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  1. Louisa Ulrika of Prussia (Swedish: Lovisa Ulrika; German: Luise Ulrike; 24 July 1720 – 16 July 1782) was Queen of Sweden from 1751 to 1771 as the wife of King Adolf Frederick. She was queen mother during the reign of King Gustav III .

  2. Mar 5, 2018 · Lovisa Ulrika of Prussia 1720-1782 The talented, highly educated Lovisa Ulrika became one of Sweden's leading cultural figures. No other Swedish queen has left more of a mark on the theatre, and she also breathed new life into royal entertainment.

  3. Jun 5, 2020 · Lovisa Ulrika of Prussia came to Sweden during what was known as the Age of Liberty. As the sister of King Frederick the Great, she found it hard to accept the reduced royal power in her new home country, and became politically involved with the aim of reintroducing an absolute monarchy.

  4. May 21, 2018 · Louisa Ulrika of Prussia was born on 24 July 1720 as the daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia and his wife Sophia Dorothea of Hanover. She was their tenth child. At the age of three, she was put in the care of a French governess by the name of Mademoiselle de Jeaucourt with her sister Sophie.

  5. A friend of Linnaeus, Louisa Ulrica of Prussia was known as an intelligent and commanding presence in the Swedish court. She was a patron of art and science. Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia

  6. Princess Louisa Ulrika of Prussia was born on July 24, 1720, in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, now in the German state of Brandenburg. She was the fifth daughter and the tenth of the fourteen children of King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia and his wife Sophia Dorothea of Hanover , daughter of King George I of Great Britain and the only sibling of ...

  7. Lovisa Ulrika was the daughter of Fredrik Vilhelm I of Prussia and Sofia Dorotea of Hanover, and sister of Frederick the Great. She married Adolf Fredrik in 1744. Of their five children, four reached adulthood. Two became kings: Gustav III and Karl XIII.