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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."
Post mortem portrait of Emperor Frederick III, 1888. Three days after Frederick was confirmed to be suffering from cancer, his father Emperor William I died aged 90 at 8:22 a.m. on 9 March 1888, upon which Frederick became German Emperor and King of Prussia. [79] His son Wilhelm, now Crown Prince, telegraphed the news to his father in Italy.
Frederick William was born in Potsdam on 3 August 1770 as the son of Frederick William II of Prussia and Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt.He was considered to be a shy and reserved boy, which became noticeable in his particularly reticent conversations, distinguished by the lack of personal pronouns.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 December 2024. William I William I in 1884 German Emperor Reign 18 January 1871 – 9 March 1888 Proclamation 18 January 1871 Predecessor Monarchy established Successor Frederick III Chancellor Otto von Bismarck King of Prussia Reign 2 January 1861 – 9 March 1888 Coronation 18 October 1861 ...
Following the death of Frederick William IV in 1861, Wilhelm I became King of Prussia.As the monarch of the largest German state which had a key role in the unification, due largely to Bismarck's efforts, Emperor Wilhelm I had ruled over the German Empire ever since the unification of Germany on 18 January 1871.
Frederick William III of Prussia (1770–1840), King of Prussia; Frederick William IV of Prussia (1795–1861), King of Prussia; Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1819–1904) Frederick III, German Emperor (1831–1888), German Emperor and King of Prussia. He was known as Frederick William when he was Crown Prince. Prince ...
Frederick persuaded Emperor Leopold I to allow Prussia to be elevated to a kingdom by the Crown Treaty of 16 November 1700. This agreement was ostensibly given in exchange for an alliance against King Louis XIV in the War of the Spanish Succession and the provision of 8,000 Prussian troops to Leopold's service.
Frederick William III of Prussia initiated its construction and commissioned the Prussian Karl Friedrich Schinkel who made it an important piece of art in cast iron, his last piece of Romantic Neo-Gothic architecture and an expression of the post-Napoleonic poverty and material sobriety in the liberated countries. [1]