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The administrative reforms of Frederick William I of Prussia (Harvard University Press, 2013). Fann, Willerd R. "Peacetime Attrition in the Army of Frederick William I, 1713–1740." Central European History 11.4 (1978): 323–334. online; Gothelf, Rodney. "Frederick William I and the beginnings of Prussian absolutism, 1713–1740."
Frederick William was born in Berlin on 25 September 1744, the eldest son of the Prussian Prince Augustus William of Prussia (1722–1758) and Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Initially, Frederick William was second in line to the Prussian throne after his father.
Frederick William became king of Prussia on the death of his father in 1840. Through a personal union , he was also the sovereign prince of the Principality of Neuchâtel (1840–1857), which at the same time was a canton in the Swiss Confederation and the only one that was a principality.
Frederick's years dedicated to the arts instead of politics ended upon the 1740 death of Frederick William and his inheritance of the Kingdom of Prussia. Frederick and his father were reconciled at the latter's death, and Frederick later admitted, despite their constant conflict, that Frederick William had been an effective ruler: "What a ...
Frederick William (German: Friedrich Wilhelm; 16 February 1620 – 29 April 1688) was Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia, thus ruler of Brandenburg-Prussia, from 1640 until his death in 1688. A member of the House of Hohenzollern , he is popularly known as " the Great Elector " [ 1 ] ( der Große Kurfürst ) because of his military and ...
Frederick William ruled Prussia between 1797 and 1840. Lawrence depicts the king at full-length in military uniform with swirling smoke of battle behind him. This was a reference to his participation in the recent wars, particularly during the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt in 1806 and the War of the Sixth Coalition (1813-14).
Frederick William, ca. 1841. Frederick William was born in the New Palace at Potsdam in Prussia on 18 October 1831. [1] He was a scion of the House of Hohenzollern, rulers of Prussia, then the most powerful of the German states.
The Great Sleigh Drive" (German: Die große Schlittenfahrt) from December 1678 to February 1679 was a daring and bold maneuver using sleighs by Frederick William, the Great Elector of Brandenburg-Prussia, to drive Swedish forces out of the Duchy of Prussia, a territory of his which had been invaded by the Swedes in November 1678.