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Louise (Queen consort of Prussia)

  • <span class="a type-340" data-type_id="340" data-object_id="515203" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-340_515203">Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1802)</span>
  • German
  • VIAF ID
    https://viaf.org/73861825
    GND ID
    118575155
    Social category
    Monarchs, statesmen, politicians Women
    Notes

    Louise was the wife of King Frederick William III and therefore, Queen consort of Prussia. They had nine children. Her meeting with Napoleon to plead for favorable terms after the losses in the Napoleonic Wars made her be seen as "the soul of national virtue." She was used in Nazi Propaganda as an example of the ideal German woman.

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    © the author and SPIN. Cite as follows (or as adapted to your stylesheet of choice): , 2022. " Louise (Queen consort of Prussia)", Encyclopedia of Romantic Nationalism in Europe, ed. Joep Leerssen (electronic version; Amsterdam: Study Platform on Interlocking Nationalisms, https://ernie.uva.nl/), article version xref, last changed 12-05-2022, consulted 24-04-2025.