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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, future German Emperor; and Charlotte, future Empress of Russia, while his younger [read more]
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Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

The Year of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Standing alone in the world (Part seven)

Read part six here. Therese wanted to make sure her other children were cared for as well. Therese corresponded constantly with Countess von Lerchenfeld, who had adopted Amalie. The Countess was trying to have Amalie’s last name changed to von Lerchenfeld for her future prospects, and this was granted without the right to use the [read more]
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Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

The Year of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Emptiness in your heart (Part six)

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]
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Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

The Year of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Beautiful hope (Part five)

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]
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Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

The Year of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, A determined Princess (Part four)

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]