Beautiful, charismatic and gentle, Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was the most influential Queen of Prussia. However, the “Queen of Hearts”, was much more than a pretty face. She helped shape her husband’s policy and lent a steadying presence during some of the worst times the country had faced. Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was born March 10,1776 in Hanover. Her mother died when she was only six, and her new stepmother died when she was ten. This left her with a lifelong soft spot for orphans. Their grief stricken and newly widowed father sent Louise and her sister to be raised by their maternal grandmother. The girls were raised more humbly than most…