Louise Maximilienne Caroline, countess of Albany

Louise Maximilienne Caroline, countess of Albany (born Sept. 20, 1752, Mons, Austrian Netherlands [now in Belgium]—died Jan. 29, 1824, Florence [Italy]) was the wife of the Young Pretender, Prince Charles Edward, unsuccessful Stuart claimant to the English throne. Later she became the mistress of the Italian poet and dramatist Vittorio Alfieri. The elder daughter of Gustav Adolf, prince of Stolberg-Gedern, she entered the convent of Saint Waudru in Mons, where as a canoness she was...