Prince Louis Charles of Prussia

Prince Louis Charles Prince Louis of Prussia by Edward Francis Cunningham Born 5 November 1773 Berlin, Prussia Died 28 December 1796 (aged 23) Spouse Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Issue Prince Frederick Prince Charles Frederica Wilhelmina, Duchess of Anhalt-Dessau House House of Hohenzollern Father Frederick William II of Prussia Mother Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt

Prince Louis Charles of Prussia (German: Friedrich Ludwig Karl von Preußen) (Potsdam, 5 November 1773 – Berlin, 28 December 1796) was the second son and third child of Frederick William II of Prussia and Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt.

Biography

Marriage and issue

On 26 December 1793 in Berlin, Prussia, Prince Louis married HSH Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, youngest daughter of Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and sister of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, wife of his brother Frederick. They had three children :

• HRH Prince Frederick Wilhelm Ludwig of Prussia (30 October 1794 - 27 July 1863); married Princess Luise of Anhalt-Bernburg (1799–1882); father of Prince George and Prince Alexander of Prussia.
• HRH Prince Charles of Prussia (26 September 1795 - 6 April 1798).
• HRH Princess Frederica Wilhelmina Louise Amalia of Prussia (30 September 1796 - 1 January 1850); married Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau (1794–1871) and had issue.

Prince Louis Charles died aged 23 from diphtheria.

His widow went on to marry twice more, becoming Queen of Hanover by her last marriage.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles

• 5 November 1773 – 28 December 1796: His Royal Highness Prince Louis Charles of Prussia

Ancestry

Ancestors of Prince Louis Charles of Prussia

16. Frederick I of Prussia               8. Frederick William I of Prussia                       17. Sophia Charlotte of Hanover               4. Prince Augustus William of Prussia                             18. George I of Great Britain               9. Sophia Dorothea of Hanover                       19. Sophia Dorothea of Celle               2. Frederick William II of Prussia                                   20. Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg               10. Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg                       21. Christina Wilhelmina of Hesse-Eschwege               5. Duchess Louise Amalie of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel                             22. Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg               11. Antoinette Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg                       23. Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen               1. Prince Louis Charles of Prussia                                         24. Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt               12. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt                       25. Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach               6. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt                             26. Johann Reinhard III, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg               13. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg                       27. Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach               3. Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt                                   28. Christian II of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld               14. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken                       29. Katharina Agathe, Countess of Rappoltstein               7. Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken                             30. Louis Crato, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken               15. Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken                       31. Philippine Henriette of Hohenlohe-Langenburg