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Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll

1848 - 1939

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Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (Louisa Caroline Alberta; 18 March 1848 – 3 December 1939) was the sixth child and fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. In her public life, she was a strong proponent of the arts and higher education and of the feminist cause. She was an influential supporter of the Edinburgh College of Domestic Science, the forerunner to Queen Margaret University, becoming the institution's first Patron in 1891 until 1939. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll has received more than 2,974,937 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll is the 285th most popular companion (down from 162nd in 2019), the 798th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 525th in 2019) and the 28th most popular British Companion.

Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll is most famous for her time as a member of the British Royal Family. She was the youngest daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

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  • 61.33

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  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll ranks 285 out of 784. Before her are Mary of Modena, Ildico, Licinia Eudoxia, Joan of England, Queen of Sicily, Duchess Anna of Prussia, and Milena Vukotić. After her are Stateira I, Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, Dagmar of Bohemia, Maria Isabel of Braganza, Martha Washington, and Berengaria of Portugal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1848, Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll ranks 25. Before her are Stepan Makarov, William II of Württemberg, Carl Wernicke, Katsura Tarō, Zinovy Rozhestvensky, and Milena Vukotić. After her are Victor Noir, Johann Palisa, Guido von List, Loránd Eötvös, Hristo Botev, and Hermann Alexander Diels. Among people deceased in 1939, Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll ranks 26. Before her are Ferdinand von Lindemann, Ambroise Vollard, Alexander Yegorov, Anthony Fokker, Ghazi of Iraq, and Otto Rank. After her are Ernst Toller, Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria, Prince Valdemar of Denmark, Wilhelm Groener, S. P. L. Sørensen, and Evald Aav.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll ranks 798 out of 8,785. Before her are Tom Hardy (1977), Leonora Carrington (1917), Tom Conti (1941), Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757), Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (1473), and Sawney Bean (1600). After her are John Ambrose Fleming (1849), Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897), William Ewart Gladstone (1809), David Harvey (1935), John Vane (1927), and George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866).

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Among COMPANIONS In United Kingdom

Among companions born in United Kingdom, Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll ranks 28. Before her are Amélie of Orléans (1865), Catherine of Lancaster (1373), Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (1982), Louise of Great Britain (1724), Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley (1508), and Judith of Flanders (844). After her are Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897), Charlotte, Princess Royal (1766), Charles Lightoller (1874), Eadgyth (910), Anne Hyde (1637), and Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford (1505).

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