Background
Louise Eleonore was a daughter of Prince Christian Albert Louis of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his wife Princess Caroline of Stolberg-Gedern (1732–1796).
Louise Eleonore was a daughter of Prince Christian Albert Louis of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his wife Princess Caroline of Stolberg-Gedern (1732–1796).
She was duchess and (from 1803 to 1821) Regent of Saxe-Meiningen. She ruled with energy, courage, and good sense during the Napoleonic Wars, which for the next decade ravaged the Saxon states. The duchy was forced to join the Confederation of the Rhine during these Wars and provide it with troops.
Afterwards the duchy was struck with famine, which Luise sought to prevent by importing wheat.
He became the ruling Duke of Meiningen eight years later. Her children were carefully educated, with a grand tour to Italy under their tutor Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi.