On this day in Royal history . 18 March 1848 . Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll was born at Buckingham Palace . . ◼ She was the fourth daughter & sixth child of the reigning British monarch, Queen Victoria, & her husband Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha. . ◼ As the daughter of the sovereign, Louise was styled Her Royal Highness The Princess Louise from birth. The Queen’s labour with Louise was the first to be aided with chloroform. Albert & Victoria chose the names Louisa Caroline Alberta. Louise was chosen to honour Albert’s mother. Though christened Louisa in Buckingham Palace’s private chapel by the Archbishop of Canterbury, on 13 May 1848, she was invariably known as Louise throughout her life. . ◼ Louise was an able sculptor & artist, & several of her sculptures remain today. . ◼ Before her marriage, Louise served as an unofficial secretary to her mother, the Queen (1866–1871). .. ◼ Louise married John, Marquess of Lorne, the heir to the Duke of Argyll on 21 March 1871. Despite a happy beginning, the two drifted apart, possibly because of their childlessness & the Queen’s constraints on their activities. In 1878, Lorne was appointed Governor General of Canada. Louise became viceregal consort, but her stay was unhappy as a result of homesickness & dislike of Ottawa. . ◼ Following Victoria’s death in 1901, Louise entered the social circle established by her brother, the new king, Edward VII. Louise’s marriage survived thanks to long periods of separation, but the couple reconciled in 1911, and she was devastated by her husband’s death in 1914. . ▪ After the end of the First World War in 1918, at the age of 70, she began to retire from public life, undertaking few public duties outside Kensington Palace, where she died at age 91. . . . #Onthisdayinhistory #Thisdayinhistory #TheYear1848 #PrincessLouise #HouseofSaxeCoburgandGotha #BuckinghamPalace #Victorian #DuchessofArgyll #History #BritishMonarchy #d18mar #Victorian #kensingtonpalace #Queenvictoria #Princealbert #Duchess #Princess #London #Westminster #historyfacts #greatbritain Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2020 #RoyalHistory #OnThisDay #Otd #HistoryFacts #royalbaby # (at Buckingham Palace) https://www.instagram.com/p/B94NfZ1AjOq/?igshid=1dtl3a4rcg7th