Frederick I
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Frederick Barbarossa, 1123?–90, king of Germany 1152–90; king of Italy 1152–90: emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1152–90.
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1194–1250, king of Sicily 1198–1212: as Frederick II, king of Germany and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1215–50.
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1657–1713, king of Prussia 1701–13 (son of Frederick William the Great Elector).
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1657–1713, first king of Prussia (1701–13); son of Frederick William
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Goodman finally saw the painting - titled “Portrait of John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony” - a few weeks ago in New York, he says.
From Washington Times • Mar. 21, 2018
King Frederick I of Prussia brought giants together for his Potsdam Grenadiers.
From BBC • Feb. 8, 2015
Less than a decade later, Frederick I, a north German prince who had become king of Denmark, drove out the bishops, abolished the monasteries, and installed Lutheranism as the state religion.
From Salon • Apr. 13, 2014
Frederick I was the first ruler to call his lands the Holy Roman Empire.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
“Now, Frederick, I don’t think I’ll be able to spin gold very well if you do that.”
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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