- Raised in England, Louise was the daughter of Prince Louis of Battenberg, and the sister of Princess Alice of Battenberg, Louis Mountbatten, and George Mountbatten. Through her mother Victoria Mountbatten, she was a granddaughter of Grand Duchess Alice and Louis IV, and a great-granddaughter of Prince Albert and Queen Victoria. She later became Louise, Queen of Sweden from the accession of her husband, King Gustaf VI Adolf, in 1950.
- Through the proclamation of 17 July 1917, whereby the British royal family assumed the surname Windsor, the name "Battenberg" was anglicized to "Mountbatten." Princess Louise of Battenberg thereby became Lady Louise Mountbatten, which remained her name until her marriage to King Gustaf VI Adolf in 1923.
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