Countess Louise von Bose

Countess Louise von Bose
Louise as a child (Portrait in the New Gallery; Kassel, Germany)
Known forBenefactress of the poor, and patron of the arts and sciences
BornLouise Wilhelmine Emilie
1813 (1813)
Died1883 (aged 69–70)
Noble familyvon Reichenbach-Lessonitz
SpousesCarl August, Count von Bose
FatherWilliam II, Elector of Hesse
MotherEmilie Ortlöpp

Louise Wilhelmine Emilie, Countess von Bose, born Countess von Reichenbach-Lessonitz (1813–1883) was a benefactress of the poor and patron of the arts and sciences, particularly the natural sciences. She was the oldest of eight children of Wilhelm II of Hesse-Kassel and his second wife Countess Emilie of Reichenbach-Lessonitz. Louise was a favorite of her father who, it is said, appreciated her intelligence and loving, happy nature.

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