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2 days 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 ...
- Elisabeth Christine
Crown princess Elisabeth Christine, c. 1739, the year before...
- Sanssouci
Sanssouci (German pronunciation: [ˈsãːsusi]) is a historical...
- King in Prussia
King in Prussia (German: König in Preußen) was a title used...
- Royal Prussia
Royal Prussia (Polish: Prusy Królewskie; German:...
- Silesian Wars
The Silesian Wars (German: Schlesische Kriege) were three...
- Anti-Machiavel
Anti-Machiavel is an 18th-century essay by Frederick the...
- Battle of Zorndorf
The Battle of Zorndorf, during the Seven Years' War, was...
- Elector of Brandenburg
Sophia Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg...
- Potsdam Giants
The Potsdam Giants at the Battle of Hohenfriedeberg, as...
- Battle of Hohenfriedberg
The Battle of Hohenfriedberg or Hohenfriedeberg, now...
- Elisabeth Christine
Apr 27, 2024 · Set cemetery. Sophia of Prussia (Sophie Dorothea Ulrike Alice, Greek: Σοφία; 14 June 1870 – 13 January 1932) was Queen consort of the Hellenes during 1913–1917 and 1920–1922. A member of the House of Hohenzollern and child of Frederick III, German Emperor, Sophia received a liberal and anglophile education, under the supervision of ...
2 days ago · 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 ...
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- Ludwig III
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May 9, 2024 · George’s marriage to his first cousin Princess Sophia Dorothea of Celle had produced two children, the future King George II of Great Britain and Sophia Dorothea, the future wife of Friedrich Wilhelm I, King in Prussia. The marriage was happy at first, but soon both George and Sophia Dorothea found affection elsewhere.
May 9, 2024 · Frederick William (born Feb. 16, 1620, Cölln, near Berlin—died May 9, 1688, Potsdam, near Berlin) was the elector of Brandenburg (1640–88), who restored the Hohenzollern dominions after the devastations of the Thirty Years’ War—centralizing the political administration, reorganizing the state finances, rebuilding towns and cities, developing a strong army, and acquiring clear ...
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 ...
