Napoleon Bonaparte and Queen Louise in Tilsit
in 1806, Prussia had lost the war against France, against the "monster" Napoleon, at Jena and Auerstedt. The royal family then fled to East Prussia and took refuge in Russia, as did the rest of the Prussian army. The pursuing French troops forced the Russians and Prussians to seek peace.
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Unterredung mit Napoleon in Tilsit, 1807 aus: „Die Königin Luise in 50 Bildern für Jung und Alt“, Verlag Paul Kittel, Berlin 1896
The talks took place in the summer of 1807 in Tisilt on a raft on the Memel between Napoleon and the Russian Tsar Alexander. King Frederick William III of Prussia was not allowed to attend. They talked about Prussia, but not with Prussia. Queen Luise was therefore sent to Napoleon by Prussian Minister of State Hardenberg and her husband to ask for lenient peace terms.
The meeting between the Emperor and Queen was politically meaningless. Napoleon conceded nothing. Luise was merely "Hardenberg's parrot", he is reported to have said after the meeting. Prussian historiography, however, subsequently turned the meeting into a heart-warming heroic story of the queen's "proud sacrifice" in order to make us forget all the futility.
The small presentation in three rooms of the palace looks at this low point in Prussian history using a few objects without any sentimentality.
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