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Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt (German: Friederike Luise; 16 October 1751 – 25 February 1805) was Queen of Prussia and Electress of Brandenburg as the second spouse of King Frederick William II.
Queen Frederica Louisa (1751-1805) was the daughter of Ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. In 1769, she married, as his second wife, King Frederick William of Prussia, miniatures of whom are also in the Royal Collection (RCIN 420504 and 420500).
According to an inventory made by Richard Redgrave, Surveyor of the Queen’s Pictures between 1857 and 1880, the pastel of Frederica Louisa was brought from Kew Palace to Buckingham Palace in 1860.
Her parents divorced in 1769 and Frederica was brought up by her paternal grandmother, Princess Luise Amalie, and her stepmother, Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt. In 1791, Frederica married Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, the second son of George III. She received...
Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt, Queen consort of Prussia. ca. 1800 - Frederika Louisa by Josef Friedrich August Darbes. Birth. 16.10.1751 in Prenzlau. Death. 25.2.1805 in Schloss Montbijou, Berlin, Prussia (53 years) Father. Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt.
Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt (1751-1805), Queen consort of Prussia. For her husband's portraits, see Portrait paintings of Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia
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Biography. Daughter of Frederick William II of Prussia by his second wife, Frederica of Hesse-Darmstadt; married Prince William VI of Orange, the future King William I of the Netherlands, 1 October 1791; her eldest sister was Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherine of Prussia, Duchess of York (q.v.).
