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2 days ago · Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia (born 10 June 1976, as Friedrich Ferdinand Prinz von Preussen) is a German businessman who is the current head of the Prussian branch of the House of Hohenzollern, the former ruling dynasty of the German Empire and of the Kingdom of Prussia.
2 days ago · Prince Henry of Prussia (German: Albert Wilhelm Heinrich; 14 August 1862 – 20 April 1929) was a younger brother of German Emperor Wilhelm II and a Prince of Prussia. Through his mother, he was also a grandson of Queen Victoria.
4 days ago · Prince Alfred. v. t. e. Frederick III [a] (Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl; 18 October 1831 – 15 June 1888) was German Emperor and King of Prussia for 99 days between March and June 1888, during the Year of the Three Emperors.
Jun 29, 2024 · Ferdinand was the duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prussian general field marshal who defended western Germany for his brother-in-law Frederick II the Great in the Seven Years’ War (1756–63), protecting the Prussian flank from French attack, while Frederick fought the Austrians.
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Jul 12, 2024 · Franco-German War, (July 19, 1870–May 10, 1871), war in which a coalition of German states led by Prussia defeated France. The war marked the end of French hegemony in continental Europe and resulted in the creation of a unified Germany. Origins of the war.
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Jun 26, 2024 · Frederick II (born January 24, 1712, Berlin, Prussia [Germany]—died August 17, 1786, Potsdam, near Berlin) was the king of Prussia (1740–86), a brilliant military campaigner who, in a series of diplomatic stratagems and wars against Austria and other powers, greatly enlarged Prussia’s territories and made Prussia the foremost military power in E...
Jul 10, 2024 · Jan Ladislav Dussek was born on February 12th, 1760 in Cáslav in Bohemia (Czech Republic). Dussek’s father, Jan Dussek, was an organist and schoolmaster, who inspired him to pursue music early on in his childhood. As a result, Dussek began studying the piano and organ, at the young age of five.
