How to Pronounce Frederick William III of Prussia
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Aug 03, 1770 Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany Died on 07 Jun 1840 (aged 69)
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About Frederick William Iii Of Prussia
- Frederick William III (German: Friedrich Wilhelm III.; 3 August 1770 – 7 June 1840) was king of Prussia from 1797 to 1840.
- He ruled Prussia during the difficult times of the Napoleonic Wars and the end of the Holy Roman Empire.
- Steering a careful course between France and her enemies, after a major military defeat in 1806, he eventually and reluctantly joined the coalition against Napoleon in the Befreiungskriege.
- Following Napoleon's defeat, he was King of Prussia during the Congress of Vienna, which assembled to settle the political questions arising from the new, post-Napoleonic order in Europe.
- He was determined to unify the Protestant churches, to homogenize their liturgy, their organization, and even their architecture.
- The long-term goal was to have fully centralized royal control of all the Protestant churches in the Prussian Union of Churches.
