Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

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

Read part two here. King Frederick William IV remained in ill health, but in February 1858, Victoria, Princess, who had recently married William’s son Frederick, wrote to her mother, Queen Victoria, “At Bellevue we saw the King and Queen. If I had not known that the King had been ill, I should certainly never have [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 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]
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]
Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

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

Read part two here. Following her father’s death, Marianne became determined to make it work with Albert. She wrote to Queen Elisabeth, “I forgive him, as I do everything else, and I do not forgive myself for my weakness and the vanity of considering his love and his pleasure more important than love for God [read more]