Mother Elizabeth Stuart | Name Louise of | |
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Father Frederick V, Elector Palatine Religion Roman Catholic,
prev. Protestant Occupation Portrait painter, graphic artist Role Frederick V, Elector Palatine's daughter Died February 11, 1709, Val-d'Oise, France Parents Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, Frederick V, Elector Palatine Grandparents James VI and I, Anne of Denmark, Frederick IV, Elector Palatine, Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau Uncles Charles I of England, Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, Robert Stuart, Duke of Kintyre and Lorne Cousins Charles II of England, James II of England, Henrietta of England, Henry Stuart - Duke of G, Mary - Princess Royal an Similar People Elizabeth Stuart - Queen of, Frederick V - Elector Palatine, Sophia of Hanover, Elisabeth of the Palatinate, Maurice of the Palatinate | ||
Louise Hollandine of the Palatinate (18 April 1622 – 11 February 1709) was a painter and abbess. She was a daughter of Frederick V of the Palatinate and King of Bohemia, and Elizabeth Stuart.
Painting
Louise Hollandine was a talented portrait painter and graphic artist, a talent that she shared with her brother, Prince Rupert. She was student of Gerard van Honthorst and painted so ably in his style that some of her works were attributed to him. For unknown reasons and to the dismay of her Protestant family, in December 1657 she fled to France and converted to the Roman Catholic faith. On 25 March 1659 she became a novice and on 19 September 1660 a nun in the Cistercian Maubuisson Abbey. With the support of King Louis XIV, she became Abbess of Maubuisson in August 1664.
As a painter, the princess is considered an "amateur". The portraits she painted are often in the Baroque style of Honthorst, but there are exceptions, which were likely not commissioned. Her works were generally kept within her family, and some can now be found in German museums.