ßMade by the Court Jewellers for King Frederick I of Prussia in 1701, who was crowned in Königsberg. The crown was also used for the coronation of Frederick William I and his son, Frederick II, better known as Frederick the Great. He was a very frugal monarch and, although the crown was present at his coronation, it was not worn.
Made for the crowning of King Frederick I of Prussia in Konigsberg in 1701. The crown was also used for the coronation of Frederick William I and his son, Frederick II ... better known as Frederick the Great.
Prussia took a leading part in the French Revolutionary Wars, but remained quiet for more than a decade as a result of the Peace of Basel of 1795, only to go once more to war with France in 1806 as negotiations with that country over the allocation of the spheres of influence in Germany failed.
Prussia's reward in 1815 at the Congress of Vienna was the recovery of her lost territories, as well as the whole of the Rhineland, Westphalia, and some other territories.
Prussia was extended on 1 April 1937, for instance, by the incorporation of the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck.
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