Archduchess Louise of Austria - Crown Princess of Saxony

Crown Princess of Saxony

In Vienna on 21 November 1891, she married the Crown Prince of Saxony, Frederick Augustus. They had seven children:

• Friedrich August Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony (1893–1943). A priest, he renounced his rights in 1923.
• Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen, Duke of Saxony (1893–1968). Married Princess Elisabeth Helene of Thurn and Taxis (1903–1976) and had issue.
• Ernst Heinrich (1896–1971). Married first Princess Sophie of Luxembourg (1902–1941), daughter of Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, in 1921 and second Virginia Dulon (1910–2002) in 1947 (morganatically). Had issue with Sophie.
• Maria Alix Carola, stillborn 22 August 1898
• Margarete Carola Wilhelmine (1900–1962). Married Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern (1891–1965).
• Maria Alix Luitpolda (1901–1990). Married Franz Joseph, Prince of Hohenzollern-Emden (1891–1964).
• Anna Pia Monika (1903–1976). Married firstly Joseph Franz, Archduke of Austria (1895–1957) and secondly Reginald Kazanjian (1905–1990).

The two eldest sons, Friedrich August and Friedrich Christian, were born in the same year, 1893, but were not twins. Friedrich August was born in January, while Friedrich Christian was born in December.

Luise was very popular in Saxony. However, she did not follow etiquette at the court, which resulted in arguments with her father-in-law, King George of Saxony.

On 9 December 1902 Luise fled from Dresden due to her father-in-law threatening to have her interned in Sonnestein Mental Asylum for life. Her brother supported her in her wish to escape Saxony. She left Saxony without her children, but pregnant with Anna. For a while, she lived with her children's French tutor, André Giron, who was wrongly believed to be the father of her youngest daughter, Anna.

She was divorced from her husband on 11 February 1903 by the royal decree of her father-in-law. Emperor Franz Josef did not acknowledge the civil divorce.