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Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia

1688–1740 · Hohenzollern

King of Prussia. Born at Berlin. Died at City Palace.

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Reigned

1713–1740

King of Prussia

The Potsdam Giants

Frederick William I of Prussia collected unusually tall soldiers for his Potsdam Giants, some of them forcibly recruited. The Ottoman sultan sent him tall men to keep relations friendly, and Peter the Great sent several in return for the Amber Room.

Family

Father: Frederick I of Prussia
Mother: Sophia Charlotte of Hanover
Married: Sophia Dorothea of Hanover 1706
Children (10): Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1709
Frederick II of Prussia 1712
Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia 1714
Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia 1716
Sophia Dorothea of Prussia 1719
Louisa Ulrika of Prussia 1720
Prince Augustus William of Prussia 1722
Anna Amalia of Prussia, Abbess of Quedlinburg 1723
Prince Heinrich of Prussia 1726
Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia 1730
Siblings (1): Princess Luise Dorothea of Prussia 1680

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Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia was the 26× great-grandson of Charlemagne.
Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia was the first cousin 4 times removed of Victoria.
Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia was the third cousin 3 times removed of Louis XIV of France.