Frederick William III
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Frederick William III was King of Prussia from 16 November 1797 until his death in 1840. He was concurrently Elector of Brandenburg in the Holy Roman Empire until 6 August 1806, when the empire was di
Portrait of Frederick William III, after an original by Franz Krüger, c. 1830s
Frederick William and his mother (1775)
Frederick William III during his early reign, by Nikolaus Lauer, c. 1797–98
Portrait of Frederick William III of Prussia by Thomas Lawrence, c. 1814–18
Frederick William II was King of Prussia from 1786 until his death in 1797. He was also Prince-elector of Brandenburg and Prince of Neuchâtel.
Frederick William III
…finance, and military. He was the dedicatee of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in 1824. Frederick William was born in Potsdam on 3 August 1770 as the son of Frederick William II of Prussia and Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt. He was considered to be a shy and reserved boy, which became noticeable in his particularly reticent conversations…
Portrait of Prince Frederick William, c. 1765
Frederick II and Frederick William II
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Portrait of Frederick William II, by Johann Christoph Frisch, c. 1794