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Frederick William I   /frˈɛdrɪk wˈɪljəm aɪ/   Listen
Frederick William I

noun
1.
Son of Frederick I who became king of Prussia in 1713; reformed and strengthened the Prussian army (1688-1740).





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... European countries. The Huguenots, expelled by Louis XIV., went to Berlin in such numbers that they are supposed by Menzel to have modified the character of its inhabitants. The Salzburg refugees were welcomed in Prussia by Frederick William I., who had an official hanged for embezzling funds that were intended for their benefit. In 1770 Frederick the Great gave asylum to the Jesuits who had been expelled from every Catholic capital in Europe; and when the brothers Grimm and other professors ...
— Cambridge Sketches • Frank Preston Stearns


Words linked to "Frederick William I" :   king, Hohenzollern, Rex, male monarch


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