Also, her mother, Alexandra of Denmark, wanted to keep all if her daughters unmarried and at home with her so grand alliences were not sought.
Was she (the eldest daughter of King Edward VII) ever linked to any notable royal in the continent? Did she ever have a chance to land a crown?
For a king's daughter, she made a rather modest marriage -- to a noble, not a royal, and not even a high-ranking one. Her husband, Alexander Duff, was only an earl -- a member of the mid-nobility. Was the union regarded by the public as a mésalliance?
It was one thing for Queen Victoria to approve the marriage of her own fourth daughter (also named Louise) to the future Duke of Argyll. But one is talking here of a granddaughter who was born fourth in line to the British throne: although not expected to succeed, she ranked high in the royal family.
As it was, QV approved the marriage and elevated Fife to a dukedom: thus it was that the sixth earl of Fife became His Grace the first duke of Fife. But what the rest of the British royal family thought of the union is anybody's guess ... whether either Louise or her father would had aspirations for a more grand match.
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