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The Life and Scandal of Princess Louise, Prince Albert’s Mother
‘Fascinating, rigorously researched and vividly told...[a] groundbreaking biography’. - Dr Anna Whitelock
Princess Louise played a crucial role in rise of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, but while her son Albert entered history, she was removed from it. Based on a decade of original research, this is the first English-language biography to explore her life and legacy — and the scandal the royal family tried to bury.
Married off to the older Duke Ernst Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Louise bore two sons, Ernst and Albert, but her unhappy marriage led to her banishment, divorce, and loss of her children. She died alone at just thirty-one, her reputation destroyed by court gossip and political intrigue. Was she a fallen woman, or a victim of royal machinations? And was Prince Albert truly Ernst’s son?
Louise’s story is one of scandal, tragedy, and secrets that shape the House of Windsor today.
‘A wonderful and important book that changes our perception of Princess Louise forever. The parallels to Princess Diana’s fate, who married the descendant of Albert and Louise, are uncanny.’ - A.N. Wilson
A.N. Wilson,
‘The story of the Prince Consort’s mother, Louise, needed to be told. A young, soon to be wayward bride, her far from monogamous husband, a vengeful mistress publishing her scandalous memoirs, all this is to be found and more in this well-researched and fascinating book by Ulrike Grunewald.’ - Hugo Vickers
Hugo Vickers,
‘An invaluable study of the little-known Princess without whom the course of British and European history would have been so very different.’ - Robert Hardman
Robert Hardman,
'Fascinating, rigorously researched and vividly told, this groundbreaking biography sheds new light on a little-known royal scandal involving the mother of Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria and its legacy for the House of Windsor.' - Professor Anna Whitelock
Professor Anna Whitelock,
