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Character Profile

Biography

Queen Louise of Prussia appeared the Battle of Jena-Austerlitz. She rode among the Prussian soldiers wearing a Colonel's coat and waving a Prussian banner. William Laurence believed she was the heart of the Prussian War Party, because she had opposed Napoleon Bonaparte for many years.

When the battle is lost, Laurence once again encountered her. He had accidentally fallen asleep waiting for audience with Hohenlohe and she roused him, not a bit angry with him for dosing off. When he explains why he is there, she personally went to addresses Hohenlohe so he will see Laurence.

Louise had a low opinion of Bonaparte. She believed he would never given them an armistice. She refers to him as a parvenu. When it was announced that Berlin will fall, she is frightened for her children, who are there.

Laurence and Temeraire are then given the task of Queen Louise and her husband King Frederick out of the war zone. She is dismayed by Temeraire's size, but boarded him first (before the King or any of their attendants) to prove how unafraid she is.

Temeraire was upset that Queen Louise does not wear as many jewels as he thought a Queen would, and wonders if she has been robbed.

See: Louise, Queen of Prussia from article from Wikipedia.