Princess Louise of Prussia (Luise Auguste Wilhelmine Amalie; 1 February 1808 – 6 December 1870) was Princess of the Netherlands as the wife of Prince Frederick. She was born the penultimate child of King Frederick William III of Prussia and Queen Louise. Although Princess Louise played a minor role in royal society, she helped establish the Luisestiftelsen—a charity organisation built for orphans—and pitched ideas for the construction of a residential home in Passow. Biography Born on 1 February 1808, Princess Louise was the eighth child and youngest daughter of King Frederick William III of Prussia and Queen Louise. Her siblings included King Frederick William IV of Prussia, Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany, Empress Charlotte of Russia (wife of Czar Nicholas I) and Alexandrine, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Louise's grand-aunt was Charlotte, Queen of Great Britain, and two of Louise's aunts were married to two sons of the British monarch: her father's sister was Frederica, Duchess of York and her mother's sister was Frederica, Queen of Hanover. Marriage Since a young age, it was decided that Princess Louise would marry her first cousin, Prince Frederick of the Netherlands, who was her father's sister's son. Similarly, it had also been decided that Louise's brother Albert would marry Frederick's sister Marianne. Louise and Frederick had known each other since childhood because they were first cousins, and Frederick used to make frequent and prolonged visits to his uncle's court in Berlin. The pair quickly became engaged in 1823, and were married on 21 May 1825 in Berlin. For their honeymoon, they traveled to Brussels. They were blessed with four children: Wilhelmina Frederika Alexandrine Anna Louise (5 August 1828 – 30 March 1871), married to Charles XV of Sweden Willem Frederik Nicolaas Karel (6 July 1833 in The Hague – 1 November 1834 in The Hague), died in infancy Willem Frederik Nicolaas Albert (22 August 1836 in The Hague – 23 January 1846 in The Hague), died in childhood Wilhelmina Frederika Alexandrine Anna Louise Marie (5 July 1841 in Pauw Haus, Wassenaar - 22 June 1910 in Neuwied), married in Wassenaar on 18 July 1871 to William, Prince of Wied (1845–1907). They were the parents of William, Prince of Albania. Later life Louise and Frederick lived in The Hague, first at Korte Voorhout, and from 1838 onward, in Wassenaar. Louise played no dominant public role but shared her husband's spotless reputation in the eyes of