Read part five here. At the end of 1810, Therese had been forced to come clean to her father about her affair and the illegitimate children after a government official threatened to disclose everything. She told her brother the whole story, as even he did not know about all the children and asked him to [read more]
Read part four here. Therese got up early to practice what she would say to Napoleon. She arrived at St. Cloud at 1:30 p.m. She was greeted by Empress Joséphine, who wanted to meet her due to their newfound close relationship after the wedding of Eugène and Therese’s cousin, Auguste. She was then introduced to [read more]
Read part three here. When Therese met her sister Louise in Berlin in September 1805, she was already two months pregnant, but perhaps she hadn’t even realised it. This time, the father was not her husband. It was Count Maximilian. She had dreaded meeting her sister as she did not know if Georg had told [read more]
Read part two here. With the rise of Napoleon in France and the subsequent wars, Therese and her family were forced to flee to Hildburghausen, where her sister Charlotte lived. Charlotte was heavily pregnant but was happy to receive them. From Hildburghausen, they went to Neustrelitz and planned to travel to Berlin in September. In [read more]
Read part one here. Therese’s father did not want to be “his daughter’s unhappiness “, but he could not give her an answer right away. Nevertheless, the negotiations around the wedding contract continued, and it was agreed that any female descendants would also be raised Catholic. Therese’s father went to his daughter one more time, [read more]
On 5 April 1773, Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was born in Hanover as the daughter of Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt and the future Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg. She was their fourth child, but an elder brother and sister would die in infancy in the same year as her birth. Her elder sister was Charlotte, [read more]
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