Definition of Frederick William I

1. Noun. Son of Frederick I who became king of Prussia in 1713; reformed and strengthened the Prussian army (1688-1740).

Group relationships: Hohenzollern
Generic synonyms: King, Male Monarch, Rex

Lexicographical Neighbors of Frederick William I

Frederick Delius
Frederick Griffith
Frederick I
Frederick II
Frederick Jackson Turner
Frederick James Furnivall
Frederick Law Olmsted
Frederick Loewe
Frederick Moore Vinson
Frederick North
Frederick Sanger
Frederick Soddy
Frederick William
Frederick William I (current term)
Frederick William II
Frederick William III
Frederick William IV
Frederick the Great
Fredericksburg
Frederico Garcia Lorca
Fredericton
Frederictonian
Frederictonians
Fredet-Ramstedt operation
Fredrick
Free-Soilism
Free Carrier
Free French

Literary usage of Frederick William I

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1909)
"(2) PRUSSIA UNDER Frederick William I Frederick William I ascended the throne of ... On one of his early morning walks Frederick William I noticed that the ..."

2. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"... of Prussia since Frederick I. have been as follows: Frederick William I (1713-1740) Frederick William II (1786-1797) Frederick II. the Great (174O-1786) ..."

3. Readings in the History of Education: A Collection of Sources and Readings by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley (1920)
"The Organizing Work of Frederick William I (From Henry Barnard's "Public Instruction in Prussia"; in Barnard's American Journal of Education, vol. xx, pp. ..."

4. Readings in European History: A Collection of Extracts from the Sources by James Harvey Robinson (1906)
"Instructions of Frederick William I for the education of his son. (Condensed.) II. FREDERICK THE GREAT AND HIS FATHER Frederick the Great's father gave the ..."

5. Germany Since 1740 by George Madison Priest (1915)
"Frederick II, "the Great," son of Frederick William I; King of Prussia, 1740-1786. Frederick William II, nephew of Frederick the Great; King of Prussia, ..."

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