List of monarchs of Prussia

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"King of Prussia" redirects here. For the Pennsylvanian town, see King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. For other uses, see King of Prussia (disambiguation).
Monarchy of Prussia
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William II
Details
First monarch Albert
Last monarch Wilhelm II
Formation 10 April 1525
Abolition 28 November 1918
Residence Stadtschloss, Berlin (last)
Appointer Hereditary
Pretender(s) Georg Frederich
Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia

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 State of the Teutonic Order, a Roman Catholic crusader state and theocracy located along the eastern Baltic Sea coast. The Teutonic Knights were under the leadership of a Grand Master, the last of whom, Albert, converted to Protestantism and secularized the lands which became the Duchy of Prussia. The Duchy was initially a vassal of the Kingdom of Poland, as a result of the terms of the Prussian Homage whereby Albert was granted the Duchy as part of the terms of peace following the Prussian War. When the main line of Prussian Hohenzollerns died out in 1618, the Duchy passed to a different branch of the family, who also reigned as Electors of Brandenburg in the Holy Roman Empire. While still nominally two different territories, Prussia under the suzerainty of Poland and Brandenburg under the suzerainty of the Holy Roman Empire, the two states are known together historiographically as Brandenburg-Prussia. Following the Second Northern War, a series of treaties freed the Duchy of Prussia from any vassalage to any other state, making it a fully sovereign Duchy in its own right. This complex situation (where the Hohenzollern ruler of the independent Duchy of Prussia was also a subject of the Holy Roman Emperor as Elector of Brandenburg) laid the eventual groundwork for the establishment of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1701. For diplomatic reasons, the rulers of the state were known as the King in Prussia from 1701 to 1772; largely because they still owed fealty to the Emperor as Electors of Brandenburg, the "King in Prussia" title (as opposed to "King of Prussia") avoided offending the Emperor. As the Prussian State grew through several wars and diplomatic moves throughout the 18th century, it became apparent that Prussia, and not the putative Holy Roman Empire, was the most powerful German state. By 1772, the pretense was dropped and the style "King of Prussia" was adopted. Thus it remained until 1871, when in the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War, the King of Prussia Wilhelm I was crowned German Emperor. From that point forward, though the Kingdom of Prussia retained its status as a constituent state of the German Empire, all remaining Kings of Prussia also served as German Emperor, and that title took precedence.

Duchy of Prussia (1525–1701)

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Main article: Duchy of Prussia
Name
 Lifespan
 Reign start
 Reign end
 Notes
 Family
 Image
Albert <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
(1490-07-08)8 July 1490 – Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day 10 April 1525 20 March 1568 Hohenzollern Albert, Duke of Prussia
Albert Frederick <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
(1553-05-07)7 May 1553 – Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day 20 March 1568 28 August 1618 Son of Albert Hohenzollern Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia
John Sigismund <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
(1572-11-08)8 November 1572 – Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day 28 August 1618 23 December 1619 Cousin of Albert Frederick, also Elector of Brandenburg Hohenzollern John Sigismund, Duke of Prussia
George William <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
(1595-11-13)13 November 1595 – Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day 23 December 1619 1 December 1640 Son of John Sigismund, also Elector of Brandenburg Hohenzollern George William, Duke of Prussia
Frederick William <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
  • the Great Elector
 (1620-02-16)16 February 1620 – Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day 1 December 1640 29 April 1688 Son of George William, also Elector of Brandenburg Hohenzollern Frederick William, Duke of Prussia
Frederick I <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
(1657-07-11)11 July 1657 – Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day 29 April 1688 18 January 1701 Son of Frederick William, also Elector of Brandenburg Hohenzollern Frederick I, Duke of Prussia

Kingdom of Prussia (1701–1918)

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Main article: Kingdom of Prussia
Name
 Lifespan
 Reign start
 Reign end
 Notes
 Family
 Image
Frederick I <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
  • the Mercenary King
    [1]
 (1657-07-11)11 July 1657 – Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day 18 January 1701 25 February 1713 Son of Frederick William Hohenzollern Frederick I of Prussia
Frederick William I <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
  • the Soldier King
 (1688-08-14)14 August 1688 – Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day 25 February 1713 31 May 1740 Son of Frederick I Hohenzollern Frederick William I of Prussia
Frederick II <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
  • the Great
 (1712-01-24)24 January 1712 – Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day 31 May 1740 17 August 1786 Son of Frederick William I Hohenzollern Frederick II of Prussia
Frederick William II <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
(1744-09-25)25 September 1744 – Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day 17 August 1786 16 November 1797 Nephew of Frederick II Hohenzollern Frederick William II of Prussia
Frederick William III <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
(1770-07-03)3 July 1770 – Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day 16 November 1797 7 June 1840 Son of Frederick William II Hohenzollern Frederick William III of Prussia
Frederick William IV <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
(1795-10-15)15 October 1795 – Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day 7 June 1840 2 January 1861 Son of Frederick William III; also President of the Erfurt Union (1849-1850) Hohenzollern Frederick William IV of Prussia
William I <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
(1797-03-22)22 March 1797 – Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day 2 January 1861 9 March 1888 Brother of Frederick William IV; also President of the North German Confederation (1867-1871) and Emperor of Germany from 1871 Hohenzollern William I of Prussia
Frederick III <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
(1831-10-18)18 October 1831 – Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day 9 March 1888 15 June 1888 Son of William I; also Emperor of Germany Hohenzollern Frederick III of Prussia
William II <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
(1859-01-27)27 January 1859 – Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day 15 June 1888 28 November 1918
(abdicated)
[2]		 Son of Frederick III; also Emperor of Germany Hohenzollern William II of Prussia

Pretenders to the Throne of Prussia (1918–present)

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Main article: Line of succession to the former German throne

See also

References

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Bibliography

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External links

  1. ↑ Spencer, Charles, Blenheim, Chapter 22: Vindication, p.316
  2. ↑ Statement of Abdication of William II
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