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Facts

Also Known As Frederick III of Brandenburg
Born July 11, 1657 • Kaliningrad • Russia
Died February 25, 1713 (aged 55) • Berlin • Germany
Title / Office king (1701-1713), Prussia
House / Dynasty Hohenzollern dynasty
Notable Family Members father Frederick William • son Frederick William I
Role In War of the Grand Alliance • War of the Spanish Succession

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Painting by Antoine Pesne showing King Frederick I seated on an ornate silver throne, wearing elaborate royal robes and holding a scepter, with a crown on a table beside him.
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Otto von Bismarck in military uniform and cap, with a mustache, facing slightly to the side in a black-and-white portrait taken around 1880.
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Maximilian II Emanuel, engraving by Karl Gustav Amling, 1682
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Anthonie Heinsius, engraving by L.A. Claesens, after a portrait by Gerbrand van den Eeckhout
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Karl August, Fürst von Hardenberg
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Joseph Maria von Radowitz.
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Hertzberg, detail from a miniature by Gustav Taubert, 1792
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Christian, count von Haugwitz
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