King Frederick William I of Prussia: Difference between revisions

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HM The King of Prussia

Titles	King of Prussia
Reign	25 February 1713 - 31 May 1740
Coronation	12 September 1713
Predecessor	Frederick I
Successor	Frederick II
Biographical Information
Born	14 August 1688 Berlin, Prussia, Holy Roman Empire
Died	31 May 1740 (aged 51) Potsdam, Prussia, Holy Roman Empire
Spouse	Princess Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (m. 1706; d. 1740)
Issue	Prince Frederick Louis Princess Wilhelmine Prince Frederick William Frederick II Princess Charlotte Albertine Princess Frederica Louise Princess Philippine Charlotte Prince Louis Charles William Princess Sophia Dorothea Princess Louisa Ulrike Prince Augustus William Princess Anna Amalia Prince Henry Prince Ferdinand
Name	Frederick William
House	Hohenzollern
Father	King Frederick I of Prussia
Mother	Princess Sophia Charlotte of Hanover
Religion	Evangelical Church of Germany

General

Life[edit | edit source]

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Marriage and Issue[edit | edit source]

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Name	Birth	Death	Marriage
Prince Frederick Louis	23 November 1707	13 May 1708 (aged 5 months)	Died in infancy
Princess Wilhelmine	3 July 1709	14 October 1758 (aged 49)	Margrave Frederick of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (m. 1731); had issue
Prince Frederick William	16 August 1710	21 July 1711 (aged 11 months)	Died in infancy
Frederick II	24 January 1712	17 August 1786 (aged 74)	Princess Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel-Bevern (m. 1733); no issue
Princess Charlotte Albertine	5 May 1713	10 June 1714 (aged 13 months)	Died in infancy
Princess Frederica Louise	29 August 1714	4 February 1784 (aged 69)	Margrave Karl Wilhelm Friedrich of Brandenburg-Ansbach (m. 1729); had issue
Princess Philippine Charlotte	13 March 1716	17 February 1801 (aged 84)	Duke Charles I of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel (m. 1733); had issue
Prince Louis Charles William	2 May 1717	31 August 1719 (aged 2)	Died in childhood
Princess Sophia Dorothea	25 January 1719	13 November 1765 (aged 46)	Margrave Frederick William of Brandenburg-Schwedt (m. 1734); had issue
Princess Louisa Ulrike	24 July 1720	16 July 1782 (aged 61)	King Adolf Frederick of Sweden (m. 1744); had issue
Prince Augustus William	9 August 1722	12 June 1758 (aged 35)	Princess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel (m. 1742); had issue
Princess Anna Amalia	9 November 1723	30 March 1787 (aged 63)	Died unmarried and without issue
Prince Henry	18 January 1726	3 August 1802 (aged 76)	Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel (m. 1752); no issue
Prince Ferdinand	23 May 1730	2 May 1813 (aged 82)	Princess Elisabeth Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt (m. 1755); had issue

Titles and Honours[edit | edit source]

1688-1701 Prince Frederick William of Brandenburg
1701-1713 Frederick William, Crown Prince of Prussia
1713-1740 Frederick William, King of Prussia

Ancestry[edit | edit source]


Parents	Grandparents	Great-Grandparents	Great-Great-Grandparents
King Frederick I of Prussia	Elector Frederick William of Brandenburg Countess Louise Henriette of Orange-Nassau	Elector George William of Brandenburg Countess Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange Countess Amalia of Solms-Braunfels	Elector John Sigismund of Brandenburg Princess Anna of Prussia Elector Frederick IV of the Palatinate Countess Louise Juliana of Orange-Nassau William I, Prince of Orange Louise de Coligny Johann Albrecht I, Count of Solms-Braunfels Countess Agnes of Sayn-Wittgenstein
Princess Sophia Charlotte of Hanover	Elector Ernest Augustus of Hanover Princess Sophia of the Palatinate	Duke George of Brunswick-Luneburg Princess Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt Elector Frederick V of the Palatinate Elizabeth Stuart	Duke William of Brunswick-Luneburg Princess Dorothea of Denmark Landgrave Louis V of Hesse-Darmstadt Princess Magdalene of Brandenburg Elector Frederick IV of the Palatinate Countess Louise Juliana of Orange-Nassau King James I of England Princess Anne of Denmark

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