The name Frederick William usually refers to several monarchs of the Hohenzollern dynasty:
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The name
Frederick William usually refers to several monarchs of the Hohenzollern dynasty:
- Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg
Frederick William was the Elector of Brandenburg and the Duke of Prussia from 1640 until his death. He was of the House of Hohenzollern and is popularly known as the Great Elector because of his military and political skill...
(1620-1688)
- Frederick William I
Frederick William I of the House of Hohenzollern, was the King in Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg from 1713 until his death. He is popularly known as "the Soldier-King"...
(1688-1740), King of Prussia
- Frederick William II
Frederick William II was the fourth King of Prussia, reigning from 1786 until his death...
(1744-1797), King of Prussia
- Frederick William III
Frederick William III was king of Prussia from 1797 to 1840. He was in personal union the sovereign prince of the Principality of Neuchâtel .-Early life:...
(1770-1840), King of Prussia
- Frederick William IV
King Frederick William IV of Prussia , the eldest son and successor of Frederick William III of Prussia, reigned as King of Prussia from 1840 to 1861...
(1795-1861), King of Prussia
- Frederick III, German Emperor
Frederick III was German Emperor and King of Prussia for 99 days in 1888 during the Year of the Three Emperors...
(1831-1888), German Emperor and King of Prussia. He was known as Frederick William when he was Crown Prince.
Other nobility with the name
Frederick William are:
- Frederick William von Steuben (1730-1794), Prussian officer in the American Revolutionary War
- Frederick William von Hessenstein
Fredrik Vilhelm, Prince von Hessenstein , Swedish soldier and statesman, illegitimate son of king Frederick I and his mistress Hedvig Taube...
(1735-1808), Swedish statesman and soldier
- Frederick William Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol (1769-1859)
- Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg (1771-1815)
- Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence, 1st Baron Pethick-Lawrence (1871-1961)
- Frederick William Mulley (1918-1995), British politician and economist
- Prince Frederick of Great Britain (1750–1765), son of Frederick, Prince of Wales
Other uses:
- Frederick William University (Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität), an older name of the Humboldt University of Berlin
The Humboldt University of Berlin is Berlin's oldest university, founded in 1810 as the University of Berlin by the liberal Prussian educational reformer and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt, whose university model has strongly influenced other European and Western universities...
See also
- Frederick William I (disambiguation)
- Friedrich Wilhelm (disambiguation)
- Frederick Williams (disambiguation)