Friedrich Wilhelm I. of Prussia

Friedrich Wilhelm I. King in Prussia (since 1713)

Son of Friedrich I. King in Prussia (1657-1713) and his second wife Sophie Charlotte, Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg (1668-1705)

Born: Kölln an der Spree (today Berlin), 14 Aug 1688

Married: Hanover, 17. Nov 1706 Sophie Dorothea, Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg (1687-1757), first his cousin

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Died: Potsdam, 31 May 1740

Buried: Garnisonkirche, Potsdam until 1945, then Elisabethkirche, Marburg (Hesse) until 1953 and Hohenzollern Castle (Baden-Wurttemberg) until 1991. Since 1991 Friedenskirche (Church of Peace), Sanssouci, Potsdam

  

   

Source: Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. I/1, 1998, Vittorio Klostermann