Luise of Brandenburg-Schwedt
Luise Henriette Wilhelmine von Brandenburg-Schwedt (born September 24, 1750 in Stolzenberg, today Różanki (Kłodawa), Poland; † December 21, 1811 in Dessau ) was princess and later duchess of Anhalt-Dessau by marriage .
Life
Luise comes as the daughter of Margrave Friedrich Heinrich von Brandenburg-Schwedt and his wife Leopoldine (née Princess von Anhalt-Dessau ) from the Brandenburg-Schwedt line of the House of Hohenzollern . Since her wedding to her cousin Leopold III. of Anhalt-Dessau on July 25, 1767 in Charlottenburg Palace , she was princess, later Duchess of Anhalt-Dessau. In memory of the first daughter, who was stillborn in 1768, Prince Leopold III. Set up the "Golden Urn" in Wörlitzer Park. In 1769 their son Friedrich von Anhalt-Dessau was born.
Luise was highly educated (her older sister Friederike Charlotte von Brandenburg-Schwedt was the addressee of Leonhard Euler's letters to a German princess ) and well read (according to her diaries she read up to 14 books a month), she was artistically gifted and friends with well-known artists , among them Angelika Kauffmann , who also made portraits of Luise. The writer Friedrich von Matthisson was one of her servants . She traveled to England (1775), Switzerland (1802) and Italy.
Between 1774 and 1778, her husband had the Luisium near Dessau built as a gift for his wife, which includes an English landscape garden , which is a smaller, more intimate version of the Wörlitz Park that he also created . In addition to Wörlitz Castle and the Luisium, the Gray House in Wörlitzer Park was the Duchess' permanent residence from 1790 to 1811; she called it the Gray Monastery ; today it houses an exhibition about her life. In the Luisium, the decoration from Luise's time has been preserved, the furniture was partially reconstructed after 1990.
children
From the marriage with Leopold III. Friedrich Franz von Anhalt-Dessau came from:
- one daughter (* / † February 11, 1768)
- Friedrich Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (* December 27, 1769; † May 27, 1814), who died before his father; He was succeeded by his eldest son Leopold IV Friedrich (1794–1871).
literature
- Johanna Geyer-Kordesch: " Seelenfreundschaft:" Louise von Anhalt -Dessau and her circle of friends , in: Dessauer Calendar 49th year 2005, pp. 40–51.
- Johanna Geyer-Kordesch (Ed.): The trip to England of Princess Louise of Anhalt-Dessau in 1775 . Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-89479-341-4 . Table of contents Geyer-Kordesch
- Wilhelm Haefs, Holger Zaunstöck (Ed.): Court - Gender - Culture. Luise von Anhalt-Dessau (1750–1811) and the princesses of their time . (= The eighteenth century; Vol. 28, H. 2). Wallstein, Göttingen 2004, ISBN 3-89244-807-8
- Simone Hübner: Luise von Anhalt-Dessau - an enlightened princess? Attempt a biography. Dipl.-Arb. Humboldt Univ. Berlin 1993
- Ingo Pfeifer, Uwe Quilitzsch, Kristina Schlansky (eds.): The original diaries of Princess Louise Henriette Wilhelmine von Anhalt-Dessau: Excerpts from the years 1795 to 1811 . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 2010, ISBN 978-3-89812-726-4 .
- William and Ulrike Sheldon (eds.): In the spirit of sensitivity. Friendship letters from Möser's daughter Jenny von Voigt to Princess Luise von Anhalt-Dessau 1780–1808 . Wenner, Osnabrück 1971.
Web links
- Literature by and about Luise von Brandenburg-Schwedt in the catalog of the German National Library
- Diaries and correspondence of Luise von Anhalt-Dessau, in the State Archives Saxony-Anhalt, Dessau department
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Luise of Brandenburg-Schwedt |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brandenburg-Schwedt, Louise Henriette Wilhelmine von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duchess of Anhalt |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 24, 1750 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stolzenberg, today Różanki , Poland |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 21, 1811 |
| Place of death | Dessau |