Karl August von Hardenberg
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Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg was a Prussian statesman and Chief Minister of Prussia. While during his late career he acquiesced to reactionary policies, earlier in his career he implemented a vari
Portrait of Karl von Hardenberg by Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1818
Neuhardenberg Manor
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
Karl August von Hardenberg
…Ferdinand von der Goltz as Prussian plenipotentiary at Basel (28 February 1795), where he signed the treaty of peace. In 1797, on the accession of King Frederick William III of Prussia, Hardenberg was summoned to Berlin, where he received an important position in the cabinet and was appointed chief of the departments of Magdeburg and…
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