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Luise Eleonore von Wreech (1708 in Tamsel – 1784 in Berlin) was a Prussian noblewoman. Born Luise Eleonore von Schöning, she was the daughter of Johann (Hans) Ludwig Schöning and granddaughter of Hans Adam von Schöning and heiress of Castle Tamsel. She was the wife of Colonel Adam Friedrich von Wreech. The couple had two daughters, Sophie Friederike and Julie Marie Luise.
She became a close friend of Crown Prince Frederick when he stayed at Tamsel between August 1731 and February 1732. She was described by the Crown Prince as having a "complexion like roses and lilies." Giles MacDonogh, ''Frederick the Great'', New York, 2001, , p. 84
and he wrote several poems to her.
In 1737, her portrait was painted by the Prussian court artist
Luise Eleonore von Wreech (1708 in Tamsel – 1784 in Berlin) was a Prussian noblewoman. Born Luise Eleonore von Schöning, she was the daughter of Johann (Hans) Ludwig Schöning and granddaughter of Hans Adam von Schöning and heiress of Castle Tamsel. She was the wife of Colonel Adam Friedrich von Wreech. The couple had two daughters, Sophie Friederike and Julie Marie Luise.
She became a close friend of Crown Prince Frederick when he stayed at Tamsel between August 1731 and February 1732. She was described by the Crown Prince as having a "complexion like roses and lilies." Giles MacDonogh, ''Frederick the Great'', New York, 2001, , p. 84
and he wrote several poems to her.
In 1737, her portrait was painted by the Prussian court artist Antoine Pesne
Antoine Pesne () (29 May 1683 – 5 August 1757) was a French-born court painter of Prussia. Starting in the manner of baroque, he became one of the fathers of rococo in painting. His work represents a link between the French school and the F ...
. Today this portrait hangs in Princess Wilhelmine's summer residence at Altes Schloss Heremitage in the music room, Bayreuth
Bayreuth (, ; bar, Bareid) is a town in northern Bavaria, Germany, on the Red Main river in a valley between the Franconian Jura and the Fichtelgebirge Mountains. The town's roots date back to 1194. In the 21st century, it is the capital of U ...
, Germany.
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* http://www.safran-arts.com/42day/art/art4aug/05pesne/luise.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Wreech, Luise Eleonore People from the Margraviate of Brandenburg 1708 births 1784 deaths