Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg

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17th-century ruler Duke of Prussia House of Hohenzollern member elector of Brandenburg human

Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, was a 17th-century ruler known as the "Great Elector" for transforming Brandenburg-Prussia into a centralized, militarily powerful state and laying the foundations for future Prussian greatness.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	17th-century ruler → Duke of Prussia → House of Hohenzollern member → elector of Brandenburg → human →
birthDate	1620-02-16 →
birthPlace	Berlin →
child	Frederick I of Prussia → Louise, Princess of Anhalt-Dessau → Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt →
countryOfCitizenship	Brandenburg-Prussia →
deathDate	1688-04-29 →
deathPlace	Potsdam →
endTime	as Elector of Brandenburg: 1688 →
era	Early modern period →
father	George William, Elector of Brandenburg →
givenName	Frederick William →
issued	Edict of Potsdam →
knownFor	administrative and fiscal reforms in Brandenburg-Prussia → victory at the Battle of Warsaw (1656) →
languageUsed	German →
memberOf	House of Hohenzollern →
militaryRank	commander-in-chief of Brandenburg-Prussian forces →
monarchOf	Brandenburg-Prussia → Duchy of Prussia → Margraviate of Brandenburg →
mother	Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate →
nickname	Great Elector →
notableFor	centralizing Brandenburg-Prussia → creating a standing army in Brandenburg-Prussia → laying foundations of Prussian military power → promoting religious toleration for Huguenots → strengthening absolutist rule →
participantIn	Second Northern War → Thirty Years' War (late phase as ruler of Brandenburg) →
positionHeld	Count of Mark → Count of Ravensberg → Duke of Cleves → Duke of Prussia → Elector of Brandenburg →
predecessor	George William, Elector of Brandenburg →
religion	Calvinism →
residence	Berlin Palace → Potsdam →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg → Louise Henriette of Nassau →
startTime	as Elector of Brandenburg: 1640 →
successor	Frederick I of Prussia →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
siege of Maastricht (1673) ("Frederick William of Brandenburg") →	commander
Frederick I of Prussia →	father
Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg ("Frederick William") →	givenName
Franco-Dutch War →	hasParticipant
Wilhelmstrasse, Berlin →	namedAfter
Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg ("Great Elector") →	nickname
Frederick I of Prussia →	predecessor
Sophia Charlotte of Hanover →	relative