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The Hohenzollern Kings of Prussia
From the Great Elector Frederick William of Brandenburg to Emperor William II of Germany, the Hohenzollerns ruled Prussia and expanded its territory.
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Frederick William I
Frederick William I was the first king of Prussia. He would establish Absolutism in Prussia and give the state its distinct military character.
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Napoleon and the German States
The German people were fragmented in the late-18th and early 19th-centuries. This state of separation became easy pickings for Napoleon and the French army.
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Dutch Stadholderate & Kingdom of the Netherlands
After overthrowing the French under Bonaparte, the Dutch royal family reasserted the independence of the Netherlands by establishing it as a kingdom.
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Russian Imperial Guards ORBAT 1917
A list of the units assigned to the Tsar's own Russian Imperial Guard at its apogee on March 12, 1917- during the Russian Revolution
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The Kings and Queens of the Netherlands
The royal family of Orange-Nassau rules the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
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Frederick the Great (1712-1786)
One of Prussia's most loved, although war like, kings was abused by his father, and encouraged by his mother to make his father angry.
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