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Frederick William, the Great Elector. Frederick William in 1650. Frederick William (r.1640-1688) owed his fame largely to military success, but this came after the Peace of Westphalia. When he came to power in 1640, his first action was to disband his army and make a separate truce with Sweden. Although he later considered this demobilization ...
4 days ago · Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (1620-1688), called "the Great Elector" Gallery [edit] Matthias Czwiczek 1642. Adriaen Hanneman, 1647.
Frederick William, the Great Elector, is commonly attributed with facilitating the unification of Brandenburg-Prussia into a cohesive kingdom rather than a Duchy. His third son became Frederick William I of Prussia, first of the Prussian kings. During his reign, the Great Elector encouraged both trade and religious tolerance, which strengthened ...
Jun 30, 2001 · In 1640 Frederick William, the 'Great Elector' of Brandenburg, inherited a minor territory devastated by the Thirty Years War. He would restore its fortunes, win its independence and build a powerful, extended state, centred on Berlin, which by the 1670s was strong enough to be chief mover in the league of protestant and imperial forces against Louis XIV.
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This birds-eye view map offers a detailed picture of the Berlin palace of the elector of Brandenburg as it appeared in 1688. The residence was part of a large fortress that Frederick William I (1620--88) ordered built following the end of the Thirty Years' War (1618--48) in Germany. Construction began in 1650 under the direction of the architect and engineer, Johann Gregor Memhardt (1607--78 ...
Frederick William, "Great Elector" of Brandenburg-Prussia. Frederick William took over Brandenburg-Prussia in times of a political, economical and demographic crisis caused by the war. Upon his succession, the new elector retired the Brandenburgian army, but had an army raised again in 1643/44.
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 (der Große Kurfürst
