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Frederick I crowns himself King in Prussia in Königsberg.

Historical image related to Frederick I crowns himself King in Prussia in Königsberg. from January 18, 1701

Frederick I of Prussia

Elector of Brandenburg (1688–1713) and King in Prussia (1701–1713)

Frederick I, of the Hohenzollern dynasty, was Elector of Brandenburg (1688–1713) and Duke of Prussia in personal union (Brandenburg–Prussia). The latter function he upgraded to royalty, becoming the first King in Prussia (1701–1713). From 1707 he was in personal union with the…
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Prussia

European country, existing from 1525 to 1947

Prussia was a German state centred on the North European Plain that originated from the 1525 secularization of the Prussian part of the State of the Teutonic Order. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern ruled Prussia, expanding its size with the Prussian Army. Prussia, with…
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Königsberg

Historic Prussian name of Kaliningrad, Russia

Königsberg is the historic German and Prussian name of the city now called Kaliningrad, Russia. The city was founded in 1255 on the site of the small Old Prussian settlement Twangste by the Teutonic Knights during the Baltic Crusades. It was named in honour of King Ottokar II of…
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