Louise Eleonore von Schöning
Louise Eleonore von Wreech , born von Schöning (* 1708 in Tamsel near Küstrin ; † 1784 in Berlin ), was the granddaughter of Field Marshal Hans Adam von Schöning and heiress of Tamsel Castle . Her father was Johann Ludwig von Schöning (1675–1713), her mother the Countess Juliane Charlotte von Dönhoff .
When the then Crown Prince Friedrich, who later became King Friedrich II , was interned in Küstrin , he stayed in Tamsel more frequently between August 1731 and February 1732. The lady of the castle was not only considered very beautiful in her time, but also witty and educated. She and Friedrich corresponded in French; she replied to the prince's love letters calmly, educatively and negatively, since she and her husband already had five children.
Only after the Battle of Zorndorf in 1758 was Friedrich back in the castle, which had just been looted by the Russians. In a letter he apologized and paid for the damage. Frau von Wreech later tried to raise funds, also for the farmers in the area.
In 1737 it was painted by the Prussian court painter Antoine Pesne . Her portrait is now in the Hermitage of the Old Palace in Bayreuth .
On May 25, 1723 Louise married the later lieutenant general Adam Friedrich von Wreech (1689-1746). The couple had seven children.
literature
- Bernhard von Poten : Wreech, Louise Eleonore von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 44, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, p. 257.
- Theodor Fontane : Walks through the Mark Brandenburg . Crown Prince Friedrich and wife von Wreech ( digitized version )
Individual evidence
- ^ Antonius Lux (ed.): Great women of world history. A thousand biographies in words and pictures . Sebastian Lux Verlag , Munich 1963, p. 506.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schöning, Louise Eleonore von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wreech, Louise Eleonore von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian nobles |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1708 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tamsel Castle |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1784 |
| Place of death | Berlin |