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Personal data Louisa Frederica Augusta von ALTEN 

• She was born on June 15, 1832 in Hanover, Hanover Landkreis, Niedersachsen, Germany.
• Title: Duchess of Manchester, Duchess of Devonshire
• She died on July 15, 1911 in Sandown, Esher Park, Surrey, she was 79 years old.

  Died after a seizure at the Races

• She is buried July 1911 in St Peter, Edensor, Derbyshire.

Household of Louisa Frederica Augusta von ALTEN

(1) She is married to Spencer Compton CAVENDISH.

They got married on August 16, 1892 at Christ Church, Mayfair, Middlesex, she was 60 years old.

(2) She is married to William Drogo MONTAGU.

They got married on July 22, 1852 at Hanover, Hanover Landkreis, Niedersachsen, Germany, she was 20 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Louisa Augusta Beatrice MONTAGU  1856-1944 
2. Mary Louisa Elizabeth MONTAGU  1854-1934 
3. Charles William Augustus MONTAGU  1860-1939
4. George Victor Drogo MONTAGU  1853-1892 
5. Alice Maude Olivia MONTAGU  1862-1957 

Notes about Louisa Frederica Augusta von ALTEN

Louisa Frederica Augusta Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, formerly Louisa Montagu, Duchess of Manchester, née Luise Fredericke Auguste, Countess von Alten (15 June 1832 - 15 July 1911) was a German-born British aristocrat sometimes referred to as the "Double Duchess" due to her marriage to both the Duke of Manchester and the Duke of Devonshire.

Early life
Louisa Frederica Augusta, Countess von Alten was born 15 June 1832 in Hanover in what was then the Kingdom of Hanover. She was the daughter of Karl Franz Viktor, Count von Alten (1800-1879), and his wife, Hermine de Schminke (1806-1868). Her siblings included Helene Charlotte Auguste, Countess von Alten (1830-1890), who married Andrei Bludov, Carl Friedrich Franz Victor, Count von Alten (1833-1901), who married Carolina Frederica Groeninx van Zoelen, and Guidobaldine, Countess von Alten (1838-1922), who married Graf August Grote and Don Luigi Maria Colonna, dei Principi di Stigliano, and Detlof von Bülow.

Her paternal grandparents were Adolf Viktor Christian Jobst, Count von Alten (1755-1820) and Charlotte Louise Wilhelmine Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (1775-1842).

Career
She was appointed Mistress of the Robes to Queen Victoria on 24 February 1858, and remained in that office until the fall of Lord Derby's government on 11 June 1859. While in her office, the Duchess maintained friendships with Edward, Prince of Wales and Alexandra, Princess of Wales.

Lady Eleanor Stanley recorded in her diary in 1859 that during a "paper chase", the Duchess caught her hoop while climbing over a stile, and was left with the entirety of her crinoline and skirts thrown over her head, revealing her scarlet drawers to the assembled company. The Duc de Malakoff, the French ambassador, is said to have exclaimed "C'était diabolique!" at the sight.

Devonshire House Ball of 1897
In 1897, the Duchess hosted the Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball at Devonshire House, the London residence of the Dukes of Devonshire in the 18th and 19th centuries. The party was a costume ball thrown to celebrate Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee. The Queen's Private Secretary, Francis Knollys, wrote to the Duchess that the Prince of Wales (who dressed as the Grand Master of the Knights of Malta) thought the party a success. At the ball, the Duchess dressed as Queen Zenobia of Palmyra

Marriage and issue
On 22 July 1852 she was married at Hanover to William Montagu, Viscount Mandeville, eldest son of the 6th Duke of Manchester. He succeeded his father as 7th Duke of Manchester on the 8 August 1855, and Louisa became Duchess of Manchester.

They had five children:
George Victor Drogo Montagu, 8th Duke of Manchester (1853-1892)
Lady Mary Louisa Elizabeth Montagu (Kimbolton Castle, 27 December 1854 - 10 February 1934), married firstly at Kimbolton Castle, 10 December 1873 William Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton and had issue, and secondly 20 July 1897 to Robert Carnaby Forster of Easton Park, Wickham Market, Suffolk (d. 23 June 1925), without issue.
Lady Louisa Augusta Beatrice Montagu (Kimbolton Castle, 17 January 1856 - London, 3 March 1944), married London, 10 August 1876 Archibald Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford and had issue.
Lord Charles William Augustus Montagu (Kimbolton Castle, 23 November 1860 - 10 November 1939), married at Kimbolton Castle, 4 December 1930 Hon. Mildred Cecilia Harriet Sturt (27 February 1869 - London, 17 September 1942), daughter of Henry Sturt, 1st Baron Alington, without issue.
Lady Alice Maude Olivia Montagu (London, 15 August 1862 - Coworth Park, 23 July 1957), married at London, 5 January 1889 Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby and had issue.

She was appointed Mistress of the Robes to the Queen on 24 February 1858, and remained in that office until the fall of Lord Derby's government on 11 June 1859.

The Duke of Manchester died at Naples on 22 March 1890, and on 16 August 1892 at Christ Church, Mayfair, the sixty-year-old Dowager Duchess of Manchester married the 8th Duke of Devonshire, who had been in love with her for years. She thereby became Duchess of Devonshire; sometimes she is given the nickname "The Double Duchess".

Widowed for the second time on 24 March 1908, she died after a seizure at the Sandown Races in Esher Park, Surrey on 15 July 1911, aged 79, and was interred at Edensor, Derbyshire.
SOURCE: Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisa_Cavendish,_Duchess_of_Devonshire

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