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THE
BEGINNINGS OF THE PRUSSIAN STATE
In
1413 a Hohenzollern Count
of Nürnberg (Nuremberg) in southern Germany bought the distant
marquisate of
Brandenburg, in present day NE Germany. For the next three hundred
years the
family built up its powerbase in and around Berlin. Then in 1701 the
family bought the title of "King in Prussia" by buying Prussia, a
territory in NE Poland. Eventually the Hohenzollerns came to rule the
whole of Germany, under Kaiser Wilhelm the First. This book shows how
the
relentless, ruthless Hohenzollerns grasped their chances between 1620
and 1786. Yet
without question, one ruler amongst the Hohenzollerns stands head and
shoulders above his relatives, unquestionably the most ruthless of them
all, the warmonger Frederick
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GEORGE
THE FIRST OF ENGLAND
&
SOPHIE DOROTHEA OF CELLE
Only one
winner emerged from the bitter, ruthless power struggle played out
within the
northern German House of Brunswick-Luneburg, George the First of
England-Hanover (1660-1727). The
big loser, his wife Sophie Dorothea of |
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FREDERICK
THE GREAT OF PRUSSIA
This
is the story of George I of England and his grandson Frederick the
Great (1712-1786) of Prussia, of their unquenchable lust for power,
interlaced with an intimate look into their tragic privat elives and
those of theior parents and nearest relatives. Frederick
quitre
roightly earned hios esteemed title of 'the Great' through
his military
prowess. During the Seven Years War his tiny kingdom of just 3 million
Prussians fought against a combined enemy of 45 million French,
Russians, Austria-Hungarians, Swedes, and Saxons and ws NOT defeated!
How Frederick ruled Brandenburg-Prussia, together with the near
annihilation of his tiny Kingdom during the Seven Years War, are both
covered comprehensively in this work.
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