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1 day ago · Frederick II succeeded his father Frederick William as king of Prussia on 31 May 1740 at the age of 28. Although Prussia had increased in importance over the prior few decades, its disparate and scattered territories prevented it wielding significant power, a reality Frederick intended to change. [22]
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5 hours ago · On 10 December 1870, the North German Confederation Reichstag renamed the Confederation the "German Empire" and gave the title of German Emperor to William I, the King of Prussia, as Bundespräsidium of the Confederation. The new constitution (Constitution of the German Confederation) and the title Emperor came into effect on 1 January 1871.
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5 hours ago · During the war, Albert arranged the marriage of his fourteen-year-old daughter, Victoria, to Prince Frederick William of Prussia, but Albert delayed the marriage until Victoria was seventeen. Albert hoped that his daughter and son-in-law would be a liberalising influence in the enlarging but very conservative Prussian state.
- 10 February 1840 – 14 December 1861
- 14 December 1861 (aged 42), Windsor Castle, England
5 hours ago · The King in Prussia had died on 31 May and was succeeded by his son Frederick the Great, a military genius with ambitions to expand Prussia's borders. The Elector Charles Albert of Bavaria, supported by Frederick, challenged the succession of Maria Theresa, and on 17 December 1740 Frederick invaded the Austrian province of Silesia. The elderly ...
- 1 September 1715 – 10 May 1774
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1 day ago · Italy, Croatia [a] The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies ( Italian: Regno delle Due Sicilie) [1] was a kingdom in Southern Italy from 1816 to 1861 under the control of a cadet branch of the Spanish Bourbons. [2] The kingdom was the largest sovereign state by population and size in Italy before the Italian unification, comprising of Sicily and most of ...
1 day ago · Frederick I of Prussia Germany: New Palace: Potsdam: Frederick II of Prussia Germany: Sanssouci: Potsdam Frederick II of Prussia Germany: Berlin Palace (rebuilt) Berlin: Frederick I of Prussia Germany: Stadtschloss, Potsdam (rebuilt) Potsdam: Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg Germany: Monbijou Palace (destroyed) Berlin: Sophia Dorothea ...
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