Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt
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Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt (16 October 1751 – 25 February 1805) was Queen consort of the Kingdom of Prussia as the second wife of Frederick William II of Prussia.
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[edit] Biography
Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt was the daughter of Ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and Caroline of Zweibrücken. She was born at Prenzlau. She and Frederick were married on 14 July 1769, immediately after his divorce from Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Frederick called her his "Hessische Lieschen", or "Hessian Lizzie". The marriage was not happy, and the king had numerous mistresses. She became queen of Prussia upon her husband's accession to the throne in 1786, and kept her position for eleven years. Queen Frederika was described by some biographers as eccentric and not very attractive. It was claimed that she saw ghosts and apparitions, and for this reason, she kept reversed hours, sleeping by day and waking by night. However, she was also noted for her great generosity, especially to those in need. She became a widow in 1797, and died in Berlin in 1805.
Although the king had numerous mistresses, he and the queen had the following children:
- Frederick William III of Prussia (1770-1840)
- Friederike Christine Amalie Wilhelmine (1772-1773)
- Louis (1773-1796)
- Wilhelmina (1774-1837), wife of William of Orange, afterwards King William I of the Netherlands.
- stillborn son (1777)
- Augusta (1780-1841), wife of William II, Elector of Hesse
- Charles
- Prince Henry of Prussia (1781-1846)
- William
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16. Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt | |||||||||||||||
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8. Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt |
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17. Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg | |||||||||||||||
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4. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt |
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18. Albrecht V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach | |||||||||||||||
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9. Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach |
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19. Sophie Margaret of Oettingen-Oettingen | |||||||||||||||
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2. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt |
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20. Johann Reinhard II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg | |||||||||||||||
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10. Johann Reinhard III, Count of Hanau |
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21. Anna Magdalene of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler | |||||||||||||||
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5. Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg |
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22. Johann Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach | |||||||||||||||
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11. Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach |
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23. Johanne Elisabeth of Baden-Durlach | |||||||||||||||
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1. Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt |
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24. Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld | |||||||||||||||
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12. Christian II of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld |
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25. Magdalene Katharine of Zweibrücken | |||||||||||||||
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6. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken |
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13. Katharina Agathe of Rappoltstein |
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3. Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken |
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28. Gustav Adolf, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken | |||||||||||||||
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14. Ludwig Kraft, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken |
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29. Eleonore Klare of Hohenlohe | |||||||||||||||
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7. Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken |
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30. Heinrich Friedrich, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg | |||||||||||||||
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15. Philippine Henriette of Hohenlohe-Langenburg |
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30. Juliana Dorothea of Castell-Remlingen | |||||||||||||||
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[edit] Succession
| Preceded by Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Bevern |
Electress of Brandenburg Queen of Prussia 1786 – 1797 |
Succeeded by Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
