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Jun 18, 2024 · of Prussia 1883–1942: Sophia Charlotte of Oldenburg 1879–1964: Adalbert of Prussia 1884–1948: Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen 1891–1971: August Wilhelm of Prussia 1887–1949: Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 1887–1957: Oskar of Prussia 1888–1958: Ina Marie von Bassewitz 1888–1973: Joachim of Prussia 1890 ...
2 days ago · He was a scion of the House of Hohenzollern, rulers of Prussia, then the most powerful of the German states. Frederick's father, Prince Wilhelm, was the second son of King Frederick Wilhelm III and, having been raised in the military traditions of the Hohenzollerns, developed into a strict disciplinarian.
3 days ago · Prussia ( / ˈprʌʃə /, German: Preußen [ˈpʁɔʏsn̩] ⓘ; Old Prussian: Prūsa or Prūsija) was a German state located on most of the North European Plain, also occupying southern and eastern regions. It formed the German Empire when it united the German states in 1871.
Jun 13, 2024 · Princess Sophia, the twelfth child of George and Charlotte, was born on November 3, 1777. During her life she was rumored to have an illegitimate child, possibly with her father's chief equerry...
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3 days ago · Frederick II, king of Prussia (1740–86), a brilliant military campaigner who, in a series of diplomatic stratagems and wars, greatly enlarged Prussia’s territories and made Prussia the foremost military power in Europe.
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- Frederick II, king of Prussia (1740–86), was a brilliant military campaigner who, in a series of diplomatic stratagems and wars against Austria and...
- Frederick II was born on January 24, 1712, in Berlin, Prussia (now in Germany).
- Frederick II ascended the throne, becoming the king of Prussia, in 1740, following the death of his father, Frederick William I.
Jun 4, 2024 · Sophia (born Oct. 14, 1630, The Hague—died June 8, 1714, Herrenhausen, Hanover) was the electress of Hanover and heir to the British throne, whose son became George I of Great Britain.
Jun 3, 2024 · Frederick William III was the king of Prussia from 1797, the son of Frederick William II. Neglected by his father, he never mastered his resultant inferiority complex, but the influence of his wife, Louisa of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, whom he married in 1793, occasionally moved him outside his.
