Ludwigsburg Palace
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Ludwigsburg Palace, nicknamed the "Versailles of Swabia", is a 452-room palace complex of 18 buildings located in Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Its total area, including the gardens, is 32
Neuer Hauptbau and Blooming Baroque gardens from south
Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg, known in German as Eberhard Ludwig, as he appeared in 1720
Courtyard, looking north at the corps de logis of the Alter Hauptbau. Nette began and finished most of the structures depicted.
In 1760, Giacomo Casanova was a guest at Charles Eugene's court. During his stay, he praised the performances of the duke's orchestra.
Charlotte, Princess Royal
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Charlotte, Princess Royal, was Queen of Württemberg as the wife of King Frederick I. She was the eldest daughter and fourth child of George III of the United Kingdom and his wife, Charlotte of Mecklen
Ludwigsburg Palace
…Frederick II, later King Frederick I, began using Ludwigsburg as his summer residence in the last years of Charles Eugene's reign. Frederick and his wife Charlotte, Princess Royal, resided at Ludwigsburg and employed Nikolaus Friedrich von Thouret to renovate the palace in the Neoclassical style. Thouret converted much of…
Portrait by Sir William Beechey
The infant Princess Royal with her mother, Queen Charlotte. Painting by Francis Cotes, 1767.
Princess Charlotte, Princess Royal, in 1782, around the age of 16, by Thomas Gainsborough
The Bridal Night by James Gilray, satirising Frederick's marriage to Charlotte