Frederick I of Prussia
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Frederick I, of the Hohenzollern dynasty, was Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia in personal union. The latter function he upgraded to royalty, becoming the first King in Prussia. From 1707 he
Frederick I of Prussia
Portrait by Adam de Clerck, 1685
Coronation of Frederick as King in Prussia at Königsberg Castle in 1701
Frederick I on a coin from 1691
Sophia Charlotte of Hanover
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Sophia Charlotte of Hanover was the first Queen consort in Prussia as the wife of King Frederick I. She was the only daughter of Elector Ernest Augustus of Hanover and Sophia of the Palatinate. Her el
Frederick I of Prussia
…Louise Dorothea, born 1680, who died without issue at age 25. Then to Sophia Charlotte of Hanover (1668–1705), with whom he had Frederick August (6 October 1685 – 31 January 1686) died in infancy…
Sophia Charlotte in 1685
Charlottenburg Palace, the royal residence of the Hohenzollern family in Berlin (finished 1713)
Portrait by Friedrich Wilhelm Weidemann, c. 1702-1705