Monday, May 4, 2009

Luise gives birth to a daughter

May 4, 1903

According to a report in the New York Times, Princess Louise, the former Crown Princess of Saxony, has given birth to a daughter at Lindau, Bavaria. It is understood that a Saxony court official and several doctors and nurses were present for birth. The court official has received "royal orders" to take the infant back to Dresden in three weeks.

6 comments:

Allan Raymond said...

I wonder why it took until 7 April 1908 for the daughter to be sent to Dresden, Saxony into the care of her father?
Three weeks turned into five years.

Marlene Eilers Koenig said...

Don't you have the book by Monica's governess?

Allan Raymond said...

I assume this would be the book by Frau Kremer, not in my lbrary I'm afraid to say?

It does look as if Luisa decided in the end that the interest of Anna "Monica" would be best served by returning to the Court of her father Friedrich Augustus whilst still young.

It is a shame that Luisa never got to see her daughter or her other children again.

Marlene Eilers Koenig said...

http://books.google.com/books?id=9GgZAAAAYAAJ&dq=kremer+governess+monica&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=Ahea-d3DJ0&sig=UO3Z5c5Ylu5BBhciL9YTjQfeDVw&hl=en&ei=FL8BSo_RBI3EMcTQzdgH&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#PPA13,M1

Anonymous said...

I didn't Google for the information it was in the end section of Luise's Memoires.

Frau Kremer apparently only spent six weeks with Luisa, if so not really enough time to make a judgement nevertheless a book.

Marlene Eilers Koenig said...

the King was Monica's father in name only ...moreover, Luise had no rights. Even though she was an abused wife, and miserable, she bolted with her lover. Her own family had turned against her.