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Article: Frederick I (Prussia) (1657–1713; Ruled 1688–1713)
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FREDERICK I (PRUSSIA) (1657
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1713; ruled 1688
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1713)
FREDERICK I (PRUSSIA)
(1657
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1713; ruled 1688
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1713), as Frederick III elector of Brandenburg and duke of Prussia; from 1701, as Frederick I, king in Prussia. Frederick I was one of the great Hohenzollern rulers who contributed to the rise of the Prussian state. Whereas his father, Frederick William, the Great Elector (ruled 1640
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1688), focused his attention on building administrative and military resources, Frederick I earned his reputation for stressing the cultural and artistic development of Prussia, particularly the enhancement of Berlin. Still, his greatest contribution to the rise of Prussia was ...