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Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Luise Auguste Wilhelmine Amalie; 10 March 1776 – 19 July 1810) was Queen of Prussia as the wife of King Frederick William III.The couple's happy, though short-lived, marriage produced nine children, including the future monarchs Frederick William IV of Prussia and William I, German Emperor.
Frederick William III (German: Friedrich Wilhelm III.; 3 August 1770 – 7 June 1840) was King of Prussia from 16 November 1797 until his death in 1840. He was concurrently Elector of Brandenburg in the Holy Roman Empire until 6 August 1806, when the empire was dissolved. Frederick William III ruled Prussia during the times of the Napoleonic Wars.
The Order of Louise (German: Luisen-Orden) was founded on 3 August 1814 by Frederick William III of Prussia to honor his late wife, the much beloved Queen Louise (née Luise Auguste Wilhelmine Amalie, Herzogin zu Mecklenburg-Strelitz).
Frederick William III of Prussia (1770–1840); married Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and had issue. Princess Christine of Prussia (1772–1773) Prince Louis Charles of Prussia (1773–1796); married Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and had issue. Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia (1774–1837); married William I of the Netherlands and had issue.
Born on 1 February 1808, Princess Louise was the eighth child and youngest daughter of King Frederick William III of Prussia and Queen Louise.Her siblings included King Frederick William IV of Prussia, Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany, Empress Charlotte of Russia (wife of Czar Nicholas I) and Alexandrine, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
Frederica had to maintain her family with her own resources after her former brother-in-law Frederick William III refused to restore her annual pension as a dowager princess of Prussia. William Christian, Prince of Solms-Braunfels, Frederica's brother-in-law and head of the family, advised her to get a divorce, with his full approval. She and ...
He was the eldest son of Frederick William George Adolph of Hesse-Kassel-Rumpenheim and his second wife Princess Anna of Prussia.His father's first wife was Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia, daughter of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia but she died in childbirth delivering a son who also died.
Auguste met King Frederick William III at a spa in Teplitz in Bohemia in 1822. They married at Charlottenburg Palace on 9 November 1824. As Auguste was a Catholic and considered a non-dynast at the time, the marriage was initially kept a secret. In many quarters the marriage was greeted with great surprise and some initially refused to believe it.