Children and Louise Becoming "Grandmother of Europe"
Louise had the following six children with Christian. Eventually, they had thirty-nine grandchildren.
| Name | Birth | Death | Spouse | Children |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick VIII of Denmark | 3 June 1843 | 14 May 1912 | Princess Lovisa of Sweden | Christian X of Denmark Haakon VII of Norway Louise, Princess Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe Prince Harald of Denmark Princess Ingeborg, Duchess of Västergötland Princess Thyra of Denmark Prince Gustav of Denmark Princess Dagmar, Mrs. Jørgen Castenskiold |
| Alexandra of Denmark | 1 December 1844 | 20 November 1925 | Edward VII of the United Kingdom | Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale George V of the United Kingdom Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom Maud, Queen of Norway Prince Alexander John of Wales |
| George I of Greece | 24 December 1845 | 18 March 1913 | Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia | Constantine I of Greece Prince George of Greece and Denmark Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna of Russia Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark |
| Dagmar of Denmark | 26 November 1847 | 13 October 1928 | Tsar Alexander III of Russia | Tsar Nicholas II of Russia Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia |
| Thyra of Denmark | 29 September 1853 | 26 February 1933 | Ernst August of Hanover, 3rd Duke of Cumberland | Marie Louise, Princess Maximilian of Baden Prince George William of Hanover and Cumberland Alexandra, Grand Duchess of Mecklenberg-Scherwin Princess Olga of Hanover and Cumberland Prince Christian of Hanover and Cumberland Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick |
| Prince Valdemar of Denmark | 27 October 1858 | 14 January 1939 | Princess Marie of Orléans | Aage, Count of Rosenborg Prince Axel of Denmark Erik, Count of Rosenborg Viggo, Count of Rosenborg Margaret, Princess René of Bourbon-Parma |
The great dynastic success of Louise's six children was to a great extent not the accomplishment of Christian IX himself, but a result of her own ambitions. Some have compared her dynastic capabilities with the those of Queen Victoria.
On her death in 1898, she was interred in Roskilde Cathedral near Copenhagen.
Louise's nephew Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, married to a granddaughter of Queen Victoria and of German Emperor Wilhelm I, was elected King Charles of Finland in 1918. He never took up the position.
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