A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Louisa Augusta Wilhelmina Amelia
LOUISA AUGUSTA WILHELMINA AMELIA,
Queen of Prussia, daughter of Charles, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, was born at Hanover, where her father was commandant, March 10th., 1776. In 1793, she and her sister were presented at Frankfort to the King of Prussia. The prince-royal was struck with her beauty, and married her, December 24th., 1793. It was a union of mutual affection. Her husband became king, November 16th., 1797; and she fulfilled all the duties of this high station so admirably, as well as those of wife and mother, that she was almost worshipped by the people, as well as by her husband and those immediately around her. In 1806, when Prussia was suffering severely from the burdens of war, this good queen, by her solicitude for others, even while oppressed with heavy cares and sorrows of her own, was the theme of general praise. Her beauty, her grace, her benevolent and lofty character, attracted the hearts of all, and her goodness won the confidence of the nation. She died in 1810.