Prince Louis Charles of Prussia

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Prince Louis Charles
Prince Louis of Prussia by Edward Francis Cunningham
Born(1773-11-05)5 November 1773
Berlin, Prussia
Died28 December 1796(1796-12-28) (aged 23)
SpouseFrederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
IssuePrince Frederick
Prince Charles
Frederica Wilhelmina, Duchess of Anhalt-Dessau
HouseHouse of Hohenzollern
FatherFrederick William II of Prussia
MotherFrederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt
Prussian Royalty
House of Hohenzollern
Frederick William II
Children
Princess Frederica Charlotte, Duchess of York and Albany
Frederick William III
Princess Christine
Prince Louis Charles
Wilhelmine, Queen of the Netherlands
Augusta, Electress of Hesse
Prince Henry
Prince Wilhelm

Prince Louis Charles of Prussia (German: Friedrich Ludwig Karl von Preußen) (Potsdam, 5 November 1773 – Berlin, 28 December 1796) was the second son and third child of Frederick William II of Prussia and Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt.

Biography

Marriage and issue

On 26 December 1793 in Berlin, Prussia, Prince Louis married HSH Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, youngest daughter of Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and sister of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, wife of his brother Frederick. They had three children :

Prince Louis Charles died aged 23 from diphtheria.

His widow went on to marry twice more, becoming Queen of Hanover by her last marriage.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles

  • 5 November 1773 – 28 December 1796: His Royal Highness Prince Louis Charles of Prussia

Ancestry

Family of Prince Louis Charles of Prussia
16. Frederick I of Prussia
8. Frederick William I of Prussia
17. Sophia Charlotte of Hanover
4. Prince Augustus William of Prussia
18. George I of Great Britain
9. Sophia Dorothea of Hanover
19. Sophia Dorothea of Celle
2. Frederick William II of Prussia
20. Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
10. Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
21. Christina Wilhelmina of Hesse-Eschwege
5. Duchess Louise Amalie of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
22. Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
11. Antoinette Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg
23. Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen
1. Prince Louis Charles of Prussia
24. Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
12. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
25. Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach
6. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
26. Johann Reinhard III, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg
13. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg
27. Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach
3. Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt
28. Christian II of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
14. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
29. Katharina Agathe, Countess of Rappoltstein
7. Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken
30. Louis Crato, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken
15. Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken
31. Philippine Henriette of Hohenlohe-Langenburg


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