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The "Wake me up" meme but instead of Wham! it's Avicii because it fits

"Because she is mine, she is going to die."

Friedrich Wilhelm III's words upon hearing of the very bad conditions his wife, Queen Luise of Prussia, is in, shortly before her death.

This text also says that the news struck him so hard he went more or less into shock, and his adjutants had to force water down his throat to get him out of his "paralysing numbness" and that those were the only words he managed to get out.

Then, shortly after the news got to him and right before he would meet her and be with her until her death, he hastily scribbled these words down:

(Loosley translated): Today's news threaten me with destruction. Is she gone! - So I am gone- Just because of her I still cling to life. She is my everything! My entire, my only happiness on earth. But God will hear my utmost prayer and save me from this loss. My whole mind is shattered, I just have this single thought of her, everything with her, nothing without her! ... With trembles am I thinking of the reunion. It deems life- or death. O. No, no. Mercy, mercy, this strike would be more awful and horrible as anything that could ever hit me, if we could just stay together, then let us be punished as God deems fit. Amen! Amen! Amen! Charlottenburg 18th of July 1810.

Yeah. Can you hear me cry in the corner?

#god i did not expect to cry at this hour #its almost 30 minutes after midnight oof #i love them and i feel so so sorry for them #friedrich wilhelm iii #frederick william iii #luise von mecklenburg strelitz #history #prussia #luises death #i will use this tag so just in case people want to block this because i mean it is rather sad #they deserve at least a movie #people would watch it man #i am so sure of it #napoleonic era #napoleonic wars #they were really deeply in love with each other huh #queen louise of prussia

Friedrich Wilhelm III. took some of Luises clothing with him to bed and slept on them after her death.

#idek what else to say like #me and my partner do that due to long distance #and idk to see him do that too #it's cute and so so sad #friedrich wilhelm iii #frederick william iii #queen louise of prussia #luise von mecklenburg strelitz #they were really deeply in love with each other huh #prussia #history #napoleonic era #napoleonic wars #luises death

Friedrich Wilhelm wrote this one year after Luises death. He says how grief is still filling his heart and mood just like the day he lost her (he calls it basically the worst day of his life).

A translation of the marked text:

"all cheerfulness has departed from me since that July 19th, and - may never return - for she - will never return."