Person:Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (1)

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Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg

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Child of family: George William, Elector of Brandenburg and Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate (1597–1660) (1)

Spouse of family: Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg and Sophia Dorothea of Holstein (1)

Spouse of family: Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg and Luise Henriette of Nassau (1)

Spouse of family: Friedrich Van Brandenburg and Dorothea Van Holstein Sonderburg (1)

Birth ^S1: 16 Feb 1620

Death ^S1: 29 Apr 1688

Alt Birth: 16 FEB 1620; Kolln a/d Spree

Alt Death: 09 MAY 1688; Potsdam

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Frederick William (; February 16 1620 April 29 1688) was the Elector of Brandenburg and the Duke of Prussia from 1640 until his death. He was of the House of Hohenzollern and is popularly known as the Great Elector (Großer Kurfürst) because of his military and political skill. Frederick William was also a staunch pillar of the Calvinist faith, associated with the rising commercial class. He saw the importance of trade and promoted it vigorously. The Great Elector's shrewd domestic reforms gave Prussia a strong position in the post-Westphalia political order of north-central Europe, setting Prussia up for elevation from duchy to kingdom, achieved under his successor.

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