Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt

The Year of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – The life and death of Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt

Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz’s mother, Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt, died following childbirth in 1782 at the age of 29. Her father remarried Friederike’s sister, Charlotte, in 1784. Charlotte was born on 5 November 1755 as the fifth but fourth surviving child of Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg and Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt, who was [read more]
queen louise of prussia
Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

The Year of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – The early years of Queen Louise (Part one)

On 10 March 1776, Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt, Duchess Charles of Mecklenburg-Strelitz gave birth to her sixth but third surviving child – a daughter named Louise. She had two elder surviving sisters, Charlotte and Therese. Her two younger surviving siblings were Frederica and her father’s heir, Georg. A younger half-brother named Charles joined the family in [read more]