[Comfort after a sad outcome of pregnancy. Two letters of Frederick the Great to Wilhelmina of Prussia].
After her unfortunate experience of parturition Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia, married to stadhouder Prince Willem V, received two letters of comfort from her beloved godfather King Frederick II (Frederick the Great) of Prussia. These letters illustrate the special close connection there was between them. The letters also give a view on the difficult question of giving comfort after perinatal death.
Lammes
Frits B
FB
Verloskunde en Gynaecologie aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. fb.lammes@planet.nl
Walvoort
Henk C
HC
D001601:Bereavement; D015709:Correspondence as Topic / Q000266:history*; D005195:Family Relations; D005197:Famous Persons; D005260:Female; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000266:history*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D055787:Prussia