Louise Cromwell

## Family

Anne Cromwell (Mother; Deceased)
 Prince Federick (Father; Deceased)
 Cyrus Cromwell (older brother)
 Helena Cromwell (older sister)
 Richard Cromwell (older brother)
 Marina Cromwell (Daughter)

**Princess Louise Cromwell** (b. Louise Wilhelmina Adelaide Mary Cromwell; born 1971) is a member of the British royal family in the *All the King's Daughters* novel series. She is the youngest child and second daughter of Queen Anne Cromwell and Prince Frederick, Duke of Lancaster, and the youngest sibling of King Cyrus, Princess Helena, Princess Royal, and Prince Richard, Duke of Albany. She was born 3rd in the line of succession to the British throne and is now 14th. She is a single mother to daughter, Marina from a broken engagement, making Marina the first member of the royal family to be born out of wedlock.

## Notes

* Louise's romance and engagement with Pakistani businessman, Sadiq Ahmed was based on Princess Margaret's affair with Group Captain Peter Townsend.
* Her daughter, Marina, was born in Nice, France. Louise was visiting Sadiq at his father's French villa when she went into labor with their only child together.
* She is modeled off of real-life royals, Princess Margaret and her nephew, Prince Edward.
* She is the mother of Marina Cromwell.
* She is the fourth child and youngest daughter of Queen Anne and Prince Federick
* She is the younger sister of King Cyrus, Princess Helena, and Prince Richard.
* Granddaughter of King George and Queen Diana.
* Great-granddaughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.
* Great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
* Graduated from Cambridge University in 1986. He and King Charles III are the only university graduates among their siblings.
* She had a turbulent relationship with her older sister, Helena, as it was revealed in *The Royal House of Cromwell*.
	+ Their rivalry is as similar as the one with her mother, Queen Anne and her aunt, Princess Grace; and the one involved her nieces, Princess Alexandra and Princess Theodora.
* She spent her summer holiday with her daughter in the South of France in July --.
* Her favorite color was pink, and she wore a lot of pink dresses.
* She loved ballet and made it her biggest scholastic passion, even studying it in school.
* Although she is a fictional princess in the novel named Louise, there have been real-life royal princess with the same name.
	+ Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, 1848–1939, the sixth child and fourth daughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
	+ Princess Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife, 1867–1931, the third child and the eldest daughter of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra
	+ Princess Louise of Denmark (1726–1756), daughter of Christian VI of Denmark and wife of Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen
	+ Princess Louise of Denmark (1750–1831), daughter of Frederick V of Denmark and wife of Landgrave Charles of Hesse-Kassel
	+ Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark (1750–1831), daughter of Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, and wife of Landgrave William of Hesse-Kassel
	+ Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark (1771–1843), daughter of Christian VII of Denmark and wife of Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
	+ Princess Louise of Denmark (1875–1906), daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark and wife of Prince Friedrich Georg of Schaumburg-Lippe
	+ Louisa Maria Teresa Stuart (1682–1712), known in French as Louise-Marie
	+ Princess Louise of Belgium, born 1858
	+ Princess Louise of Belgium (b. 2004)
	+ Lady Louise Windsor (b. 2003), granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth, and daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh
	+ Louise Mountbatten, 1889–1965, born Princess Louise of Battenberg, second wife of King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden and Princess of Sweden