fit (possibly an epileptic seizure from contemporary descriptions), which was interpreted to have been a hysterical reaction to her husband's neglect. The court gathered to conceal her from public view, and the King quickly took her below deck. In this issue, it is reported that: "Lovisa could at any time faint and in connection to this, she could have what is called nerve- or cramp-attacks". In 1864, during a visit to court by a former lover of Charles, Josephine Sparre, Fritz von Dardel noted: "Initially the Queen is said to have felt worried for this visit; one evening, Her Majesty was about to have convulsions in the billiard hall, but this they attempted to conceal by claiming that it was caused by her chamberlain Liljenkrantz, who was supposed to have pushed her accidentally with his billiard pole..." In 1870, Queen Louise visited the Netherlands to be present at the death bed of her mother. Upon her return to Stockholm, Charles XV fell sick and she nursed him. Exhausted, she contracted pneumonia during a walk by carriage. On her death bed, she had long conversations with her family, which have been described as dramatic. Her daughter claimed: "It was as if mother exposed her entire life to us". Louise asked Charles to forgive her everything in which she could have failed him, to which he responded by accusing himself, after which both he and his mother Josephine reportedly fainted because they were so moved. Louise died on 30 March 1871. Issue Louisa and Charles had two children together: Princess Louise (31 October 1851 – 20 March 1926), later Queen of Denmark Prince Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland (14 December 1852 – 13 March 1854), who died in infancy Ancestry Notes and references Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon (1906), Lovisa. Nationalencyklopedin, Lovisa Christer Engstrand and Ingmar Andersson. Historiska Personer: Lovisa av Nederländerna. Retrieved 3 October 2004. Lars Elgklou (1978). Bernadotte. Historien – eller historier – om en familj.. Stockholm: Askild & Kärnekull Förlag AB. http://www.historici.nl/Onderzoek/Projecten/DVN/lemmata/data/LouisevanOranjeNassau Further reading Louise 1859 Norwegian royal consorts Nobility from The Hague 1828 births 1871 deaths Burials at Riddarholmen Church House of Orange-Nassau Princesses of Orange-Nassau Crown Princesses of Sweden Crown Princesses of Norway