Commercially available

• Belle Courtisanne
• Dronningen af Danmark (Alba, Booth, 1816)
• Koenigen van Danemark (Alba, Booth, 1816)
• Naissance de Venus
• New Maiden Blush
• Queen of Denmark (Alba, Booth, 1816)
• Reine de Denmarck (Alba, Booth, 1816)
• Reine du Danemark (Alba, Booth, 1816)

15 favorite votes.  
EXCELLENT- overall member rating.  

Medium pink Alba.

Bred by James Booth (1816) Germany.
Introduced in Germany (1826) by James Booth & Sons.

Alba, Centifolia.  

Pink.  Strong fragrance.  up to 100 petals.  Average diameter 3".  Medium, very full (41+ petals), quartered, rosette bloom form.  Once-blooming spring or summer.  

Height of 4' to 6' (120 to 185 cm).  Width of 4' to 5' (120 to 150 cm).

USDA zone 4b through 9b.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  

The Rose first flowered in 1816, was distributed on a small scale in 1820-21 and commercialized from 1826. There is also some uncertainty about parentage, see References.
Named for the Danish Queen, Maria.
'Belle Courtisanne' was an alias assigned by Prof. J. G. C: Lehmann, an opponent of James Booth (see References and Comments).