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The Hohenzollerns gained de jure sovereignty over Brandenburg when the empire dissolved in 1806, and Brandenburg was formally merged into Prussia. In 1871, in the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War, the German Empire was formed, and the King of Prussia, Wilhelm I was crowned German Emperor. From that point forward, though the Kingdom of ...
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.
The Kingdom of Prussia [a] (German: Königreich Preußen, pronounced [ˈkøːnɪkʁaɪç ˈpʁɔʏsn̩] ⓘ) constituted the German state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918. [5] It was the driving force behind the unification of Germany in 1866 and was the leading state of the German Empire until its dissolution in 1918. [5]
Kingdom of Prussia. Monarch – Frederick William III of Prussia (16 November 1797 – 7 June 1840) [1] Kingdom of Bavaria. Maximilian I (1 January 1806 – 13 October 1825) Kingdom of Saxony. Frederick Augustus I (20 December 1806 – 5 May 1827) Kingdom of Hanover. George III (25 October 1760 –29 January 1820) George IV (29 January 1820 ...
The Congress met on 20 October 1820 in Troppau (modern Opava) in Austrian Silesia at the behest of Tsar Alexander I of Russia. Alexander and Francis I of Austria were present in person; King Frederick William III of Prussia was represented by the crown prince (afterwards Frederick William IV ).
Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia (Friederike Charlotte Ulrike Katharina; 7 May 1767 – 6 August 1820) was a Prussian princess by birth and a British princess by marriage. She was the eldest daughter of King Frederick William II of Prussia and the wife of Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany , second son of King George III of the ...
The Restoration put a stop to the reformist policy in Prussia around 1819 or 1820. [43] [44] ... We, Frederick William, King of Prussia by the Grace of God, ...
Silesia ; regions: Breslau, Liegnitz, Oppeln and Reichenbach [until 1820] West Prussia ; regions: Danzig and Marienwerder; In 1829 the Province of Prussia was created by the merger of East Prussia and West Prussia, lasting until 1878 when they were again separated.