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Frederick was born on August 14, 1688, in Berlin, to Frederick III of Brandenburg, the first king of the country, and Sophia of Hanover. He was born a few months after the death of his grandfather, the Great Elector. During his early years, he was raised by the governess of Huguenot Marthe de Roucoulle, who was often frightened by Frederick’s ...
First published in 1941, this is a biography of Frederick William I (1688-1740), known as the “Soldier-King,” who was the King of Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg from 1713 until his death, and the father of Frederick the Great, who (following his father’s death in 1740) would go on to hold the longest reign of any Hohenzollern king.
Frederick I ( German: Friedrich I.; 11 July 1657 – 25 February 1713), of the Hohenzollern dynasty, was (as Frederick III) Elector of Brandenburg (1688–1713) and Duke of Prussia in personal union ( Brandenburg-Prussia ). The latter function he upgraded to royalty, becoming the first King in Prussia (1701–1713). From 1707 he was in personal ...
Frederick, the son of Frederick William I and his wife, Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, was born in Berlin in 1712. His birth was particularly welcomed by his grandfather, Frederick I, as his two previous grandsons both died in infancy. With the death of Frederick I in 1713, Frederick William became King of Prussia, thus making young Frederick the ...
Frederick William (German: Friedrich Wilhelm; 16 February 1620 – 29 April 1688) was Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia, thus ruler of Brandenburg-Prussia, from 1640 until his death in 1688. A member of the House of Hohenzollern , he is popularly known as " the Great Elector " [1] ( der Große Kurfürst ) because of his military and ...
Frederick William Spared His Son but Ordered Katte Beheaded. When he was 18, Frederick and his older sister Wilhelmina became unwitting pawns in a power struggle between Austria and Great Britain, a struggle that centered on the pair’s proposed double marriage to their English cousins, the Prince of Wales and Princess Amelia.
Frederick William I was a man of iron discipline, whose military obsession bordered on the fanatical, but his son seemed to be his exact opposite. Young Frederick was a talented musician, a lover ...
