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Fredericka Louise, Princess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Born January 30, 1741  
in Gotha
Died February 5, 1776  
in Gotha

Daughter of Frederick III and Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and sister of Ernst II Ludwig.

At some point shortly before October 1764, she had "just been dissuaded from accepting a proposal from the recently widowed Duke d'Orléans because Frederick II of Prussia had objected to her converting to Catholicism, as her marriage to a French prince would have required".1

During his visit to the court of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg on October 17, 1764, Boswell described the princess as "ugly, but easy & comical".

    Boswell on the Grand Tour I, 1764

    Unless otherwise noted, the source for a dated quotation of Boswell's is generally the corresponding volume of the Yale Trade Editions of Boswell's journals.