Charlotte of Prussia

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

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]
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The Royal Women

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

Read part one here. There was some disappointment in the choice for Charles, as it had been hoped that Marie would marry a future ruler. It was Marie’s grandfather who had written in 1824, “I learned that Marie’s parents did not believe that Prince Charles’s position in the Prussian state was such that they would [read more]
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The Royal Women

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

On 29 June 1801, Queen Louise gave birth to her third son and fourth surviving child at Charlottenburg Palace. He was named Frederick Charles Alexander but was known as Charles. His elder siblings were the future Frederick William IV, King of Prussia, William I, German Emperor, Charlotte (later Empress of Russia), while his younger siblings [read more]
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Marianne of the Netherlands

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

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]