Day: June 29, 2022

29 June 1761 Death of Elizabeth Albertine, Queen Charlotte’s mother

It’s really hard to imagine, what the 17 years young Princess Sophie Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz went through during the summer months of 1761. Her mother, the dowager Dutchess Elizabeth Albertine was already very ill, when the British diplomat David Graeme visited their court in behalf of King George III. She contributed in the preparation of