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Frederick William III of Prussia
Monarch
1770 – 1840
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Who was Frederick William III of Prussia?
Frederick William III was king of Prussia from 1797 to 1840. He ruled Prussia during the difficult times of the Napoleonic wars and the end of the old German Empire. Steering a careful course between France and her enemies, after a major military defeat in 1806, he eventually and reluctantly joined the coalition against Napoleon in the Befreiungskriege. Following Napoleon's defeat he was King of Prussia during the Congress of Vienna which assembled to settle the political questions arising from the new, post-Napoleonic order in Europe.
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- Born
- Aug 3, 1770
Potsdam - Also known as
- Friedrich Wilhelm II
- König Friedrich Wilhelm III von Preußen
- Parents
- Spouses
- Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
(1793/12/24 - ) - Auguste von Harrach
- Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- Children
- Religion
- Calvinism
- Nationality
- Germany
- Lived in
- Potsdam
- Died
- Jun 7, 1840
Berlin
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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