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Frederick William III ( German: Friedrich Wilhelm III.; 3 August 1770 – 7 June 1840) was King of Prussia from 16 November 1797 until his death in 1840. He was concurrently Elector of Brandenburg in the Holy Roman Empire until 6 August 1806, when the empire was dissolved. Frederick William III ruled Prussia during the times of the Napoleonic Wars.
Jun 3, 2024 · Frederick William III (born August 3, 1770, Potsdam, Prussia [Germany]—died June 7, 1840, Berlin) was the king of Prussia from 1797, the son of Frederick William II. Neglected by his father, he never mastered his resultant inferiority complex, but the influence of his wife, Louisa of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, whom he married in 1793, occasionally ...
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Frederick William III of Prussia lost almost half of his Kingdom during the Napoleonic Wars. Like the Russian Emperor Alexander I, he commanded his own army at the Battle of Jena in 1806. As in the portrait of Alexander I (RCIN 404942), Lawrence portrays Frederick William III both as a monarch and a soldier against the smoke of a raging battle.
King of Prussia (1797–1840), son and successor of Friedrich Wilhelm II. Also known as Frederick William. Well-intentioned but weak and vacillating, he endeavored to maintain neutrality in the Napoleonic Wars. In 1806, French troops were massed on Prussia’s frontier and he was forced to take up arms against France.
Summarize this article for a 10 year old. Frederick William III ( German: Friedrich Wilhelm III.; 3 August 1770 – 7 June 1840) was King of Prussia from 16 November 1797 until his death in 1840. He was concurrently Elector of Brandenburg in the Holy Roman Empire until 6 August 1806, when the empire was dissolved.
Frederick-Wilhelm III. King of Prussia. 1770-1840. A semi-enlightened king, Frederick-Wilhelm promoted religious fairness and eased censorship in Prussia. He joined the Third Coalition against Napoleon Bonaparte in 1805, but the Austro-Russian disaster at Austerlitz made him rethink his military stance. In 1806 he provoked a war with France and ...
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Frederick William was born in Potsdam in 1770 as the son of Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia and Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt. He was considered to be a shy and reserved boy, [1] As a soldier he received the usual training of a Prussian prince, obtained his lieutenancy in 1784, became a colonel in 1790, and took part in the campaigns against France of 1792-1794.
