Lichtenau, Wilhelmine Enke, Gräfin Lichtenau, 1752-1820
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- Her The confessions of the celebrated Countess of Lichtenau, late Mrs. Rietz, now confined in the fortress of Gloglau as a state-prisoner, 1799.
- NUC pre-56(Lichtenau, Wilhelmine (Enke) gräfin von, 1752-1820)
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Wilhelmine, Gräfin von Lichtenau, born as Wilhelmine Enke, also spelled Encke (29 December 1753 in Dessau – 9 June 1820 in Berlin), was the official mistress of King Frederick William II of Prussia from 1769 until 1797 and was elevated by him into the nobility. She is regarded as politically active and influential in the policy of Prussia during his reign.
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