Genealogy John Muijsers » Friedrich i van Pruisen (1657-1713)

Personal data Friedrich i van Pruisen 

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Household of Friedrich i van Pruisen

Waarschuwing Attention: Wife (Elisabeth Henriette van Hessen - Kassel) is also his cousin.

(1) He is married to Elisabeth Henriette van Hessen - Kassel.

They got married in the year 1679, he was 21 years old.


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(2) He is married to Sophia Charlotte van Hannover.

They got married in the year 1684, he was 26 years old.


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(3) He is married to Sophie Luise van Mecklenburg - Schwerin.

They got married in the year 1708, he was 50 years old.


Notes about Friedrich i van Pruisen

Frederick I (German: Friedrich I.) (11 July 1657 – 25 February 1713), of the Hohenzollern dynasty, was (as Frederick III) Elector of Brandenburg (1688–1713) and Duke of Prussia in personal union (Brandenburg-Prussia). The latter function he upgraded to royalty, becoming the first King in Prussia (1701–1713). From 1707 he was in personal union the sovereign prince of the Principality of Neuchâtel (German: Fürstentum Neuenburg). He was also the paternal grandfather of Frederick the Great.

Born in Königsberg, he was the third son of Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg by his father's first marriage to Louise Henriette of Orange-Nassau, eldest daughter of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange and Amalia of Solms-Braunfels. His maternal cousin was King William III of England. Upon the death of his father on 29 April 1688, Frederick becameElector Frederick III of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia. Right after ascending the throne Frederick founded a new city southerly adjacent toDorotheenstadt and named it after himself, the Friedrichstadt.

Frederick was married three times:

first to Elizabeth Henrietta of Hesse-Kassel, with whom he had one child,
Louise Dorothea, born 1680, who died without issue at age 25.
then to Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, with whom he had
Frederick August (1685–1686)
Frederick William I, born in 1688, who succeeded him.
In 1708, he married Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, who survivedhim but had no children by him.
He also had an official mistress, Catharina von Wartenberg, between 1696 and 1711.

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  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_I_of_Prussia

Historical events

Birthday July 11, 1657

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    Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1657: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 2 » Great Fire of Meireki: A fire in Edo (now Tokyo), Japan, caused more than 100,000 deaths; it lasted three days
    • April 20 » Admiral Robert Blake destroys a Spanish silver fleet under heavy fire at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
    • April 20 » Freedom of religion is granted to the Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City).
    • October 30 » Anglo-Spanish War: Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Ocho Rios.
    • December 27 » The Flushing Remonstrance articulates for the first time in North American history that freedom of religion is a fundamental right.

Day of death February 25, 1713

  • The temperature on February 25, 1713 was about 9.0 °C. Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1713: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 1 » The Kalabalik or Skirmish at Bender results from the Ottoman sultan's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized.
    • March 1 » The siege and destruction of Fort Neoheroka begins during the Tuscarora War in North Carolina, effectively opening up the colony's interior to European colonization.
    • March 22 » The Tuscarora War comes to an end with the fall of Fort Neoheroka, effectively opening up the interior of North Carolina to European colonization.
    • April 11 » War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War): Treaty of Utrecht.
    • April 19 » With no living male heirs, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 to ensure that Habsburg lands and the Austrian throne would be inheritable by a female; his daughter and successor, Maria Theresa was not born until 1717.
    • June 23 » The French residents of Acadia are given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia, Canada.


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