Indeed, her father was very much into crowns and thrones -- reveling in his connections: after all, he was thrilled when, later on, his youngest daughter became the queen of Norway. A year later, a niece married the king of Spain.
That being said, Louise herself probably would not have been happy as a queen of any sort -- regnant or consort -- given her retiring nature. And given the upheavals that shook the continent later on, as a result of World War I (as a result of which four empires got dissolved and a number of other thrones got toppled), she may well have regarded her marriage as a blessing. She got to enjoy the comfort and security of life in her native country, known for relative stability in economy and politics.
And her husband was a titled man -- albeit only a member of the mid-nobility. But as her grandmother approved the match, it didn't matter: QV elevated Fife from an earldom to a dukedom. The succession seems secure, since the current titleholder has three sons.
As far as I know Princess Louise was a rather shy young lady and did prefer to not be the center of attention so a royal marriage where she would have been a Queen would not have been a good fit. Plus, when she did marry she married as the granddaughter of Queen Victoria and not the daughter of a King for this marriage occurred during her grandmother's reign and not her father's reign.
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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