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unusual facts about Frederick William I, Elector of Brandenburg



Frederick William I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

Frederick William I, Duke of Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (2 May 1682 – 16 June 1719) was a son of Duke August and his wife, Philippa Louisa of Lippe-Buckburg.

Since he had no male heir, he was succeeded as Duke of Beck by his uncle Frederick Louis.

August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

Jacques Duhan de Jandun

The exceptional bravery of Duhan during the 1715 Siege of Stralsund caught the attention of Frederick William I, who was looking for a soldier rather than an academic to serve as civil tutor to his eldest son, the Crown Prince Frederick.

Joachim Ludwig Schultheiss von Unfriedt

Possibly born in Altruppin, Brandenburg, Schultheiss was the son of Joachim Scultetus von Unfried, a privy councilor of Frederick William I, Elector of Brandenburg.

Joanna Koerten

Her clients included Peter the Great of Russia, Frederick Elector of Brandenburg, Johan de Witt and William III of England.

Rudolf Siemering

Another notable work is the marble group of “Frederick William I” (1900) in the Sieges-Allée.

Saxon Visitation Articles

Visitation Articles in the Entire Electorate of Saxony (Visitation-Artikel in gantzen Churkreiss Sachsen) are a Lutheran doctrinal statement written by Aegidius Hunnius and other theologians against Crypto-Calvinism on request of administrator Frederick William.

Sceptrum Brandenburgicum

Sceptrum Brandenburgicum (or Sceptrum Brandenburgium – Latin for scepter of Brandenburg) was a constellation created in 1688 by Gottfried Kirch, astronomer of the Prussian Royal Society of Sciences.

Theodor von Strattman

Initially he served the Elector of Brandenburg, and later was at the court of the Elector Wilhelm von der Pfalz-Neuburg, (Palatinate) where he held the position of vice chancellor (Vicekanzler).


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