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Wilhelmine Enke. Ritratto di Wilhelmine Enke, di Anna Dorothea Therbusch, 1776. Wilhelmine Enke, contessa von Lichtenau ( Potsdam, 29 dicembre 1752 – Berlino, 9 giugno 1820 ), è stata l'amante di Federico Guglielmo II di Prussia (1769-1797).
Wilhelmine, Gräfin von Lichtenau, born as Wilhelmine Enke, also spelled Encke (29 December 1753 in Potsdam – 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.
Wilhelmine was given the title Countess von Lichtenau in 1794, but that was not made public until 1796. After Frederick William died in 1797, Wilhelmine was exiled and her property confiscated, although she was granted a pension (1800). In 1811, Napoleon allowed her to return to Berlin.
Wilhelmine von Lichtenau war eine schillernde Persönlichkeit im ausgehenden Ancien Régime Preußens. Trotz zahlreicher Konkurrentinnen gelang es der Mätresse Friedrich Wilhelms II., sich über drei Jahrzehnte in seiner Nähe zu etablieren.
Unter den wenigen berühmten Frauen der preußischen Geschichte hat Wilhelmine von Lichtenau (1754-1820) eine erstaunliche Popularität erreicht, auch wenn ihre Rolle als Mätresse König Friedrich Wilhelms II. sie eher berüchtigt gemacht hat.
10 de jun. de 2011 · Wilhelmine von Lichtenau; Interior of Marmorpalais; 18th-century portrait paintings in the Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg; 1770s dresses; 1776 oil on canvas paintings in Germany; 1776 paintings in Berlin; 1776 portrait paintings of women; 18th-century oil on canvas portrait paintings in Germany
