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The Monarchs of Prussia were members of the House of Hohenzollern who were the hereditary rulers of the former German state of Prussia from its founding in 1525 as the Duchy of Prussia. The Duchy had evolved out of the Teutonic Order, a Roman Catholic crusader state and theocracy located along the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea.
List of monarchs of Prussia. King of Prussia was the title Frederick the Great started using in 1772 after he got part of the Kingdom of Poland . Before this he had called himself King in Prussia. [1] The rulers of Berlin kept using the title after they also became German Emperors, up until Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated (resigned) in 1918.
The Kingdom of Prussia [a] ( German: Königreich Preußen, pronounced [ˈkøːnɪkʁaɪç ˈpʁɔʏsn̩] ⓘ) constituted the German state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918. [5] It was the driving force behind the unification of Germany in 1866 and was the leading state of the German Empire until its dissolution in 1918. [5]
The Monarchs of Prussia were members of the House of Hohenzollern who were the hereditary rulers of the former German state of Prussia from its founding in 1525 as the Duchy of Prussia.
The following image is a family tree of every prince, king, queen, monarch, confederation president and emperor of Germany, from Charlemagne in 800 over Louis the German in 843 through to Wilhelm II in 1918.
Prince Louis Ferdinand. Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia. Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia. Princess Sophie of Isenburg. King Friedrich I. Full Name: Friedrich. Titles: His Majesty The King In Prussia. Born: July 11, 1657, Königsberg. Parents: Friedrich Wilhelm, Elector of Brandenburg and Louise Henriette of Orange-Nassau.
Rulers of Prussia. Dukes of Prussia. 1525-1568 Albert I. 1568-1618 Albert II Frederick. 1618-1619 John Sigismund. 1619-1640 George William. 1640-1688 Frederick William. 1688-1701 Friedrich I * – became first King in Prussia in 1701. Kings of Prussia (known as Kings In Prussia until 1772)
