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The King of Prussia Volunteer Fire Company 9/11 Memorial, a tribute to King of Prussia firemen who supported rescue efforts in the September 11 attacks. King of Prussia is home to the King of Prussia mall, which is the third largest mall in the United States in terms of leasable space. The mall consists of over 450 stores, 8 anchor stores, and ...
The Hohenzollerns gained de jure sovereignty over Brandenburg when the empire dissolved in 1806, and Brandenburg was formally merged into Prussia. In 1871, in the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War, the German Empire was formed, and the King of Prussia, Wilhelm I was crowned German Emperor. From that point forward, though the Kingdom of ...
Anna of Prussia: Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia (Hohenzollern) 3 July 1576 30 October 1594 28 August 1618 husband's accession: 23 December 1619 husband's death: 30 August 1625 John Sigismund: Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate: Frederick IV, Elector Palatine (Palatinate-Simmern) 19 November 1597 24 July 1616 23 December 1619 husband's ...
Frederick William III (German: Friedrich Wilhelm III.; 3 August 1770 – 7 June 1840) was King of Prussia from 16 November 1797 until his death in 1840. He was concurrently Elector of Brandenburg in the Holy Roman Empire until 6 August 1806, when the empire was dissolved. Frederick William III ruled Prussia during the times of the Napoleonic Wars.
The Kingdom of Prussia [a] (German: Königreich Preußen, pronounced [ˈkøːnɪkʁaɪç ˈpʁɔʏsn̩] ⓘ) constituted the German state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918. [5] It was the driving force behind the unification of Germany in 1866 and was the leading state of the German Empire until its dissolution in 1918. [5]
The Order of the Black Eagle (German: Hoher Orden vom Schwarzen Adler) was the highest order of chivalry in the Kingdom of Prussia.The order was founded on 17 January 1701 by Elector Friedrich III of Brandenburg (who became Friedrich I, King in Prussia, the following day).
Frederick III (Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl; 18 October 1831 – 15 June 1888), or Friedrich III, was German Emperor and King of Prussia for 99 days between March and his death in June 1888, during the Year of the Three Emperors.
For political reasons the monarchs were styled Kings in Prussia until 1772, when they became Kings of Prussia. In 1871 the additional title of German Emperor was added. Following defeat of the German Empire in World War I , the royal and imperial titles were abolished in 1918.