Prince Louis Charles of Prussia

Prince Louis Charles Prince Louis of Prussia by Edward Francis Cunningham Spouse Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Issue Prince Frederick Frederica, Duchess of Anhalt-Dessau House House of Hohenzollern Father Frederick William II of Prussia Mother Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt Born (1773-11-05)5 November 1773 Berlin, Prussia Died 28 December 1796(1796-12-28) (aged 23)

Prussian Royalty House of Hohenzollern Frederick William II Children    Frederica Charlotte, Duchess of York and Albany    Frederick William III    Princess Christine    Prince Louis Charles    Wilhelmine, Queen of the Netherlands    Augusta, Electress of Hesse    Prince Charles    Prince Wilhelm

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