Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

The Year of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – The life and death of George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Part one)

Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Prussia, was close to all of her siblings, and her brother Georg was no exception. Georg was born on 12 August 1779 as the eighth child, but the eldest surviving son of the future Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and his first wife, Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt. His full [read more]
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Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

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

Read part one here. Frederick William initially did not want to enter the Napoleonic Wars. As early as 1797, he had told his uncle, “Everybody knows that I abhor war and that I know of nothing greater on earth than the preservation of peace and tranquillity as the only system suited to the happiness of [read more]
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Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

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

On 24 December 1793, Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz married the future King Frederick William III of Prussia. He had been born on 3 August 1770 as the eldest son of the future King Frederick William II of Prussia and Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt. He was born during the reign of his great-uncle, Frederick II, who was [read more]