Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

The Year of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – The life and death of King Frederick William IV of Prussia (Part two)

Read part one here. Frederick William’s father’s health began to decline after his 60th birthday. In the end, a prolonged fever caused his death on 7 June 1840. He died at the palace at Unter den Linden, surrounded by his family. In his will he wrote, “The position that Prussia occupies in the general system [read more]
Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

The Year of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – The life and death of King Frederick William IV of Prussia (Part one)

On 15 October 1795, Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Crown Princess of Prussia, gave birth to her second child, the future King Frederick William IV of Prussia. Louise’s first child had tragically been stillborn. As such, Frederick William was their eldest surviving child. His younger brother, the future William I, German Emperor, was only 18 months younger [read more]
Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

The Year of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – The short life of Frederica of Prussia

In the early hours of 14 October 1799, Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Prussia, gave birth to a daughter named Frederica. The little girl was their fifth child, although their eldest daughter had been stillborn. Louise had given birth in Potsdam. Frederica was baptised on 8 November and given the additional names Augusta Carolina Amelia. [read more]
Mecklenburg-Strelitz

The Year of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – The life and death of Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Part two)

Read part one here. Friederike would not survive her tenth childbirth. She gave birth to a girl on 19 May 1782, and the little girl died the following day. Friederike died three days after the birth on 22 May 1782; she was still only 29 years old. Her daughter, Louise, later wrote, “My dear first [read more]
Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

The Year of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – The life and death of Prince Albert of Prussia (Part four)

Read part three here. Albert took part in the Second Schleswig War of 1864 as a spectator at the German headquarters, and the following year, he was appointed Inspector of the Third Army Division. He was allowed to participate with his own command in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. During the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, he [read more]
Augusta of Saxe-Weimar

The Year of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: “A great longing for solitude and peace” (Part six)

Read part five here. On 26 February 1858, Victoria wrote to her mother about Augusta, “The thing which pains me most of all is to see the Prince [William] and the Princess [Augusta], two noble souls bound together by the ties of marriage – and both unhappy! I am so fond of them both; they [read more]