Prince Henry of Prussia (1726–1802)

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Prince Frederick Henry Louis of Prussia was a Prussian general, statesman, and diplomat. He was a son of King Frederick William I of Prussia and Princess Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, and the younger brother of Frederick the Great. Prince Henry led Prussian armies in the Silesian Wars and the Seven Years' War, having never lost a battle in the latter. In 1786, he was suggested as a candidate to be a monarch in the United States.

Rheinsberg Palace

Portrait of Prince Henry by Johann Heinrich Tischbein, 1769

Prince Henry's grave in Rheinsberg Palace.

Frederick William I of Prussia

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Frederick William I, known as the Soldier King, was King in Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg from 1713 till his death in 1740, as well as Prince of Neuchâtel.

Portrait by Antoine Pesne, c. 1733

Portrait of Crown Prince Frederick William as David with a Sling by Anthoni Schoonjans

The sons of Frederick William I and Sophia Dorothea; left to right Frederick, Ferdinand, Augustus William and Henry. Painting by Francesco Carlo Rusca, 1737

Königs Wusterhausen Castle