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The Year of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – The death of Queen Louise

Sunday, 19 July 2026, 0:00 Moniek Bloks 0

At Christmas 1809, the Prussian royal family was finally able to return to Berlin. They were greeted by delighted citizens. Louise had just given birth to her final child, Prince Albert. Her recovery was slow, and she planned to go to Mecklenburg for her health. On 20 June 1810, she wrote to her sister Frederica [read more]

The Year of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Charlotte of Prussia: “The ideal of the Russian Tsarina” (Part four)

Saturday, 18 July 2026, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part three here. Life changed forever in December 1825. Nicholas’s elder brother, Emperor Alexander I, died on 1 December in the arms of his once-estranged wife. He had fallen ill during a trip to Crimea. The news arrived in St Petersburg on 9 December. Charlotte’s mother-in-law, Empress Maria Feodorovna, fainted upon hearing the news [read more]

The Year of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Charlotte of Prussia: “Her soul resonates with ours” (Part three)

Thursday, 16 July 2026, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part two here. On 12 June 1817, Charlotte left Berlin with her brother, William. Her entire entourage consisted of 12 carriages, and Charlotte’s carriage alone was being pulled by eight horses. She had been told that Nicholas would meet her at the border, but he surprised her at Memel. When they finally reached the [read more]

The Year of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Charlotte of Prussia: “Your good little heart” (Part one)

Monday, 13 July 2026, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

On 13 July 1798, Queen Louise of Prussia gave birth to her second, but eldest surviving, daughter, who was named Charlotte. Louise’s chief lady-in-waiting wrote, “The child is healthy and beautiful, but the poor Queen was extremely weak.” Luckily. Louise recovered quickly, and Charlotte joined her brothers, Frederick William and William, in the nursery. Four [read more]

Princess Marianne of the Netherlands – A charitable spirit (Part five)

Thursday, 14 May 2026, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part four here. The same year as the consecration of the Evangelical Church in Johannes’s name, Marianne’s youngest daughter, Alexandrine, married Duke William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, a younger son of Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg and Alexandrine’s aunt and namesake, Princess Alexandrine of Prussia. Her mother could not be present, and she wrote to [read more]

Princess Marianne of the Netherlands – “I can never be a stranger” (Part four)

Wednesday, 13 May 2026, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part three here. Marianne now began to pursue an official divorce, and her only demand was that she would like to see her children for part of the year. She wrote to the Prussian King, “If it is true that the thoughts of me being his wife are fatal to the father of my [read more]