 Louise was born on 18 March 1848 at Buckingham Palace , London . She was the fourth daughter and sixth child of the reigning British monarch , Queen Victoria , and her husband Prince Albert of Saxe @-@ Coburg and Gotha . As the daughter of the sovereign , Louise was styled Her Royal Highness The Princess Louise from birth . Her birth coincided with revolutions which swept across Europe , prompting the Queen to remark that Louise would turn out to be " something peculiar " . The Queen 's labour with Louise was the first to be aided with chloroform . 
