Frederick William III of Prussia
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 dissolved.
Copy of a portrait by Franz Krüger, 1837
Frederick William and his mother (1775)
Lenient and slow to recognize the growing French threat, Frederick William's restrained entry into the war in 1806 ended in defeat and humiliation for Prussia.
Equestrian portrait of Frederick William III by Franz Krüger (1831)
War of the Sixth Coalition
In the War of the Sixth Coalition, sometimes known in Germany as the Wars of Liberation, a coalition of Austria, Prussia, Russia, Spain, Great Britain, Portugal, Sweden, Sardinia, and a number of German States defeated France and drove Napoleon into exile on Elba. After the disastrous French invasion of Russia of 1812 in which they had been forced to support France, Prussia and Austria joined Russia, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Portugal, and the rebels in Spain who were already at war with France.
War of the Sixth Coalition
Strategic situation in Europe in 1813
The Battle of Hanau
The charge of the Life Guards Cossacks at Leipzig