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(Preußen) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Friedrich Wilhelm I. (Preußen)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Wilhelm_I" title="Friedrich Wilhelm I – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Friedrich Wilhelm I" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A6%CF%81%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B4%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%93%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%91%CE%84_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A0%CF%81%CF%89%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Φρειδερίκος Γουλιέλμος Α΄ της Πρωσίας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Φρειδερίκος Γουλιέλμος Α΄ της Πρωσίας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federico_Guillermo_I_de_Prusia" title="Federico Guillermo I de Prusia – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Federico Guillermo I de Prusia" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederiko_Vilhelmo_la_1-a_(Prusio)" title="Frederiko Vilhelmo la 1-a (Prusio) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Frederiko Vilhelmo la 1-a (Prusio)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederiko_Gilen_I.a_Prusiakoa" title="Frederiko Gilen I.a Prusiakoa – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Frederiko Gilen I.a Prusiakoa" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B4_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%87%D9%84%D9%85_%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%85" title="فریدریش ویلهلم یکم – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="فریدریش ویلهلم یکم" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric-Guillaume_Ier_(roi_en_Prusse)" title="Frédéric-Guillaume Ier (roi en Prusse) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Frédéric-Guillaume Ier (roi en Prusse)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederico_Guillerme_I_de_Prusia" title="Frederico Guillerme I de Prusia – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Frederico Guillerme I de Prusia" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%94%84%EB%A6%AC%EB%93%9C%EB%A6%AC%ED%9E%88_%EB%B9%8C%ED%97%AC%EB%A6%84_1%EC%84%B8_(%ED%94%84%EB%A1%9C%EC%9D%B4%EC%84%BC)" title="프리드리히 빌헬름 1세 (프로이센) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="프리드리히 빌헬름 1세 (프로이센)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%96%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%A4%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%AD_%D5%8E%D5%AB%D5%AC%D5%B0%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%B4_I" title="Ֆրիդրիխ Վիլհելմ I – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ֆրիդրիխ Վիլհելմ I" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fridrik_Vilim_I._Pruski" title="Fridrik Vilim I. Pruski – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Fridrik Vilim I. Pruski" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Wilhelm_la_1ma_di_Prusia" title="Friedrich Wilhelm la 1ma di Prusia – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Friedrich Wilhelm la 1ma di Prusia" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Wilhelm_I_dari_Prusia" title="Friedrich Wilhelm I dari Prusia – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Friedrich Wilhelm I dari Prusia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federico_Guglielmo_I_di_Prussia" title="Federico Guglielmo I di Prussia – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Federico Guglielmo I di Prussia" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9A_%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%9D_%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9F,_%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%9A_%D7%91%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%94" title="פרידריך וילהלם הראשון, מלך בפרוסיה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="פרידריך וילהלם הראשון, מלך בפרוסיה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A4%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%93%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%AE_%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%B0%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9B_I_(%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%90)" title="ფრიდრიხ ვილჰელმ I (პრუსია) – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ფრიდრიხ ვილჰელმ I (პრუსია)" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fridericus_Gulielmus_I_(rex_Borussiae)" title="Fridericus Gulielmus I (rex Borussiae) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Fridericus Gulielmus I (rex Borussiae)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C4%ABdrihs_Vilhelms_I_Hoencollerns" title="Frīdrihs Vilhelms I Hoencollerns – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Frīdrihs Vilhelms I Hoencollerns" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frydrichas_Vilhelmas_I" title="Frydrichas Vilhelmas I – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Frydrichas Vilhelmas I" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._Frigyes_Vilmos_porosz_kir%C3%A1ly" title="I. Frigyes Vilmos porosz király – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="I. 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(Preußen) – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Frederik Willem I. (Preußen)" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fryderyk_Wilhelm_I_Pruski" title="Fryderyk Wilhelm I Pruski – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Fryderyk Wilhelm I Pruski" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederico_Guilherme_I_da_Pr%C3%BAssia" title="Frederico Guilherme I da Prússia – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Frederico Guilherme I da Prússia" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Wilhelm_I_al_Prusiei" title="Frederic Wilhelm I al Prusiei – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Frederic Wilhelm I al Prusiei" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%85_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC_I" title="Фридрих Вильгельм I – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Фридрих Вильгельм I" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_William_I_o_Proushie" title="Frederick William I o Proushie – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Frederick William I o Proushie" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friderik_Viljem_I._Pruski" title="Friderik Viljem I. 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href="/wiki/King_in_Prussia" title="King in Prussia">King in Prussia</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Elector_of_Brandenburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Elector of Brandenburg">Elector of Brandenburg</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reign</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">25 February 1713 – 31 May 1740</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Frederick_I_of_Prussia" title="Frederick I of Prussia">Frederick I</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Frederick_the_Great" title="Frederick the Great">Frederick II</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><div style="height: 4px; width:100%;"></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1688-08-14</span>)</span>14 August 1688<br /><a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brandenburg-Prussia" class="mw-redirect" title="Brandenburg-Prussia">Brandenburg-Prussia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">31 May 1740<span style="display:none">(1740-05-31)</span> (aged 51)<br /><a href="/wiki/City_Palace,_Potsdam" title="City Palace, Potsdam">Potsdam City Palace</a>, <a href="/wiki/Potsdam" title="Potsdam">Potsdam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia" title="Kingdom of Prussia">Kingdom of Prussia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Burial</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="label"><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Peace_(Sanssouci)" class="mw-redirect" title="Church of Peace (Sanssouci)">Friedenskirche</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sanssouci_Park" title="Sanssouci Park">Sanssouci Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Potsdam" title="Potsdam">Potsdam</a></div></td></tr><tr><th 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5px; padding-right: 5px; text-align: left;"> <dl><dt><i>Children</i></dt> <dd>Prince Frederick Louis</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Wilhelmine_of_Prussia,_Margravine_of_Brandenburg-Bayreuth" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth">Wilhelmine, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth</a></dd> <dd>Prince Friedrich William</dd> <dd>Princess Charlotte Albertine</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Frederick_the_Great" title="Frederick the Great">Frederick II</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Princess_Friederike_Luise_of_Prussia" title="Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia">Friederike Luise, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Princess_Philippine_Charlotte_of_Prussia" title="Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia">Philippine Charlotte, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel</a></dd> <dd>Prince Ludwig Karl Wilhelm</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Princess_Sophia_Dorothea_of_Prussia" title="Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia">Sophia Dorothea, Margravine of Brandenburg-Schwedt</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Louisa_Ulrika_of_Prussia" title="Louisa Ulrika of Prussia">Louisa Ulrika, Queen of Sweden</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Prince_Augustus_William_of_Prussia" title="Prince Augustus William of Prussia">Prince Augustus William</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Anna_Amalia,_Abbess_of_Quedlinburg" title="Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg">Anna Amalie, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Prince_Henry_of_Prussia_(1726%E2%80%931802)" title="Prince Henry of Prussia (1726–1802)">Prince Henry</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Prince_Augustus_Ferdinand_of_Prussia" title="Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia">Prince Augustus Ferdinand</a></dd></dl></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar" style="padding-right: 5px;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output 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.navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:House_of_Hohenzollern_(Prussia)" title="Template:House of Hohenzollern (Prussia)"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:House_of_Hohenzollern_(Prussia)" title="Template talk:House of Hohenzollern (Prussia)"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:House_of_Hohenzollern_(Prussia)" title="Special:EditPage/Template:House of Hohenzollern (Prussia)"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Frederick William I</b> (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Friedrich Wilhelm I.</i>; 14 August 1688 – 31 May 1740), known as the <b>Soldier King</b> (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Soldatenkönig</i><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), was <a href="/wiki/King_in_Prussia" title="King in Prussia">King in Prussia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Elector_of_Brandenburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Elector of Brandenburg">Elector of Brandenburg</a> from 1713 till his death in 1740, as well as <a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Neuch%C3%A2tel" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince of Neuchâtel">Prince of Neuchâtel</a>. </p><p>Born in Berlin, he was raised by the <a href="/wiki/Huguenot" class="mw-redirect" title="Huguenot">Huguenot</a> governess <a href="/wiki/Marthe_de_Roucoulle" title="Marthe de Roucoulle">Marthe de Roucoulle</a>. His political awakening occurred during the <a href="/wiki/Great_Northern_War" title="Great Northern War">Great Northern War</a>'s plague outbreak in <a href="/wiki/Prussia" title="Prussia">Prussia</a>, leading to his challenge against <a href="/wiki/Corruption" title="Corruption">corruption</a> and inefficiency in government. He initiated reforms, especially in the military, growing the <a href="/wiki/Prussian_Army" title="Prussian Army">Prussian Army</a> significantly. A believer in absolute monarchy, he focused on state development and financial reorganization, imposing taxes and stringent regulations on public servants. He made efforts to reduce <a href="/wiki/Crime" title="Crime">crime</a> and centralized his authority during his 27 years' reign, cementing Prussia as a regional power. </p><p>Despite his effective rule, he had a harsh nature, exacerbated by his health issues. He engaged in colonial affairs, but prioritized military expansion over colonial investments. His notable decisions included selling <a href="/wiki/List_of_former_German_colonies" title="List of former German colonies">Prussian overseas colonies</a> and the foundation of the <a href="/wiki/Canton_System_(Prussia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Canton System (Prussia)">Canton system</a>, as well as the conquest of the port of <a href="/wiki/Stettin" class="mw-redirect" title="Stettin">Stettin</a>. </p><p>His death in 1740 marked the end of a reign characterized by military and administrative reform. He was succeeded by his son, <a href="/wiki/Frederick_the_Great" title="Frederick the Great">Frederick the Great</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_years">Early years</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frederick_William_I_of_Prussia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Frederick William was born in Berlin to King <a href="/wiki/Frederick_I_of_Prussia" title="Frederick I of Prussia">Frederick I of Prussia</a> and Princess <a href="/wiki/Sophia_Charlotte_of_Hanover" title="Sophia Charlotte of Hanover">Sophia Charlotte of Hanover</a>. During his first years, he was raised by the Huguenot governess <a href="/wiki/Marthe_de_Roucoulle" title="Marthe de Roucoulle">Marthe de Roucoulle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When the <a href="/wiki/Great_Northern_War_plague_outbreak" title="Great Northern War plague outbreak">Great Northern War plague outbreak</a> devastated Prussia, the inefficiency and corruption of the king's favorite ministers and senior officials were highlighted. Frederick William with a party that formed at the court brought down the leading minister <a href="/wiki/Johann_Kasimir_Kolbe_von_Wartenberg" title="Johann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg">Johann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg</a> and his cronies, following an official investigation that exposed Wartenberg's huge-scale misappropriation and embezzlement. His close associate <a href="/wiki/August_David_zu_Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein" title="August David zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein">August David zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein</a> was imprisoned at <a href="/wiki/Spandau_Citadel" title="Spandau Citadel">Spandau Citadel</a>, fined 70,000 thalers and banished subsequently. The incident exerted great influence on Frederick William, making him resent crime, corruption, wastage and inefficiency and realize the necessity of institutional reform. It also became the first time he actively participated in politics. From then on, Frederick I began to let his son take more power.<sup id="cite_ref-Clark_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clark-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reign">Reign</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frederick_William_I_of_Prussia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Reign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anthoni_Schoonjans_-_Portrait_of_crown_prince_Frederick_William_as_David_with_a_sling.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Anthoni_Schoonjans_-_Portrait_of_crown_prince_Frederick_William_as_David_with_a_sling.jpg/217px-Anthoni_Schoonjans_-_Portrait_of_crown_prince_Frederick_William_as_David_with_a_sling.jpg" decoding="async" width="217" height="303" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Anthoni_Schoonjans_-_Portrait_of_crown_prince_Frederick_William_as_David_with_a_sling.jpg/325px-Anthoni_Schoonjans_-_Portrait_of_crown_prince_Frederick_William_as_David_with_a_sling.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Anthoni_Schoonjans_-_Portrait_of_crown_prince_Frederick_William_as_David_with_a_sling.jpg 2x" data-file-width="385" data-file-height="538" /></a><figcaption><i>Portrait of Crown Prince Frederick William as David with a Sling</i> by <a href="/wiki/Anthoni_Schoonjans" title="Anthoni Schoonjans">Anthoni Schoonjans</a></figcaption></figure> <p>His father had successfully acquired the title of king for the Duchy of Prussia for which he had paid the high price of 2 million ducats to Emperor <a href="/wiki/Leopold_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor">Leopold I</a>, 600,000 ducats to the German clergy and 20,000 thalers to the <a href="/wiki/Jesuit_order" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesuit order">Jesuit order</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, Frederick was obligated to provide Leopold with 8,000 soldiers for the <a href="/wiki/War_of_the_Spanish_Succession" title="War of the Spanish Succession">War of the Spanish Succession</a>. To demonstrate his new status, he had the <a href="/wiki/Berlin_Palace" title="Berlin Palace">Berlin Palace</a>, <a href="/wiki/Schloss_Charlottenburg" title="Schloss Charlottenburg">Charlottenburg Palace</a>, and <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6nigsberg_Castle" title="Königsberg Castle">Königsberg Castle</a> doubled in size and furnished at considerable expense. However, in doing so, he had largely ruined the state's finances.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On ascending the throne in 1713, Frederick William therefore dismissed his father's corrupt "<a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Three_Counts" title="Cabinet of Three Counts">Cabinet of Three Counts</a>". He worked persistently to reorganize the finances that had been shattered by his father, furthermore to enhance the economic development of his far-flung countries and to build up one of the largest and best equipped and trained armies in Europe. He would expand the Prussian Army from 38,000 men in 1713 to 80,000 in 1740,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with an average of 1 out of every 25 Prussian men serving in the military.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He expanded military obligations for the peasant class<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while replacing mandatory military service among the middle class with an annual tax, and he established schools and hospitals. The king encouraged farming, reclaimed marshes, stored grain in good times and sold it in bad times. </p><p>Frederick would also work to expand state income. He increased excise taxes, both on domestic and foreign goods, as well as subjecting the Prussian nobility to a land tax.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He dictated the manual of Regulations for State Officials, containing 35 chapters and 297 paragraphs in which every public servant in Prussia could find his duties precisely set out: a minister or councillor failing to attend a committee meeting, for example, would lose six months' pay; if he absented himself a second time, he would be discharged from the royal service. In short, Frederick William I concerned himself with every aspect of his country, ruling an <a href="/wiki/Absolute_monarchy" title="Absolute monarchy">absolute monarchy</a> with great energy and skill. </p><p>The king also took an interest in <a href="/wiki/German_colonial_projects_before_1871" title="German colonial projects before 1871">Prussian colonial affairs</a>. In 1717, he revoked the charter of the <a href="/wiki/Brandenburg_Gold_Coast" class="mw-redirect" title="Brandenburg Gold Coast">Brandenburg Africa Company</a> (BAC), which had been granted said charter by his father to establish a colony in <a href="/wiki/West_Africa" title="West Africa">West Africa</a> known as the <a href="/wiki/Brandenburg_Gold_Coast" class="mw-redirect" title="Brandenburg Gold Coast">Brandenburg Gold Coast</a>. The king was unwilling to spend money on maintaining either the colony or the <a href="/wiki/Prussian_Navy" title="Prussian Navy">Prussian Navy</a>, preferring to utilise state revenues on enlarging the Royal <a href="/wiki/Prussian_Army" title="Prussian Army">Prussian Army</a>. In 1721, Frederick William sold the Brandenburg Gold Coast to the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_West_India_Company" title="Dutch West India Company">Dutch West India Company</a> in exchange for 7,200 <a href="/wiki/Ducat" title="Ducat">ducats</a> and 12 enslaved African boys wearing <a href="/wiki/Gold" title="Gold">gold</a> chains.<sup id="cite_ref-BrahmRosenhaft2016_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BrahmRosenhaft2016-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1732, the king invited the <a href="/wiki/Salzburg_Protestants" title="Salzburg Protestants">Salzburg Protestants</a> to settle in <a href="/wiki/East_Prussia" title="East Prussia">East Prussia</a>, which had been <a href="/wiki/Great_Northern_War_plague_outbreak" title="Great Northern War plague outbreak">depopulated by plague</a> in 1709. Under the terms of the <a href="/wiki/Peace_of_Augsburg" title="Peace of Augsburg">Peace of Augsburg</a>, the prince-archbishop of <a href="/wiki/Prince-Archbishopric_of_Salzburg" title="Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg">Salzburg</a> could require his subjects to practice the Catholic faith, but Protestants had the right to emigrate to a Protestant state. Prussian commissioners accompanied 20,000 Protestants to their new homes on the other side of Germany. Frederick William I personally welcomed the first group of migrants and sang Protestant hymns with them.<sup id="cite_ref-walker1992_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walker1992-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1733 he began building the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Quarter" title="Dutch Quarter">Dutch Quarter</a> in <a href="/wiki/Potsdam" title="Potsdam">Potsdam</a>, where he invited talented Dutch craftsmen to settle. </p><p>Frederick William intervened briefly in the <a href="/wiki/Great_Northern_War" title="Great Northern War">Great Northern War</a>, allied with <a href="/wiki/Peter_the_Great" title="Peter the Great">Peter the Great</a> of <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russia</a>, in order to gain a small portion of <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Pomerania" title="Swedish Pomerania">Swedish Pomerania</a>; this gave Prussia new ports on the <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Sea" title="Baltic Sea">Baltic Sea</a> coast. More significantly, aided by his close friend <a href="/wiki/Leopold_I,_Prince_of_Anhalt-Dessau" title="Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau">Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau</a>, the "Soldier-King" made considerable reforms to the Prussian army's training, tactics and conscription program—introducing the <a href="/wiki/Canton_System_(Prussia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Canton System (Prussia)">canton system</a>, and greatly increasing the Prussian infantry's rate of fire through the introduction of the iron ramrod. Frederick William's reforms left his son Frederick with the most formidable army in Europe, which Frederick used to increase Prussia's power. </p><p>Although a highly effective ruler, Frederick William had a perpetually short temper which sometimes drove him to physically attack servants (or even his own children) with a cane at the slightest perceived provocation. His violent, harsh nature was further exacerbated by his inherited <a href="/wiki/Porphyria_cutanea_tarda" title="Porphyria cutanea tarda">porphyritic disease</a>, which gave him <a href="/wiki/Gout" title="Gout">gout</a>, obesity and frequent crippling stomach pains.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also had a notable <a href="/wiki/Francophobia" class="mw-redirect" title="Francophobia">contempt for France</a>, and would sometimes fly into a rage at the mere mention of that country, although this did not stop him from encouraging the immigration of French <a href="/wiki/Huguenot" class="mw-redirect" title="Huguenot">Huguenot</a> refugees to Prussia. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Burial_and_reburials">Burial and reburials</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frederick_William_I_of_Prussia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Burial and reburials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Frederick William died in 1740 at age 51 and was interred at the <a href="/wiki/Garrison_Church_(Potsdam)" title="Garrison Church (Potsdam)">Garrison Church</a> in <a href="/wiki/Potsdam" title="Potsdam">Potsdam</a>. During World War II, in order to protect it from advancing allied forces, <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Hitler</a> ordered the king's coffin, as well as those of <a href="/wiki/Frederick_the_Great" title="Frederick the Great">Frederick the Great</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paul_von_Hindenburg" title="Paul von Hindenburg">Paul von Hindenburg</a>, into hiding, first to Berlin and later to a salt mine outside of <a href="/wiki/Bernterode_(bei_Worbis)" title="Bernterode (bei Worbis)">Bernterode</a>. The coffins were later discovered by occupying American forces, who re-interred the bodies in <a href="/wiki/St._Elizabeth%27s_Church,_Marburg" title="St. Elizabeth's Church, Marburg">St. Elizabeth's Church, Marburg</a> in 1946. In 1953 the coffin was moved to <a href="/wiki/Hohenzollern_Castle" title="Hohenzollern Castle">Hohenzollern Castle</a>, where it remained until 1991, when it was finally laid to rest on the steps of the altar in the Kaiser Friedrich Mausoleum in the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Peace_(Sanssouci)" class="mw-redirect" title="Church of Peace (Sanssouci)">Church of Peace</a> on the palace grounds of <a href="/wiki/Sanssouci" title="Sanssouci">Sanssouci</a>. The original black marble sarcophagus collapsed at Burg Hohenzollern—the current one is a copper copy.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Relationship_with_Frederick_II">Relationship with Frederick II</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frederick_William_I_of_Prussia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Relationship with Frederick II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Die_S%C3%B6hne_von_Friedrich_Wilhelm_I.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Die_S%C3%B6hne_von_Friedrich_Wilhelm_I.jpg/150px-Die_S%C3%B6hne_von_Friedrich_Wilhelm_I.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Die_S%C3%B6hne_von_Friedrich_Wilhelm_I.jpg/225px-Die_S%C3%B6hne_von_Friedrich_Wilhelm_I.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Die_S%C3%B6hne_von_Friedrich_Wilhelm_I.jpg/300px-Die_S%C3%B6hne_von_Friedrich_Wilhelm_I.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1753" data-file-height="2013" /></a><figcaption>The sons of Frederick William I and Sophia Dorothea; left to right Frederick, Ferdinand, Augustus William and Henry. Painting by <a href="/wiki/Francesco_Carlo_Rusca" title="Francesco Carlo Rusca">Francesco Carlo Rusca</a>, 1737</figcaption></figure> <p>His eldest surviving son was <a href="/wiki/Frederick_the_Great" title="Frederick the Great">Frederick II</a> (Fritz), born in 1712. Frederick William wanted him to become a fine soldier. As a small child, Fritz was awakened each morning by the firing of a cannon. At the age of 6, he was given his own regiment of children to drill as cadets, and a year later, he was given a miniature arsenal. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:August_II_of_Poland_and_Friedrich_Wilhelm_I_of_Prussia.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/August_II_of_Poland_and_Friedrich_Wilhelm_I_of_Prussia.PNG/150px-August_II_of_Poland_and_Friedrich_Wilhelm_I_of_Prussia.PNG" decoding="async" width="150" height="212" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/August_II_of_Poland_and_Friedrich_Wilhelm_I_of_Prussia.PNG/225px-August_II_of_Poland_and_Friedrich_Wilhelm_I_of_Prussia.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/August_II_of_Poland_and_Friedrich_Wilhelm_I_of_Prussia.PNG/300px-August_II_of_Poland_and_Friedrich_Wilhelm_I_of_Prussia.PNG 2x" data-file-width="416" data-file-height="588" /></a><figcaption>Portrait of <a href="/wiki/Augustus_II_the_Strong" title="Augustus II the Strong">Augustus II of Poland</a> (left) and Frederick William I of Prussia (right), during Frederick William's 1728 visit to Dresden. Painting by <a href="/wiki/Louis_de_Silvestre" title="Louis de Silvestre">Louis de Silvestre</a>, about 1730</figcaption></figure> <p>The love and affection Frederick William had for his heir initially was soon soured due to their increasingly different personalities. Frederick William ordered Fritz to undergo a minimal education, live a simple Protestant lifestyle, and focus on the Army and statesmanship as he had. However, the intellectual Fritz was more interested in music, books and French culture, which were forbidden by his father as decadent and unmanly. As Fritz's defiance for his father's rules increased, Frederick William would frequently beat or humiliate Fritz (he preferred his younger sibling <a href="/wiki/Prince_Augustus_William_of_Prussia" title="Prince Augustus William of Prussia">Augustus William</a>). Fritz was beaten for being thrown off a bolting horse and wearing gloves in cold weather. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Friedrich_Wilhelm_I_of_Prussia_1700.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Friedrich_Wilhelm_I_of_Prussia_1700.jpg/220px-Friedrich_Wilhelm_I_of_Prussia_1700.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="259" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Friedrich_Wilhelm_I_of_Prussia_1700.jpg/330px-Friedrich_Wilhelm_I_of_Prussia_1700.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Friedrich_Wilhelm_I_of_Prussia_1700.jpg 2x" data-file-width="403" data-file-height="475" /></a><figcaption>Frederick William as crown prince</figcaption></figure> <p>At age 16, Frederick seems to have embarked upon a youthful affair with <a href="/wiki/Peter_Karl_Christoph_von_Keith" title="Peter Karl Christoph von Keith">Peter Karl Christoph von Keith</a>, a 17-year-old <a href="/wiki/Page_(servant)" title="Page (servant)">page</a> of his father. Rumors of the liaison spread in the court, and the "intimacy" between the two boys provoked the comments of his sister, <a href="/wiki/Wilhelmine_of_Prussia,_Margravine_of_Brandenburg-Bayreuth" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth">Wilhelmine</a>, who wrote, "Though I had noticed that he was on more familiar terms with this page than was proper in his position, I did not know how intimate the friendship was."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rumors finally reached King Frederick William, who cultivated an ideal of ultramasculinity in his court, and derided his son's supposedly <a href="/wiki/Sexuality_of_Frederick_the_Great" title="Sexuality of Frederick the Great">effeminate tendencies</a>. As a result, Keith was dismissed from his service to the king and sent away to a regiment by the Dutch border, while Frederick was sent to the king's hunting lodge at <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6nigs_Wusterhausen" title="Königs Wusterhausen">Königs Wusterhausen</a> in order to "repent of his sin".<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the prince attempted to flee to England with his tutor, <a href="/wiki/Hans_Hermann_von_Katte" title="Hans Hermann von Katte">Hans Hermann von Katte</a>, the enraged king had Katte beheaded before the eyes of the prince, who himself was court-martialled.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The king may have thought that Frederick's relationship with Katte was also romantic, a suspicion that may have played a role in Katte receiving a death sentence.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In any case, the court declared itself not competent in the case of the crown prince. Whether it was the king's intention to have his son executed as well (as <a href="/wiki/Voltaire" title="Voltaire">Voltaire</a> claims<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) is not clear. However, the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Holy Roman Emperor">Holy Roman Emperor</a> <a href="/wiki/Charles_VI,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor">Charles VI</a> intervened, claiming that a prince could only be tried by the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Diet_(Holy_Roman_Empire)" title="Imperial Diet (Holy Roman Empire)">Imperial Diet</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a> itself. Frederick was imprisoned in the Fortress of <a href="/wiki/Kostrzyn_nad_Odr%C4%85" title="Kostrzyn nad Odrą">Küstrin</a> from 2 September to 19 November 1731 and exiled from court until February 1732, during which time he was rigorously schooled in matters of state. After achieving a measure of reconciliation, Frederick William had his son married to Princess <a href="/wiki/Elisabeth_Christine_of_Brunswick-Wolfenb%C3%BCttel-Bevern" title="Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern">Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern</a>, whom Frederick despised, but then grudgingly allowed him to indulge in his musical and literary interests again. He also gifted him a stud farm in East Prussia, and <a href="/wiki/Rheinsberg_Palace" title="Rheinsberg Palace">Rheinsberg Palace</a>. By the time of Frederick William's death in 1740, he and Frederick were on at least reasonable terms with each other. </p><p>Although the relationship between Frederick William and Frederick was clearly hostile, Frederick wrote in his memoirs that his father "penetrated and understood great objectives and knew the best interests of his country better than any minister or general."<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Marriage_and_family">Marriage and family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frederick_William_I_of_Prussia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Marriage and family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Frederick William married his first cousin <a href="/wiki/Sophia_Dorothea_of_Hanover" title="Sophia Dorothea of Hanover">Sophia Dorothea of Hanover</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_II_of_Great_Britain" title="George II of Great Britain">George II</a>'s younger sister (daughter of his uncle, King <a href="/wiki/George_I_of_Great_Britain" title="George I of Great Britain">George I of Great Britain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sophia_Dorothea_of_Celle" title="Sophia Dorothea of Celle">Sophia Dorothea of Celle</a>) on 28 November 1706. Frederick William was faithful and loving to his wife<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but they did not have a happy relationship: Sophia Dorothea feared his unpredictable temper and resented him, both for allowing her no influence or independence at court, and for refusing to marry her children to their English cousins. She also abhorred his cruelty towards their son and heir Frederick (with whom she was close), although rather than trying to mend the relationship between father and son she frequently spurred Frederick on in his defiance. They had fourteen children, including: </p> <table style="text-align:center; width:100%" class="wikitable"> <caption>Issue </caption> <tbody><tr> <th width="20%">Name</th> <th width="60px">Portrait</th> <th>Lifespan</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>Frederick Louis</b><br />Prince of Prussia </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1707_Friedrich_Ludwig.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/1707_Friedrich_Ludwig.JPG/100px-1707_Friedrich_Ludwig.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/1707_Friedrich_Ludwig.JPG/150px-1707_Friedrich_Ludwig.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/1707_Friedrich_Ludwig.JPG/200px-1707_Friedrich_Ludwig.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1951" data-file-height="2541" /></a></span> </td> <td>23 November 1707<span class="nowrap"> </span>–<br />13 May 1708 </td> <td>Died in infancy </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Wilhelmine_of_Prussia,_Margravine_of_Brandenburg-Bayreuth" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth">Friedrike <i>Wilhelmine</i></a></b><br />Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wilhelmine_von_Brandenburg-Bayreuth.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Wilhelmine_von_Brandenburg-Bayreuth.jpg/100px-Wilhelmine_von_Brandenburg-Bayreuth.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Wilhelmine_von_Brandenburg-Bayreuth.jpg/150px-Wilhelmine_von_Brandenburg-Bayreuth.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Wilhelmine_von_Brandenburg-Bayreuth.jpg/200px-Wilhelmine_von_Brandenburg-Bayreuth.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1383" data-file-height="1961" /></a></span> </td> <td>3 July 1709<span class="nowrap"> </span>–<br />14 October 1758 </td> <td>Married <a href="/wiki/Frederick,_Margrave_of_Brandenburg-Bayreuth" title="Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth">Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth</a> and had issue </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Frederick William</b><br />Prince of Prussia </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1710_Friedrich_Wilhelm.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/1710_Friedrich_Wilhelm.jpg/100px-1710_Friedrich_Wilhelm.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/1710_Friedrich_Wilhelm.jpg/150px-1710_Friedrich_Wilhelm.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/1710_Friedrich_Wilhelm.jpg/200px-1710_Friedrich_Wilhelm.jpg 2x" data-file-width="466" data-file-height="631" /></a></span> </td> <td>16 August 1710<span class="nowrap"> </span>–<br />21 July 1711 </td> <td>Died in infancy </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Frederick_the_Great" title="Frederick the Great">Frederick II the Great</a></b><br />King of Prussia </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Crown_prince_Friedrich_II,_by_Antoine_Pesne.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Crown_prince_Friedrich_II%2C_by_Antoine_Pesne.jpg/100px-Crown_prince_Friedrich_II%2C_by_Antoine_Pesne.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Crown_prince_Friedrich_II%2C_by_Antoine_Pesne.jpg/150px-Crown_prince_Friedrich_II%2C_by_Antoine_Pesne.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Crown_prince_Friedrich_II%2C_by_Antoine_Pesne.jpg/200px-Crown_prince_Friedrich_II%2C_by_Antoine_Pesne.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1468" data-file-height="1858" /></a></span> </td> <td>24 January 1712<span class="nowrap"> </span>–<br />17 August 1786 </td> <td>King in Prussia (1740–1772); King of Prussia (1772–1786); married <a href="/wiki/Elisabeth_Christine_of_Brunswick-Wolfenb%C3%BCttel-Bevern" title="Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern">Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern</a> but had no issue </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Charlotte Albertine</b><br />Princess of Prussia </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1713_Charlotte_Albertine.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/1713_Charlotte_Albertine.jpg/100px-1713_Charlotte_Albertine.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/1713_Charlotte_Albertine.jpg/150px-1713_Charlotte_Albertine.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/1713_Charlotte_Albertine.jpg/200px-1713_Charlotte_Albertine.jpg 2x" data-file-width="475" data-file-height="610" /></a></span> </td> <td>5 May 1713<span class="nowrap"> </span>–<br />10 June 1714 </td> <td>Died in infancy </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Princess_Friederike_Luise_of_Prussia" title="Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia">Frederica Louise</a></b><br />Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Friederike_Louise_von_Brandenburg-Ansbach.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Friederike_Louise_von_Brandenburg-Ansbach.jpg/100px-Friederike_Louise_von_Brandenburg-Ansbach.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Friederike_Louise_von_Brandenburg-Ansbach.jpg/150px-Friederike_Louise_von_Brandenburg-Ansbach.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Friederike_Louise_von_Brandenburg-Ansbach.jpg/200px-Friederike_Louise_von_Brandenburg-Ansbach.jpg 2x" data-file-width="651" data-file-height="768" /></a></span> </td> <td>28 September 1714<span class="nowrap"> </span>–<br />4 February 1784 </td> <td>Married <a href="/wiki/Charles_William_Frederick,_Margrave_of_Brandenburg-Ansbach" title="Charles William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach">Charles William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach</a> and had issue </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Princess_Philippine_Charlotte_of_Prussia" title="Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia">Philippine Charlotte</a></b><br />Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Alte_Dame_mit_Spitzenumhang_und_Muff_Gotha.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Alte_Dame_mit_Spitzenumhang_und_Muff_Gotha.jpg/100px-Alte_Dame_mit_Spitzenumhang_und_Muff_Gotha.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Alte_Dame_mit_Spitzenumhang_und_Muff_Gotha.jpg/150px-Alte_Dame_mit_Spitzenumhang_und_Muff_Gotha.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Alte_Dame_mit_Spitzenumhang_und_Muff_Gotha.jpg/200px-Alte_Dame_mit_Spitzenumhang_und_Muff_Gotha.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1016" data-file-height="1268" /></a></span> </td> <td>13 March 1716<span class="nowrap"> </span>–<br />17 February 1801 </td> <td>Married <a href="/wiki/Charles_I,_Duke_of_Brunswick-Wolfenb%C3%BCttel" title="Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel">Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel</a> and had issue </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Louis Charles William</b><br />Prince of Prussia </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wappen_Deutsches_Reich_-_K%C3%B6nigreich_Preussen_(Grosses).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Wappen_Deutsches_Reich_-_K%C3%B6nigreich_Preussen_%28Grosses%29.png/100px-Wappen_Deutsches_Reich_-_K%C3%B6nigreich_Preussen_%28Grosses%29.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Wappen_Deutsches_Reich_-_K%C3%B6nigreich_Preussen_%28Grosses%29.png/150px-Wappen_Deutsches_Reich_-_K%C3%B6nigreich_Preussen_%28Grosses%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Wappen_Deutsches_Reich_-_K%C3%B6nigreich_Preussen_%28Grosses%29.png/200px-Wappen_Deutsches_Reich_-_K%C3%B6nigreich_Preussen_%28Grosses%29.png 2x" data-file-width="777" data-file-height="1060" /></a></span> </td> <td>2 May 1717<span class="nowrap"> </span>–<br />31 August 1719 </td> <td>Died in early childhood </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Princess_Sophia_Dorothea_of_Prussia" title="Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia">Sophia Dorothea</a></b><br />Margravine of Brandenburg-Schwedt<br />Princess in Prussia </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sophia_Dorothea_of_Prussia,_margravine_of_Brandenburg-Schwedt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Sophia_Dorothea_of_Prussia%2C_margravine_of_Brandenburg-Schwedt.jpg/100px-Sophia_Dorothea_of_Prussia%2C_margravine_of_Brandenburg-Schwedt.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Sophia_Dorothea_of_Prussia%2C_margravine_of_Brandenburg-Schwedt.jpg/150px-Sophia_Dorothea_of_Prussia%2C_margravine_of_Brandenburg-Schwedt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Sophia_Dorothea_of_Prussia%2C_margravine_of_Brandenburg-Schwedt.jpg/200px-Sophia_Dorothea_of_Prussia%2C_margravine_of_Brandenburg-Schwedt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="619" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td>25 January 1719<span class="nowrap"> </span>–<br />13 November 1765 </td> <td>Married <a href="/wiki/Frederick_William,_Margrave_of_Brandenburg-Schwedt" title="Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt">Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Prince in Prussia</a> and had issue </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Louisa_Ulrika_of_Prussia" title="Louisa Ulrika of Prussia">Louisa Ulrika</a></b><br />Queen of Sweden </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Luise_Ulrika_of_Prussia_by_Antoine_Pesne-_1744_ca.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Luise_Ulrika_of_Prussia_by_Antoine_Pesne-_1744_ca.jpg/100px-Luise_Ulrika_of_Prussia_by_Antoine_Pesne-_1744_ca.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Luise_Ulrika_of_Prussia_by_Antoine_Pesne-_1744_ca.jpg/150px-Luise_Ulrika_of_Prussia_by_Antoine_Pesne-_1744_ca.jpg 1.5x, 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Antoine_Pesne_hofdame_%3B_Prinzessin_Amalia_von_Preussen_als_Amazone.jpg/100px-Antoine_Pesne_hofdame_%3B_Prinzessin_Amalia_von_Preussen_als_Amazone.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Antoine_Pesne_hofdame_%3B_Prinzessin_Amalia_von_Preussen_als_Amazone.jpg/150px-Antoine_Pesne_hofdame_%3B_Prinzessin_Amalia_von_Preussen_als_Amazone.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Antoine_Pesne_hofdame_%3B_Prinzessin_Amalia_von_Preussen_als_Amazone.jpg/200px-Antoine_Pesne_hofdame_%3B_Prinzessin_Amalia_von_Preussen_als_Amazone.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3980" data-file-height="5365" /></a></span> </td> <td>9 November 1723<span class="nowrap"> </span>–<br />30 March 1787 </td> <td>Became <a href="/wiki/Abbess_of_Quedlinburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Abbess of Quedlinburg">Abbess of Quedlinburg</a> 16 July 1755 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Prince_Henry_of_Prussia_(1726%E2%80%931802)" title="Prince Henry of Prussia (1726–1802)">Frederick <i>Henry</i> Louis</a></b><br />Prince of Prussia </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Prinz_heinrich_von_preussen_00.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Prinz_heinrich_von_preussen_00.png/100px-Prinz_heinrich_von_preussen_00.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Prinz_heinrich_von_preussen_00.png/150px-Prinz_heinrich_von_preussen_00.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Prinz_heinrich_von_preussen_00.png/199px-Prinz_heinrich_von_preussen_00.png 2x" data-file-width="1944" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span> </td> <td>18 January 1726<span class="nowrap"> </span>–<br />3 August 1802 </td> <td>Married <a href="/wiki/Princess_Wilhelmina_of_Hesse-Kassel" title="Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel">Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel</a> but had no issue </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Prince_Augustus_Ferdinand_of_Prussia" title="Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia">Augustus <i>Ferdinand</i></a></b><br />Prince of Prussia </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1730FerdinandofPrussia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/1730FerdinandofPrussia.jpg/100px-1730FerdinandofPrussia.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/1730FerdinandofPrussia.jpg/150px-1730FerdinandofPrussia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/1730FerdinandofPrussia.jpg/200px-1730FerdinandofPrussia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="444" data-file-height="599" /></a></span> </td> <td>23 May 1730<span class="nowrap"> </span>–<br />2 May 1813 </td> <td>Married <a href="/wiki/Margravine_Elisabeth_Louise_of_Brandenburg-Schwedt" class="mw-redirect" title="Margravine Elisabeth Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt">Margravine Elisabeth Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt</a> and had issue </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>He was the godfather of the Prussian envoy <a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Wilhelm_von_Thulemeyer" title="Friedrich Wilhelm von Thulemeyer">Friedrich Wilhelm von Thulemeyer</a> and of his grand-nephew, <a href="/wiki/Prince_Edward,_Duke_of_York_and_Albany" title="Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany">Prince Edward Augustus</a> of Great Britain. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ancestry">Ancestry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frederick_William_I_of_Prussia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Ancestry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886387087">.mw-parser-output table.ahnentafel{border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;line-height:130%}.mw-parser-output .ahnentafel tr{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ahnentafel-t{border-top:#000 solid 1px;border-left:#000 solid 1px}.mw-parser-output .ahnentafel-b{border-bottom:#000 solid 1px;border-left:#000 solid 1px}</style><div class="noresize"><table class="collapsible collapsed" style="margin:0.3em auto;clear:none;min-width:60em;width:auto;font-size:88%;border:1px solid #aaa"><tbody><tr><th style="padding:0.2em 0.3em 0.2em 4.3em;background:none;color:inherit;width:auto">Ancestors of Frederick William I of Prussia<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center"><table class="ahnentafel" style="margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><tbody><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="28" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="13"> </td><td rowspan="12" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="5"> </td><td rowspan="4" colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">8. <a href="/wiki/George_William,_Elector_of_Brandenburg" title="George William, Elector of Brandenburg">George William, Elector of Brandenburg</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #ffc;">4. <a href="/wiki/Frederick_William,_Elector_of_Brandenburg" title="Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg">Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">9. <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Charlotte_of_the_Palatinate,_Electress_of_Brandenburg" title="Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Electress of Brandenburg">Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #fb9;">2. <a href="/wiki/Frederick_I_of_Prussia" title="Frederick I of Prussia">Frederick I of Prussia</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="15" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="14" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">10. <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Henry,_Prince_of_Orange" title="Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange">Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #ffc;">5. <a href="/wiki/Countess_Louise_Henriette_of_Nassau" title="Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau">Louise Henriette of Orange-Nassau</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">11. <a href="/wiki/Amalia_of_Solms-Braunfels" class="mw-redirect" title="Amalia of Solms-Braunfels">Amalia of Solms-Braunfels</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #fcc;">1. <b>Frederick William I of Prussia</b></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="11"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="28" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="15" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="14" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">12. <a href="/wiki/George,_Duke_of_Brunswick-L%C3%BCneburg" class="mw-redirect" title="George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg">George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #ffc;">6. <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Augustus,_Elector_of_Brunswick-L%C3%BCneburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg">Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">13. <a href="/wiki/Anne_Eleonore_of_Hesse-Darmstadt" class="mw-redirect" title="Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt">Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #fb9;">3. <a href="/wiki/Sophia_Charlotte_of_Hanover" title="Sophia Charlotte of Hanover">Sophia Charlotte of Hanover</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="13"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="12" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">14. <a href="/wiki/Frederick_V_of_the_Palatinate" title="Frederick V of the Palatinate">Frederick V, Elector Palatine</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #ffc;">7. <a href="/wiki/Sophia_of_Hanover" title="Sophia of Hanover">Sophia of the Palatinate</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="5"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="4" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">15. <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Stuart,_Queen_of_Bohemia" title="Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia">Elizabeth Stuart</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Memorial_site_and_exhibition">Memorial site and exhibition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frederick_William_I_of_Prussia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Memorial site and exhibition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Schloss_Koenigs_Wusterhausen_Nordfassade_Sonnenlicht.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Schloss_Koenigs_Wusterhausen_Nordfassade_Sonnenlicht.jpg/220px-Schloss_Koenigs_Wusterhausen_Nordfassade_Sonnenlicht.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Schloss_Koenigs_Wusterhausen_Nordfassade_Sonnenlicht.jpg/330px-Schloss_Koenigs_Wusterhausen_Nordfassade_Sonnenlicht.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Schloss_Koenigs_Wusterhausen_Nordfassade_Sonnenlicht.jpg/440px-Schloss_Koenigs_Wusterhausen_Nordfassade_Sonnenlicht.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4602" data-file-height="3267" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6nigs_Wusterhausen" title="Königs Wusterhausen">Königs Wusterhausen</a> Castle</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6nigs_Wusterhausen" title="Königs Wusterhausen">Königs Wusterhausen</a> Castle, the king's hunting lodge and garden, were his favourite place to stay and to indulge in hunting when he wanted to relax from his state duties, which he performed at the <a href="/wiki/Berlin_Palace" title="Berlin Palace">Berlin Palace</a> and the <a href="/wiki/City_Palace,_Potsdam" title="City Palace, Potsdam">City Palace, Potsdam</a>. His children also had to spend their holidays here regularly. Frederick the Great had a strong dislike for the place, but the two youngest sons, in old age, after Frederick's death, returned together a few times out of sentimental memories to where they spent so much time growing up. </p><p>Today the castle, southeast of the Berlin city limits not far from Berlin Airport, is a museum of the <a href="/wiki/Prussian_Palaces_and_Gardens_Foundation_Berlin-Brandenburg" title="Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg">Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg</a>. Numerous valuable objects of baroque paintings and handicrafts are on display, mostly with connections to Frederick William and his family, many pieces of the original interior, as well as a large collection of portraits, mainly of officers, which the "Soldier King" painted himself. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frederick_William_I_of_Prussia&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prussian_virtues" title="Prussian virtues">Prussian virtues</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frederick_William_I_of_Prussia&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Taylor, Ronald (1997). <i>Berlin and Its Culture: A Historical Portrait.</i> New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press. p. 51.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFCarlyle1870" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Carlyle" title="Thomas Carlyle">Carlyle, Thomas</a> (1870). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2104/2104-h/2104-h.htm">"Book IV. — Friedrich's Apprenticeship, First Stage - 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New York: Penguin Books. p. 114. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7394-2025-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-7394-2025-9">0-7394-2025-9</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMitford1984" class="citation book cs1">Mitford, Nancy (1984). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/frederickgreat00mitf_0"><i>Frederick the Great</i></a>. E.P. Dutton. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/frederickgreat00mitf_0/page/61">61</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-525-48147-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-525-48147-8"><bdi>978-0-525-48147-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Frederick+the+Great&rft.pages=61&rft.pub=E.P.+Dutton&rft.date=1984&rft.isbn=978-0-525-48147-8&rft.aulast=Mitford&rft.aufirst=Nancy&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Ffrederickgreat00mitf_0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFrederick+William+I+of+Prussia" class="Z3988"></span> Page 61 of the 1984 edition is page 55 of the 1970 edition.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Voltaire, <i>Memoirs of the Life of Monsieur de Voltaire</i>, Translated by Andrew Brown, Hesperus Classics, 2007 [1784], p. 10.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Mitford" title="Nancy Mitford">Mitford, Nancy</a> (1970). <i>Frederick the Great</i>, New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, p. 15.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mitford, Nancy (1970). <i>Frederick the Great</i>, New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, p. 16.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=AINPAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA16"><i>Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans</i></a> [<i>Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living</i>] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 16.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Genealogie+ascendante+jusqu%27au+quatrieme+degre+inclusivement+de+tous+les+Rois+et+Princes+de+maisons+souveraines+de+l%27Europe+actuellement+vivans&rft.place=Bourdeaux&rft.pages=16&rft.pub=Frederic+Guillaume+Birnstiel&rft.date=1768&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DAINPAAAAcAAJ%26pg%3DPA16&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFrederick+William+I+of+Prussia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frederick_William_I_of_Prussia&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:K%C3%B6nig_Friedrich_Wilhelm_I._von_Preu%C3%9Fen_Selbstbildnis.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/K%C3%B6nig_Friedrich_Wilhelm_I._von_Preu%C3%9Fen_Selbstbildnis.jpg/170px-K%C3%B6nig_Friedrich_Wilhelm_I._von_Preu%C3%9Fen_Selbstbildnis.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/K%C3%B6nig_Friedrich_Wilhelm_I._von_Preu%C3%9Fen_Selbstbildnis.jpg/255px-K%C3%B6nig_Friedrich_Wilhelm_I._von_Preu%C3%9Fen_Selbstbildnis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/K%C3%B6nig_Friedrich_Wilhelm_I._von_Preu%C3%9Fen_Selbstbildnis.jpg/340px-K%C3%B6nig_Friedrich_Wilhelm_I._von_Preu%C3%9Fen_Selbstbildnis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="629" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>King Frederick William I of Prussia (self-portrait)</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Dorwart, Reinhold A. <i>The administrative reforms of Frederick William I of Prussia</i> (Harvard University Press, 2013).</li> <li>Fann, Willerd R. "Peacetime Attrition in the Army of Frederick William I, 1713–1740." <i>Central European History</i> 11.4 (1978): 323–334. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/4545845">online</a></li> <li>Gothelf, Rodney. "Frederick William I and the beginnings of Prussian absolutism, 1713–1740." in <i>The Rise of Prussia 1700–1830</i> (Routledge, 2014) pp. 47–67.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHashagen1911" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Hashagen, Justus (1911). <span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Frederick William I. of Prussia"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Frederick_William_I._of_Prussia">"Frederick William I. of Prussia" </a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition" title="Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition">Encyclopædia Britannica</a></i>. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). pp. 63–64.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Frederick+William+I.+of+Prussia&rft.btitle=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Britannica&rft.pages=63-64&rft.edition=11th&rft.date=1911&rft.aulast=Hashagen&rft.aufirst=Justus&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFrederick+William+I+of+Prussia" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frederick_William_I_of_Prussia&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/12px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" 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Prussia">King in Prussia</a> in 1701.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1st generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Frederick William I</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2nd generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_the_Great" title="Frederick the Great">Frederick II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Augustus_William_of_Prussia" title="Prince Augustus William of Prussia">Prince Augustus William</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Henry_of_Prussia_(1726%E2%80%931802)" title="Prince Henry of Prussia (1726–1802)">Prince Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Augustus_Ferdinand_of_Prussia" title="Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia">Prince Augustus Ferdinand</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">3rd generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_William_II_of_Prussia" title="Frederick William II of Prussia">Frederick William II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Henry_of_Prussia_(1747%E2%80%931767)" title="Prince Henry of Prussia (1747–1767)">Prince Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Louis_Ferdinand_of_Prussia_(1772%E2%80%931806)" title="Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1772–1806)">Prince Louis Ferdinand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Augustus_of_Prussia" title="Prince Augustus of Prussia">Prince Augustus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">4th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_William_III_of_Prussia" title="Frederick William III of Prussia">Frederick William III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Louis_Charles_of_Prussia" title="Prince Louis Charles of Prussia">Prince Louis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Henry_of_Prussia_(1781%E2%80%931846)" title="Prince Henry of Prussia (1781–1846)">Prince Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Wilhelm_of_Prussia_(1783%E2%80%931851)" title="Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1783–1851)">Prince William</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">5th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_William_IV_of_Prussia" title="Frederick William IV of Prussia">Frederick William IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_I,_German_Emperor" title="William I, German Emperor">William I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Charles_of_Prussia" title="Prince Charles of Prussia">Prince Charles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Albert_of_Prussia_(1809%E2%80%931872)" title="Prince Albert of Prussia (1809–1872)">Prince Albert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Frederick_of_Prussia_(1794%E2%80%931863)" title="Prince Frederick of Prussia (1794–1863)">Prince Frederick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Adalbert_of_Prussia_(1811%E2%80%931873)" title="Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1811–1873)">Prince Adalbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Waldemar_of_Prussia_(1817%E2%80%931849)" title="Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1817–1849)">Prince Waldemar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">6th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_III,_German_Emperor" title="Frederick III, German Emperor">Frederick III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Friedrich_Karl_of_Prussia_(1828%E2%80%931885)" title="Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828–1885)">Prince Friedrich Karl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Albert_of_Prussia_(1837%E2%80%931906)" title="Prince Albert of Prussia (1837–1906)">Prince Albert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Alexander_of_Prussia" title="Prince Alexander of Prussia">Prince Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_George_of_Prussia" title="Prince George of Prussia">Prince George</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">7th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_II" title="Wilhelm II">William II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Henry_of_Prussia_(1862%E2%80%931929)" title="Prince Henry of Prussia (1862–1929)">Prince Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Sigismund_of_Prussia_(1864%E2%80%931866)" title="Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1864–1866)">Prince Sigismund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Waldemar_of_Prussia_(1868%E2%80%931879)" title="Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1868–1879)">Prince Waldemar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Friedrich_Leopold_of_Prussia" title="Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia">Prince Friedrich Leopold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Friedrich_Heinrich_Albrecht_of_Prussia" title="Prince Friedrich Heinrich Albrecht of Prussia">Prince Friedrich Heinrich Albrecht</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Joachim_Albert_of_Prussia" title="Prince Joachim Albert of Prussia">Prince Joachim Albert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Friedrich_Wilhelm_of_Prussia" title="Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia">Prince Friedrich Wilhelm</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">8th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wilhelm,_German_Crown_Prince" title="Wilhelm, German Crown Prince">Crown Prince Wilhelm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Eitel_Friedrich_of_Prussia" title="Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia">Prince Eitel Friedrich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Adalbert_of_Prussia_(1884%E2%80%931948)" title="Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1884–1948)">Prince Adalbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_August_Wilhelm_of_Prussia" title="Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia">Prince August Wilhelm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Oskar_of_Prussia" title="Prince Oskar of Prussia">Prince Oskar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Joachim_of_Prussia" title="Prince Joachim of Prussia">Prince Joachim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Waldemar_of_Prussia_(1889%E2%80%931945)" title="Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1889–1945)">Prince Waldemar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Sigismund_of_Prussia_(1896%E2%80%931978)" title="Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1896–1978)">Prince Sigismund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Henry_of_Prussia_(1900%E2%80%931904)" title="Prince Henry of Prussia (1900–1904)">Prince Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Friedrich_Sigismund_of_Prussia_(1891%E2%80%931927)" title="Prince Friedrich Sigismund of Prussia (1891–1927)">Prince Friedrich Sigismund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Friedrich_Karl_of_Prussia_(1893%E2%80%931917)" title="Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1893–1917)">Prince Frederick Charles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Friedrich_Leopold_of_Prussia_(1895%E2%80%931959)" title="Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia (1895–1959)">Prince Friedrich Leopold</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">9th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Wilhelm_of_Prussia_(1906%E2%80%931940)" title="Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1906–1940)">Prince Wilhelm</a><span 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href="#ref_abolished">^§</a></b></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Karl_Franz_of_Prussia" title="Prince Karl Franz of Prussia">Prince Karl Franz</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">10th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Prinz_von_Preussen" title="Michael Prinz von Preussen">Prince Michael</a><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_abolished"><b><a href="#ref_abolished">^§</a></b></span> <span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_mor"><b><a href="#ref_mor">^•</a></b></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oskar_Prinz_von_Preussen" title="Oskar Prinz von Preussen">Prince Oskar</a><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_abolished"><b><a href="#ref_abolished">^§</a></b></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franz_Wilhelm_Prinz_von_Preussen" title="Franz Wilhelm Prinz von Preussen">Prince Franz Wilhelm</a><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_abolished"><b><a href="#ref_abolished">^§</a></b></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">11th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Georg_Friedrich_Prinz_von_Preussen" title="Georg Friedrich Prinz von Preussen">Prince Georg Friedrich</a><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_abolished"><b><a href="#ref_abolished">^§</a></b></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Duke_George_Mikhailovich_of_Russia" title="Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia">Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia</a><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_abolished"><b><a href="#ref_abolished">^§</a></b></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_abolished"><b><a 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