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Frederick ( Middle High German: Friderich, [1] Standard German: Friedrich; 21 September 1371 – 20 September 1440) was the last Burgrave of Nuremberg from 1397 to 1427 (as Frederick VI ), Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach from 1398, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach from 1420, and Elector of Brandenburg (as Frederick I) from 1415 until his death.
son Frederick William I. Frederick I (born July 11, 1657, Königsberg, Prussia [now Kaliningrad, Russia]—died Feb. 25, 1713, Berlin) was the elector of Brandenburg (as Frederick III), who became the first king in Prussia (1701–13), freed his domains from imperial suzerainty, and continued the policy of territorial aggrandizement begun by ...
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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 ...
- 18 January 1701 – 25 February 1713
- Louise Henriette of Orange-Nassau
Frederick I (born between August and November 1371, Nürnberg [Germany]—died Sept. 20, 1440, Cadolzburg, near Nürnberg) was the elector of Brandenburg from 1417 and the founder of the Brandenburg line of Hohenzollern. He was the second son of Frederick V, burgrave of Nürnberg. After his father’s death, in 1398, he obtained Ansbach and, in ...
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Mar 25, 2015 · The History Learning Site, 25 Mar 2015. 19 Apr 2024. Frederick I was the third son of Frederick William, the Great Elector of Brandenburg-Prussia. Frederick became Elector of Brandenburg on the death of his father in 1688 and king of Prussia from 1701 to his death in 1713. Unlike Frederick William, Frederick preferred to leave the day-to-day ...
Frederick I of Prussia (July 11, 1657 – February 25, 1713) of the Hohenzollern dynasty was elector of Brandenburg (1688–1713) and the first king in Prussia (1701–1713). A lavish patron of the arts, he did much to enrich Prussia's physical infrastructure. His son would improve Prussia's civil service and establish the standing army that ...
Frederick VI of Nuremberg was officially recognized as Margrave and Prince-elector Frederick I of Brandenburg at the Council of Constance in 1415. When Duke of Prussia Albert Frederick died in 1618 without having had a son, his son-in-law John Sigismund, at the time the prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg, inherited the Duchy of ...
