Frederick William I

noun

1. 1688–1740, king of Prussia 1713–40.

Frederick William I

noun

1. Frederick William I16881740MPrussianPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1688–1740, king of Prussia (1713–40); son of Frederick I: reformed the Prussian army

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Frederick William I. looked out for the education of his successors in his own militarist ideals.

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Frederick William I. was the first absolute monarch of Prussia.

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Frederick William I. established the absolute monarchy by internal political changes and institutions.

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His parents were gentlefolk, but his ancestor, Frederick William I., was a well-known undesirable.

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His son, Frederick William I., was a man of an entirely different nature.

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