 Albert and Victoria chose the names Louisa Caroline Alberta . Louise was chosen to honour Albert 's mother . Though christened Louisa in Buckingham Palace 's private chapel by John Bird Sumner , the Archbishop of Canterbury , on 13 May 1848 , she was invariably known as Louise throughout her life . Her godparents were Duke Gustav of Mecklenburg @-@ Schwerin ( her paternal great @-@ great @-@ uncle , for whom Prince Albert stood proxy ) ; The Duchess of Saxe @-@ Meiningen ( for whom her great @-@ aunt Queen Adelaide stood proxy ) ; and The Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg @-@ Strelitz ( her first cousin once @-@ removed , for whom the Hereditary Grand Duchess 's mother The Duchess of Cambridge stood proxy ) . During the ceremony , The Duchess of Gloucester , one of the few children of George III who was still alive , forgot where she was , and suddenly got up in the middle of the service and knelt at the Queen 's feet , much to the Queen 's horror . 
