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1 day ago · Frederick II ( German: Friedrich II.; 24 January 1712 – 17 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until 1786. He was the last Hohenzollern monarch titled King in Prussia, declaring himself King of Prussia after annexing Royal Prussia from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772. His most significant accomplishments include his ...
1 day ago · Dorothy taught me of the unconditional love of God in Jesus Christ. Long before the days of WWJD, Dorothy was asking that question. Her answer, in the way she lived her life, was simple – Jesus would have us love our neighbors. Even now, years after her death, I think of Dorothy’s persistent expression of love to all those who touched her life.
May 26, 2024 · (3 years, 9 months and 26 days) Son of Christian I. Accepted as king in Sweden after already having reigned in Denmark and Norway for twenty years. Christina of Saxony (5 children) 8 July 1455 – 20 February 1513 (aged 57)
May 9, 2024 · Nikolaus Ludwig, count von Zinzendorf (born 1700, Dresden, Saxony [Germany]—died May 9, 1760, Herrnhut) was a religious and social reformer of the German Pietist movement who, as leader of the Moravian church (Unitas Fratrum), sought to create an ecumenical Protestant movement. Life
May 27, 2024 · House of Wittelsbach The "strikingly simple and beautiful" arms of Wittelsbach were taken from the arms of the counts of Bogen, who became extinct in 1242. When Louis I married Ludmilla, the widow of Albert III, Count of Bogen , he adopted the coat of arms of the counts of Bogen together with their land, along the Danube between Regensburg and ...
May 14, 2024 · Frederick Augustus II (born May 18, 1797, Dresden, Saxony—died Aug. 9, 1854, the Tirol, Austria) was a reform-minded king of Saxony and nephew of Frederick Augustus I, who favoured German unification but was frightened into a reactionary policy by the revolutions of 1848–49.
May 7, 2024 · Introduction. Dorothy of Montau (c. 1347–1394), also known as Dorothea von Montau or Dorothy/Dorothea of Prussia, was a mystic and recluse in the cathedral church of Marienwerder (today’s Kwidzyn, Poland). She is also the first native-born saint of Prussia, after a bid for canonization begun in the fourteenth century eventually led to the ...
