Frederick William I o Proushie

Frederick William I (German: Friedrich Wilhelm I) (14 August 1688 – 31 Mey 1740), kent as the 'Soldier King,'[1] wis the Keeng in Proushie an Elector o Brandenburg frae 1713 till his daith.

Frederick William I
Portrait bi Samuel Theodor Gericke (1713)
Keeng in Proushie
Elector o Brandenburg
Ring25 Februar 1713 – 31 Mey 1740
PredecessorFrederick I
SuccessorFrederick II
Born14 August 1688(1688-08-14)
Berlin, Proushie
Dee'd31 Mey 1740(1740-05-31) (aged 51)
Berlin, Proushie
BuirialSanssouci, Potsdam
SpouseSophia Dorothea o Hanover
Issue
HooseHoose o Hohenzollern
FaitherFrederick I
MitherSophia Charlotte o Hanover
ReleegionCalvinism
SeegnaturFrederick William I's signature

References eedit

  1. Taylor, Ronald (1997). Berlin and Its Culture: A Historical Portrait. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press. p. 51.