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]
Mecklenburg-Strelitz

The Year of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – The life and death of Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Part two)

Read part one here. Friederike would not survive her tenth childbirth. She gave birth to a girl on 19 May 1782, and the little girl died the following day. Friederike died three days after the birth on 22 May 1782; she was still only 29 years old. Her daughter, Louise, later wrote, “My dear first [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]
Augusta of Saxe-Weimar

The Year of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: “A great longing for solitude and peace” (Part six)

Read part five here. On 26 February 1858, Victoria wrote to her mother about Augusta, “The thing which pains me most of all is to see the Prince [William] and the Princess [Augusta], two noble souls bound together by the ties of marriage – and both unhappy! I am so fond of them both; they [read more]
Mecklenburg-Strelitz

The Year of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – The life and death of Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Part one)

Charles II, future Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, was the father of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Prussia. Charles was born on 10 October 1741 as the sixth but third surviving child and second son of Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg and Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen. Another three siblings would survive to adulthood, including [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]