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Born February 16th. | |
Thirty Year's War | |
Marriage to Luise Henriette of Nassau. They have 6 children, including the future Frederick I of Prussia. | |
Second Northern War. Prussia-Brandenburg forced to swear vassalage to Sweden. | |
Battle of Warsaw. Swedes turn on Prussians at the behest of Louis XIV of France. | |
Death of Queen Luise. | |
Second marriage to Sophie Dorothea of Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. They have 7 children. | |
The Great Sleigh Drive. Swedish forces cut off from their navy and defeated thoroughly. | |
Death of the Great Elector. |
Kingdoms in | Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin |
Rise of Prussia in | Germany: Peeps at History by John Finnemore |
Leopold I in | The History of Germany by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall |
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![]() To what kingdom does this orange belong?' in Fifty Famous Stories Retold |
Frederick, The Great Elector in Back Matter |
The Great Elector withdraws from the association of the Dutch Nobility in Back Matter |
![]() The Great Elector in his tenth year. in Youth of the Great Elector |
French King who expanded the borders of France, and lived in great pomp and splendor. |