The daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, who is now 20, was born prematurely on November 8, 2003, through an emergency C-section at Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey.
Buckingham Palace announced her full name as Louise Alice Elizabeth Mary Mountbatten-Windsor when the then Earl and Countess of Wessex brought their baby girl home on November 23, 2003.
The name Louise was a favorite of her mother, Sophie, and also honors Edward’s great-great-grandmother, Louise of Hesse-Kassel, who was Queen of Denmark from 1863 until her death in 1898.
Louise was also the mother of George I of Greece and grandmother of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, making her a great-grandmother to the late Duke of Edinburgh. The Bump notes that the name Louise is of French origin and means “renowned warrior.”
Additionally, Queen Victoria’s daughter, Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, who passed away at 91 in 1939, was affectionately known as “Auntie Palace” by Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret during her later years at Kensington Palace.
Lady Louise’s middle names, Alice and Elizabeth, honor Prince Philip’s mother, Princess Alice of Greece, and Queen Elizabeth II, respectively, while Mary was chosen to pay tribute to Sophie’s mother.
Many female royals, including Princess Anne, Zara Tindall, Princess Charlotte, Princess Beatrice, and her daughter Sienna, share a connection through the middle name Elizabeth, in homage to Queen Elizabeth II.
