Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Louise Auguste Wilhelmine Amalie (Louisa Augusta Wilhelma Amelia) (March 10, 1776 - July 19, 1810), Queen of Prussia, was born in Hanover, where her father, Prince Charles of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, was field marshal of the household brigade. Her mother was princess Frederica of Hesse-Darmstadt.

Husband and Issue

• Louise married King Frederick William III (August 3, 1770-June 7, 1840), on December 24, 1793.
• Frederick William IV of Prussia (October 15, 1795-January 2, 1861)
• Wilhelm I of Prussia (March 22, 1797-March 9, 1888)
• Charlotte of Prussia (July 13, 1798-November 1, 1860). Also known as Alexandra Feodorovna Romanova, Empress consort of Nicholas I of Russia.
• Charles (1801-1883)
• Alexandrine (1803-1892)
• Louise (1808-1870)
• Albert (1809-1872)
• Frederica (1799-1800)
• Ferdinand (1804-1806)

The Louise Foundation (Luisenstift) for the education of girls was established in her honour, and in 1814 Frederick William III instituted the Order of Louise (Luisenorden). In 1880 a statue of Queen Louise was erected in the Thiergarten at Berlin.

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See F Adami, Luise, Konigin von Preussen (7th ed., 1875); E Engel, Königin Luise (1876); A Kluckhohn, Luise, Konigin von Preussen (1876); Mommsen and Treitschke, Königin Luise (1876); in English, Hudson, Life and Times of Louisa, Queen of Prussia (1874); G Horn, Das Buch von der Königin Luise (Berlin, 1883); A Lonke, Königin Luise von Preussen (Leipzig, 1903); H von Petersdorff, Königin Luise, Frauenleben, Bd. i. (Bielefeld, 1903, 2nd ed., 1904).

Related Topics:
Mommsen - Treitschke

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