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Frederick III, also called (until 1888) Crown Prince Frederick William, German Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm, in full Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl, (born Oct. 18, 1831, Potsdam, Prussia—died June 15, 1888, Potsdam), king of Prussia and German emperor for 99 days in 1888, during which time he was a voiceless invalid, dying of throat cancer.
Frederick Charles, prince of Prussia, byname The Iron Prince, German Friedrich Karl, Prinz Von Preussen, orDer Eiserne Prinz, (born March 20, 1828, Berlin—died June 15, 1885, Klein Glienicke, near Potsdam, Ger.), Prussian field marshal, victor in the Battle of Königgrätz (Sadowa) on July 3, 1866. The eldest son of Prince Charles of Prussia and nephew of the future German emperor William I ...
Queen Victoria changed the landscape of European royal families. Q ueen Victoria was one of the longest reigning monarchs in history, ruling for 64 years. She dedicated many of these years to arranging alliances with other powerful states around Europe. These alliances were achieved through marriages between her children and grandchildren and ...
Frederick II (German: Friedrich II.; 24 January 1712 – 17 August 1786) was King in Prussia from 1740 until 1772, and King of Prussia from 1772 until his death in 1786. His most significant accomplishments include his military successes in the Silesian wars, his reorganisation of the Prussian Army, the First Partition of Poland, and his patronage of the arts and the Enlightenment.
The Philippines was finally annexed by the United States in 1899. In a memorandum prepared by Bulow dated 14 March 1899 to Prince Henry of Prussia, commanding officer of the entire German squadron in the Far East, the empires colonial ambition over the Philippines was relegated to the background of her other interests.
Henry the Navigator, Portuguese Henrique o Navegador, byname of Henrique, infante (prince) de Portugal, duque (duke) de Viseu, senhor (lord) da Covilhã, (born March 4, 1394, Porto, Portugal—died November 13, 1460, Vila do Infante, near Sagres), Portuguese prince noted for his patronage of voyages of discovery among the Madeira Islands and along the western coast of Africa. The epithet ...
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About Prince Anthony Henry Radziwill. Polish-Lithuanian and Prussian noble, aristocrat, musician and politician. Initially a hereditary Duke of Nieśwież (modern Nyasvizh, Belarus) and Ołyka (modern Olyka, Ukraine), with time he also became a Reichsfürst of the Holy Roman Empire. Between 1815 and 1831 he was also the Duke-Governor (Polish ...
Prince Harry, duke of Sussex, in full Prince Henry Charles Albert David, duke of Sussex, earl of Dumbarton, Baron Kilkeel, formerly Prince Harry of Wales, (born September 15, 1984, London, England), younger son of Charles III and Diana, princess of Wales. Because of Princess Diana’s desire that Harry and his elder brother, Prince William, experience the world beyond royal privilege, she took ...
Alice's third daughter, Irene, who married her first cousin, Prince Heinrich (Henry) of Prussia in 1888, was the mother of three sons: Waldemar (1889-1945), Sigismund (1896-1978) and Heinrich (1900-1904). The elder and younger sons suffered from hemophilia.