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Frederick William I (German: Friedrich Wilhelm I.; 14 August 1688 – 31 May 1740), known as the Soldier King (German: Soldatenkönig [1]), was King in Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg from 1713 till his death in 1740, as well as Prince of Neuchâtel.
Frederick II, king of (1740–86), was a brilliant military campaigner who, in a series of diplomatic stratagems and wars against Austria and other powers, greatly enlarged Prussia’s territories and made Prussia the foremost military power in Europe.
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Friedrich Wilhelm I. (* 14. August 1688 in Cölln; † 31. Mai 1740 in Potsdam) aus dem Haus Hohenzollern war seit 1713 König in Preußen und Kurfürst von Brandenburg. Außenpolitisch gewann er im Frieden von Utrecht 1713 Teile Obergelderns und im Frieden von Stockholm 1720 Teile Vorpommerns.
William I was a German emperor from 1871, as well as king of Prussia from 1861. He was a sovereign whose conscientiousness and self-restraint fitted him for collaboration with stronger statesmen in raising his monarchy and the house of Hohenzollern to predominance in Germany. He was the second son.
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Frederick William was born on August 14, 1688, a few months after the death of his grandfather, the Great Elector, after whom he was named. While he was still a small child, his 1st governess, Marthe de Montbail, was frightened out of her wits by his strange behaviour.
May 11, 2018 · Frederick William I (1688-1740) was king of Prussia from 1713 to 1740. He inherited a state whose resources were meager and turned it into a leading German power. The son of the elector Frederick III of Brandenburg and of Sophie Charlotte of Hanover, Frederick William I was born in Berlin on Aug. 15, 1688.
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William I (Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig; 22 March 1797 – 9 March 1888), or Wilhelm I, was King of Prussia from 1861 and German Emperor from 1871 until his death in 1888. A member of the House of Hohenzollern, he was the first head of state of a united Germany.
