Frederick William
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the Great Elector, 1620–88, elector of Brandenburg who increased the power and importance of Prussia.
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1882–1951, German general: crown prince of Germany 1888–1918 (son of William II of Germany).
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As the sensitive, flute-playing heir of the boorish, beer-swilling Frederick William I, the young prince had scant interest in soldiering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
The couple, otherwise known as Thomas Ernest Boulton and Frederick William Park, appeared on the London stage — and often out and about in public — in snazzy women’s attire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025
Its first 200 cultures — including Private Cable’s — were deposited by Sir Frederick William Andrewes, a pathologist who studied dysentery throughout World War I.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2020
He knew only his name - Frederick William Perry - and had some basic biographical details and a handful of photographs.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2018
At the outbreak of the Revolution, Frederick William Geyer was one of the principal merchants of Boston.
From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by James H. Stark
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