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3 giorni fa · Frederick II (German: Friedrich II.; 24 January 1712 – 17 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until 1786. He was the last Hohenzollern monarch titled King in Prussia, declaring himself King of Prussia after annexing Royal Prussia from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772.
4 giorni fa · Emperor of Austria President of the German Confederation r. 1849–1866: Elisabeth of Austria 1837–1898: Victoria 1840–1901 Princess Royal: Frederick III 1831–1888 German Emperor r. 1888: Frederick I 1826–1907 Grand Duke of Baden: Louise of Prussia 1838–1923: Franz Ferdinand 1863–1914 Archduke of Austria: Leopold of Bavaria 1846 ...
2 giorni fa · As emperor, Frederick III took a leading role in the family and positioned himself as the judge over the family's internal conflicts, often making use of the privilegium maius. He was able to restore the unity of the house's Austrian lands, since the Albertinian line was now extinct.
- 11th century
19 ore fa · From left, on the podium (in black): Crown Prince Frederick (later Frederick III), his father the emperor, and Frederick I of Baden, proposing a toast to the new emperor. At centre (in white): Otto von Bismarck, first Chancellor of Germany, Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian Chief of Staff.
4 giorni fa · Charlemagne (born April 2, 747?—died January 28, 814, Aachen, Austrasia [now in Germany]) was the king of the Franks (768–814), king of the Lombards (774–814), and first emperor (800–814) of the Romans and of what was later called the Holy Roman Empire.
- Why is Charlemagne famous?Charlemagne was an 8th-century Frankish king who has attained a status of almost mythical proportions in the West. Among other things, he was respo...
- How did Charlemagne become emperor of the Holy Roman Empire?Charlemagne was crowned “emperor of the Romans” by Pope Leo III in 800 CE, thus restoring the Roman Empire in the West for the first time since its...
- What lands did Charlemagne conquer?The first three decades of Charlemagne’s reign were characterized by extensive military campaigning. His campaign against the Saxons proved to be h...
- What was the Carolingian Renaissance?Charlemagne facilitated an intellectual and cultural golden age during his reign that historians call the Carolingian Renaissance—after the Carolin...
- What was Charlemagne’s family life like?Charlemagne’s father, Pippin III, was of nonroyal birth. Pippin III was actually the mayor of the palace belonging to the previous dynasty, the Mer...
3 giorni fa · Emperor Frederick was slow to amass an army. When he had gathered 20000 German forces in Spring 1475, he took seventeen days to march from Cologne to Zons, their encampment. Charles was constantly pursued by his brother-in-law, Edward IV to leave the siege and join him in fighting the French.
4 giorni fa · Otto von Bismarck, prime minister of Prussia (1862-73, 1873-90) and founder and first chancellor (1871-90) of the German Empire whose time in office took Prussia from the weakest of the five European powers to, as the unified German Empire, the foremost military and industrial power on the Continent.
