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Frederick ’ s Exploits History 323 / Jan. 11, 2013. Friedrich Wilhelm Elector of Brandenburg-Prussia, 1640-1688 The “ Great Elector ”. Brandenburg-Prussia in 1640 (yellow) + gains under the Great Elector to 1688 (orange). The “ Great Elector ” receives huguenot refugees, 1685.
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Friedrich Wilhelm Elector of Brandenburg-Prussia, 1640-1688The “Great Elector”
Brandenburg-Prussia in 1640 (yellow)+ gains under the Great Elector to 1688 (orange)
Friedrich IIIElector of Brandenburg-Prussia, 1688-1701King in Prussia, 1701-1713(as Friedrich I)
Charlottenburg Palace(outside Berlin) Sophie Charlotte (1668-1705)
Friedrich Wilhelm IKing in Prussia, 1713-1740The “Soldier King”
Maria TheresaAustrian Monarch(with husband & later her son),1740-1780
Peter III (tsar 1762) Catherine II (tsarina 1762-1796
Friedrich, friend to philosophers(also painted by Menzel) Voltaire (1694-1778)