Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern

Louise of Stolberg-Gedern
Countess of Albany
Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern, oil on canvas by François-Xavier Fabre
Consort of the Jacobite pretender
Pretendence28 March 1772 – 30 January 1788
Born(1752-09-20)20 September 1752
Mons, Austrian Netherlands (modern-day Belgium)
Died29 January 1824(1824-01-29) (aged 71)
Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Spouse
(m. 1772; sep. 1780)
HouseStolberg-Gedern
FatherPrince Gustav Adolf of Stolberg-Gedern
MotherPrincess Élisabeth Philippine of Hornes

Princess Louise Maximiliane Caroline Emanuel of Stolberg-Gedern (20 September 1752 – 29 January 1824) was the wife of Charles Edward Stuart, the Jacobite claimant to the English and Scottish thrones. The unhappy marriage led her to request from the pope a decree of separation, which she was granted. During her years in Paris and Florence, she established famous salons where important artists and intellectuals of the day were invited to gather. She is commonly called the Countess of Albany.


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