Discussions about the Imperial Family and European Royalty > The Danish Royal Family
Frederick VIII, Queen Lovisa (Swan) and their family
Janet_W.:
Thank you, Bluetoria! Perhaps someone can scan in a photo?!
grandduchessella:
She wasn't an unattractive child but not an attractive adult and quite frightening as an elderly woman. She seemed to have no chin. From what I've read of her she was not a very good mother nor a very popular member of the family. It was largely because of her (and, granted, the growing number of relatives) that the gatherings at Denmark ceased after she became Queen. Her primary attraction for Frederick seems to have been her large dowry as the only daughter of the King of Sweden. I'll have to scan some of the elderly pictures but here are some I have:
Dandywell:
She looks like a confused duck.
Martyn:
I see what you mean. Yes, not the loveliest of princesses but I am sure that the hefty dowry was a big incentive to take her as a bride, particularly for the impecunious Danish.
Janet, I had assumed that the hem length issue must have arisen after about 1914, as it was only then that skirts started to become appreciably shorter. I imagine that flounces on their skirts would have amde them look quite dowdy - still in their mother's presence it probably paid off!
Svetabel:
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She looks like a frightened duck in some photoes! :) Really ...she had a very severe look!
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