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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.
Princess Louise Dorothea of Prussia (1680–1705), daughter of King Frederick I; Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1685–1735), queen consort in Prussia by marriage to King Frederick I; Louisa Ulrika of Prussia (1720–1782), daughter of King Frederick William I and queen consort of Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden
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 ...
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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.