books0977: Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1802). Jozef Maria Grassi (Austrian, 1758-1838). Louise (
books0977:Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1802). Jozef Maria Grassi (Austrian, 1758-1838).Louise (1776–1810) was Queen consort of Prussia as the wife of King Frederick William III. The marriage produced nine children, including the future King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia and German Emperor Wilhelm I.In 1805 she contacted the Tsar of Russia and the Emperor of Austria to sign a treaty with Prussia to form an alliance against Napoleon. In 1807, after disastrous losses, she met Napoleon to plead for favorable terms. Napoleon callously called her “the only real man in Prussia.” -- source link
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