Frederick III: Quick Facts


Facts

Also Known As Frederick William • Friedrich Wilhelm
Born October 18, 1831 • Potsdam • Germany
Died June 15, 1888 (aged 56) • Potsdam • Germany
Title / Office emperor (1888-1888), Germany • king (1888-1888), Prussia
House / Dynasty Hohenzollern dynasty
Notable Family Members spouse Victoria • father William I • mother Augusta • son William II

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Eduard Lasker, engraving, 1861
Eduard Lasker
Prussian politician
Helmuth von Moltke, 1871
Helmuth von Moltke
German general [1800–1891]
William I
William I
emperor of Germany
Bernhard, Fürst von Bülow
Bernhard, prince von Bülow
chancellor of Germany
Joseph Maria von Radowitz.
Joseph Maria von Radowitz
Prussian diplomat
Leo, Graf von Caprivi
Leo, count von Caprivi
German chancellor
Treitschke, Heinrich von
Heinrich von Treitschke
German historian
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Heinrich von Sybel
German historian
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Rudolf von Bennigsen
German politician
Gneist, detail from an etching by W. Krauskopf, 1894
Rudolf von Gneist
German jurist
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Rudolph von Delbrück
German statesman
Carl Severing
Carl Severing
German politician
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Albrecht, count von Bernstorff
Prussian statesman
“Father of gymnastics”
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn
German educator
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Reinhard Gehlen
German general
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Amelia zur Helle Thyssen
German industrialist and philanthropist
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August Thyssen
German industrialist
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Fritz Fischer
German historian