Denmark. She was the last widow of a Danish monarch to officially use the title of Queen dowager. From 1915 to 1917 she built herself Egelund Castle between Hillerød and Fredensborg where she lived for the rest of her life. Queen Louise died at Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen in 1926 and is interred next to her husband in Roskilde Cathedral. Legacy Queen Louise was the 862nd Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa. Queen Louise Land in Northeast Greenland was named in her honour. Honours and arms Honours Danish honours : Commemorative Medal for the Golden Wedding of King Christian IX and Queen Louise, 1892 Insignia of the Order of the Elephant, 31 October 1906 Foreign honours : Dame of the Order of Queen Saint Isabel : Dame of the Order of Louise, 1st Division : Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St. Catherine : Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa, 21 January 1886 Arms Ancestry Issue References Citations Bibliography Tor Bomann-Larsen (2004) Folket – Haakon & Maud II (Cappelen ) Lars Elgklou (1995) Familjen Bernadotte. En kunglig släktkrönika (Stockholm : Fischer) Kay Nielsen, Ib Askholm: (2007) Danmarks konger og dronninger (Hamlet) Rikke Agnete Olsen: (2005) Kongerækken (Lindhard & Ringhof) External links Aage Friis Oscar II:s förhållande till Danmark och Nordslesvig * Royal House of Sweden Royal House of Denmark Queen Lovisa at the website of the Royal Danish Collection at Amalienborg Palace |- 1851 births 1926 deaths Burials at Roskilde Cathedral Crown Princesses of Denmark Danish royal consorts House of Bernadotte Norwegian princesses Swedish people of Dutch descent Swedish people of French descent Louise 1851 People from Stockholm Swedish Lutherans Daughters of kings Dames of the Order of Saint Isabel Queen mothers