Maubuisson. 
The princess is considered an "amateur". Her portraits are often in the baroque style of Honthorst, but there are exceptions, which were likely not commissioned. Some of her works were kept within her family, and some can be found in German museums.
==Ancestors==
 Louise's ancestors in three generations
Louise Holladine	Father:Frederick V, Elector Palatine	Paternal Grandfather:Frederick IV, Elector Palatine 	Paternal Great-grandfather:Louis VI, Elector Palatine
Louise Holladine	Father:Frederick V, Elector Palatine	Paternal Grandfather:Frederick IV, Elector Palatine 	Paternal Great-grandmother:Elisabeth of Hesse
Louise Holladine	Father:Frederick V, Elector Palatine	Paternal Grandmother:Louise Juliana von Orange-Nassau	Paternal Great-grandfather:William the Silent
Louise Holladine	Father:Frederick V, Elector Palatine	Paternal Grandmother:Louise Juliana von Orange-Nassau	Paternal Great-grandmother:Charlotte de Bourbon-Montpensier
Louise Holladine	Mother:Elizabeth Stuart 	Maternal Grandfather:James I of England 	Maternal Great-grandfather:Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley
Louise Holladine	Mother:Elizabeth Stuart 	Maternal Grandfather:James I of England 	Maternal Great-grandmother:Mary I, Queen of Scots
Louise Holladine	Mother:Elizabeth Stuart 	Maternal Grandmother:Anne of Denmark 	Maternal Great-grandfather:Frederick II of Denmark
Louise Holladine	Mother:Elizabeth Stuart 	Maternal Grandmother:Anne of Denmark 	Maternal Great-grandmother:Sofie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Category:1622 births
Category:1709 deaths
Category:Converts to Catholicism from Calvinism
Category:Converts to Catholicism from Protestantism
Category:German Roman Catholics
Category:Former Protestants
Category:Converts to Roman Catholicism
Category:House of Palatinate-Simmern
Category:English people of German descent
Category:People from The Hague
Category:Baroque painters
Category:German painters
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