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t. e. Louisa Ulrika of Prussia ( Swedish: Lovisa Ulrika; German: Luise Ulrike; 24 July 1720 – 16 July 1782) was Queen of Sweden from 1751 to 1771 as the wife of King Adolf Frederick. She was queen mother during the reign of King Gustav III .
Princess Louisa Ulrika of Prussia was born on July 24, 1720, in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, now in the German state of Brandenburg. She was the fifth daughter and the tenth of the fourteen children of King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia and his wife Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, daughter of King George I of Great Britain and the only sibling of King George II of Great Britain.
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Jul 24, 2013 · The ambitious Louisa Ulrika was not to be sidelined forever and her chance for redemption came with the Seven Years War, when Sweden faced Prussia across the battlefields. As the tide of war turned against Sweden in 1763, parliament found itself forced to ask Louisa Ulrika to negotiate with her brother, Frederick, King of Prussia.
May 21, 2018 · Louisa Ulrika of Prussia was born on 24 July 1720 as the daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia and his wife Sophia Dorothea of Hanover. She was their tenth child. At the age of three, she was put in the care of a French governess by the name of Mademoiselle de Jeaucourt with her sister Sophie. Her interests were literature, science ...
Jun 9, 2021 · Louisa Ulrika was welcomed with open arms by the Swedes. They thought her beautiful and witty and as an added plus she came from a fertile family—and God knew Sweden was longing for the pitter-patter of small royal feet. Louisa Ulrika did not disappoint: in 1747 a healthy prince was born, to be followed by three more children.
A friend of Linnaeus, Louisa Ulrica of Prussia was known as an intelligent and commanding presence in the Swedish court. She was a patron of art and science. Louisa Ulrica of Prussia (1720–1782)Queen of Sweden. Name variations: Luisa Ulrika. Born in Berlin on July 24, 1720; died on July 16, 1782; daughter of Frederick William I (1688–1740 ...
Jan 1, 2022 · The Hohenzollern Princess Lovisa Ulrika of Prussia, younger sister to Frederick the Great, received an unusually advanced education, in keeping with the tenets of the Enlightenment before her marriage to Crown Prince Adolf Fredrik of Holstein-Gottorp in 1743 and arrival in Sweden in1744. Both the courts of Prussia and Holstein-Gottorp had ...
