Iffland-Ring
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The Iffland-Ring is a diamond-studded ring with a picture of August Wilhelm Iffland, a prominent German actor, dramatist and theatre director of the late 18th and early 19th century, who played in wor
August Wilhelm Iffland and Franz Labes in Molière's Der Geizige, Berlin, c. 1810.
Frederick William IV
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Frederick William IV was King of Prussia from 7 June 1840 until his death in 1861. Also referred to as the "romanticist on the throne", he was deeply religious and believed that he ruled by divine rig
Frederick William IV in 1847
Portrait of Crown Prince Frederick William, c. 1810
Queen Elisabeth Ludovica of Prussia at an unspecified date
The Cologne Cathedral in 1856. King Frederick William IV provided the impetus to complete it over 600 years after construction began.