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Frederick William IV (German: Friedrich Wilhelm IV.; 15 October 1795 – 2 January 1861), the eldest son and successor of Frederick William III of Prussia, was king of Prussia from 7 June 1840 until his death on 2 January 1861.
Frederick William IV (born Oct. 15, 1795, Cölln, near Berlin—died Jan. 2, 1861, Potsdam, Prussia) was the king of Prussia from 1840 until 1861, whose conservative policies helped spark the Revolution of 1848. In the aftermath of the failed revolution, Frederick William followed a reactionary course.
Frederick William IV, German Friedrich Wilhelm, (born Oct. 15, 1795, Cölln, near Berlin, Prussia—died Jan. 2, 1861, Potsdam), King of Prussia (1840–61). The son of Frederick William III, he was a disciple of the German Romantic movement and an artistic dilettante, but his conservative policies helped spark the Revolutions of 1848 , in ...
May 11, 2018 · FREDERICK WILLIAM IV. FREDERICK WILLIAM IV (in German, Friedrich Wilhelm IV; 1795–1861; ruled 1840–1861), king of Prussia. One of the most mercurial and controversial monarchs in nineteenth-century Europe, Frederick William IV was also one of the more consequential.
King Frederick William IV of Prussia (German: Friedrich Wilhelm IV. von Preußen) (15 October 1795 – 2 January 1861) was the eldest son and successor of Frederick William III of Prussia. He reigned as King of Prussia from 1840 to 1861.
Oct 19, 1995 · This is the first study in English of the reign of Frederick William IV, King of Prussia from 1840 to 1861, and the most important German monarch in the century between the death of Frederick the Great and the accession of William II.
Frederick William IV was the king of Prussia from 1840 to 1861. He is remembered for implementing conservative policies that eventually sparked the revolution that occurred in 1848. Also known as the ‘romanticist on the throne’, he gained a reputation for the many buildings which he built in Potsdam and Berlin, and for completing the ...
