Frederick William
1620 - 1688

* 16.2.1620 Cölln/Spree Palace
† 9.5.1688 City Palace Potsdam
Gravesite: Berlin Dome

Married (I) December 7, 1646 at the Oude Hof in The Hague (Paleis Noordeinde) to Princess Louise Henriette of Orange-Nassau; (II) June 14, 1668 in Gröningen b. Halberstadt to Duchess Dorothea of Holstein-Glücksburg.

13 children

Further information:
Biography of the Great Elector (in German)

Palaces: Babelsberg Königsberg

Contemporaries of Frederick William: Fürst von Nassau-Siegen Johann Gregor Memhardt

Louise Henrietta of Orange
1627 - 1667

* 7.12.1646 The Hague (Netherlands)
† 18.6.1667 Cölln/Spree Palace
Gravesite: Berlin Dome

Married December 7, 1646 at the Oude Hof in The Hague (Paleis Noordeinde) to Elector Friedrich William of Brandenburg

6 children

Dorothea of Holstein-Glücksburg
1636 - 1689

* 29.9.1636 in Glücksburg
† 16.8.1689 in Karlsbad
Gravesite: Berlin Dome

Married (I) 1653 to Duke Christian Ludwig of Lüneburg Celle (no issue), and (II) 1668 to Elector Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg

7 children

Frederick III. / I.
1657 - 1713

* 11.7.1657 Königsberg Palace
† 25.02.1713 Berlin City Palace
Gravesite: Berlin Dome

January 18, 1701 self-coronation as King in Prussia in Koenigsberg

Married (I) August 23, 1679 in Potsdam to Landgravine Elisabeth Henriette of Hessia-Kassel; (II) October 8, 1684 in Herrenhausen to Princess Sophie Charlotte of Hanover, and (III) November 28, 1708 in Berlin to Duchess Sophie Luise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

3 children

Further information:
Biography of the King (in German)

Palaces: Königsberg Charlottenburg

Contemporaries of Frederick III. / I.: Andreas Schlüter Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz

Elizabeth Henrietta of Hesse-Cassel
1661 - 1683

* 18.11.1661 Kassel
† 7.7.1683 Cölln/Spree
Gravesite: Berlin Dome

Married August 23, 1679 to Prince Frederick (III.), the latter King Frederick I. of Prussia

1 daughter

 

Sophie Charlotte of Hanover
1668 - 1705

* 30.10.1668 Iburg Palace near Osnabrueck
† 1.2.1705 Hannover

Married October 8, 1684 in Herrenhausen/Hannover to Prince (Elector-Prince) Frederick (III.), the latter King Frederick I. of Prussia

2 sons

Sophie Louise of Mecklenburg-Grabow
1685 - 1735

* 16.5.1685 Grabow
† 29.7.1735 Schwerin 

Married November 28, 1708 to King Frederick I. of Prussia

No descendants

Frederick William I.
1657 - 1713

* 15.8.1688 Berlin City Palace
† 31.5.1740 Potsdam Royal Palace
Gravesites: Until1945 Garnisonkirche in Potsdam; until 1953 Elisabethkirche  Marburg; until 1991 Castle Hohenzollern; since August 17, 1991 Mausoleum at the Friedenskirche in the Park of Sanssouci

Reign: February 25, 1713 - May 31, 1740

Married November 28, 1706 to Sophie Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Hanover

14 children

Further information:
Biography of the Soldier King (in German)

Palaces: Königs Wusterhausen

Contemporaries of Frederick William I.: Leopold I. von Anhalt-Dessau Samuel von Cocceji

Sophie Dorothea of Hanover
1687-1757

* 26.3.1687 Hanover
† 28.6.1757 Berlin
Gravesite: Berlin Dome

Married November 28, 1706 to Crown Prince Frederick William (I.) of Prussia

14 children

Frederick II.
1712 - 1786

* 24.1.1712 Berlin
† 17.8.1786 Sanssouci palace (Potsdam)
Gravesites: until 1945 Garnisonkirche Potsdam; until 1952 Elisabethkirche Marbug; until 1991 Castle Hohenzollern; since 17.8.1991 burial vault on the terrace of Sanssouci palace

Government: 31.5.1740 - 17.8.1786; King in Prussia, since 1772 King of Prussia

Married 12.6.1733 to Elisabeth Christine Princess of Braunschweig-Bevern

No descendants

 

Further information:
Biography of Frederick the Great (in German)

Palaces: Sanssouci Rheinsberg Neues Palais

Contemporaries of Frederick II.: Hans Hermann von Katte Voltaire

Elizabeth Christine of Brunswick-Bevern
1715 - 1797

* 8.11.1715 Wolfenbüttel
† 13.1.1797 Schönhausen palace, Berlin
Gravesite: Berlin Dome

Married 12.6.1733 to Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia, the latter King Frederick II, the Great

No descendants

 

Further information:
Biography of the Queen (in German)

Frederick Wilhelm II.
1744 - 1797

* 25.9.1744 Berlin
† 16.11.1797 Potsdam
Gravesite: Berlin Dome

Reign: 17.8.1786 - 16.11.1797

Married (I) 14.7.1765 to Elisabeth Christine Ulrike Princess of Brunswick-Lüneburg and (II) 14.7.1769 to Fredericka Louise Princess of Hesse-Darmstadt

Morganatic marriage: June 1787 Elisabeth Amalie (called Julie) Countess of Voss and 11.4.1790 Sophie Juliane Countess of Dönhoff

8 children

 

Further information:
Biography of the King (in German)

Palaces: Marmorpalais

Contemporaries of Frederick Wilhelm II.: Christian Daniel Rauch Carl Gottfried Langhans

Elizabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
1746 - 1840

*  09.11.1746 Wolfenbüttel
† 18.02.1840 Stettin
Gravesite: Berlin Dome

Married 14.7.1765 to Prince Frederick William (II.) of Prussia; divorced 1769

1 daughter

 

Further information:
Biography of the Princess (in German)

Fredericka Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt
1751 - 1805

* 16.10.1751 Prenzlau/Uckermark
† 14.8.1805 Berlin
Gravesite: Berlin Dome

Married 14.7.1769 to the latter King Frederick William II.

7 children

 

Further information:
Biography of the Queen

Frederick William III.
1770 - 1840

* 3.8.1770 Potsdam
† 7.6.1840 Berlin
Gravesite: Mausoleum in the park of Charlottenburg Palace

Reign: 16.11.1797 - 7.6.1840

Married (I) 24.12.1793 to Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and (II) 9.11.1824 (morganatic) to Auguste Countess of Harrach, latter Princess of Liegnitz

10 children from his first marriage

 

Further information:
Biography of the King (in German)

Palaces: Paretz

Contemporaries of Frederick William III.: Prinz Louis Ferdinand von Preussen Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
1776 - 1810

* 10.3.1776 Hannover
† 19.7.1810 Hohenzieritz
Gravesite: Mausoleum in the park of Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin

Married 24.12.1793 to the latter King Frederick William III.

10 children

 

Further information:
Biography of the King (in German)

Augusta Countess Harrach
1800 - 1873

* 30.8.1800 Prague
† 5.6.1873 Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe
Gravesite: Mausoleum in the park of Charlottenburg Palace

Married 9.11.1824 as the second wife in morganatic marriage to King Frederick Wilhelm III.

No descendants

Frederick William IV.
1795 - 1861

* 15.10.1795 Berlin
† 2.1.1861 Sanssouci Palace
Gravesite: burial vault in the Friedenskirche Potsdam; his heart rests in the mausoleum in the park of Charlottenburg Palace

Reign: 7.6.1840; passes over the reign on 7.10.1858 to his brother William (I.) due to illness

Married 29.11.1823 to Elizabeth of Bavaria

No descendants

 

Further information:
Biography of the King (in German)

Palaces: Schloss Charlottenhof Burg Hohenzollern

Contemporaries of Frederick William IV.: Wilhelm von Humboldt Ludwig Persius

Elizabeth of Bavaria
1801 - 1873

* 13.11.1801 Munich
† 14.12.1873 Dresden
Gravesite: burial vault in the Friedenskirche Potsdam

Married 29.11.1823 to Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm (IV.) of Prussia

No descendants

 

Further information:
Biography of the Queen (in German)

William I.
1797 - 1888

* 22.3.1797 Berlin City Palace
† 9.3.1888 Palais Kaiser Wilhelm, Berlin
Gravesite: Mausoleum in the park of Charlottenburg Palace

Since 1857 representative to his sickened brother Frederick Wilhelm IV.; since 1858 Prince Regent; start of reign 18.10.1861; proclamation to German Emperor on 18.1.1871

Married 11.06.1829 to Augusta of Saxonia-Weimar-Eisenach

2 children

 

Further information:
Biography of the Emperor (in German)

Palaces: Babelsberg

Contemporaries of William I.: Otto von Bismarck

Augusta of Saxonia-Weimar-Eisenach
1811 - 1890

* 30.9.1811 Weimar
† 7.1.1890 Berlin
Gravesite: Mausoleum in the park of Charlottenburg Palace

Married 11.6.1829 to Prince William of Prussia, the latter Emperor and King William I.

2 children

 

Further information:
Biography of the Empress (in German)

Frederick III.
1831 - 1888

* 18.10.1831 New Palais, Potsdam
† 15.6.1888 New Palais („Friedrichskron“), Potsdam
Gravesite: Mausoleum at the Friedenskirche Potsdam

Reign: 9.3.1888 - 15.6.1888 (99 days)

Married 25.1.1858 in London to the Princess Royal Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland

8 children

 

Further information:
Biografy of the Emperor (in German)

Palaces: Neues Palais

Contemporaries of Frederick III.: Peter Joseph Lenné

Victoria Princess Royal of Great Britain and Ireland
1840 - 1901

* 21.11.1840 Buckingham Palace, London
† 5.8.1901 Friedrichshof Palace, Kronberg i. Taunus
Gravesite: Mausoleum at the Friedenskirche Potsdam

Married 25.1.1858 to Prince Frederick Wilhelm of Prussia, the latter Emperor Frederick III.

8 children



Further information:
Biography of the Empress (in German)

William II.
1859 - 1941

* 27.1.1859 Crown-Prince-Palais, Berlin
† 4.6.1941 in exile in the Netherlands, Huis Doorn
Gravesite: mausoleum in the park of Huis Doorn

Reign: 15.6.1888 - 9.11.1918

Married (I) 27.2.1881 to Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, and (II) 5.11.1922 to Hermine Princess Reuss Ä.L., widowed Princess of Schönaich-Carolath

7 children

 

Further information:
Biography of the Kaiser

Palaces: Korfu Doorn Schloss Wilhelmshöhe Cecilienhof

Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
1858 - 1921

* 22.10.1858 Dolzig/Niederlausitz
† 11.04.1921 Huis Doorn/Netherlands
Gravesite: "Antikentempel" in the park of Sanssouci Palace

Married 27.2.1881 to Prince William, the latter Kaiser William II.

7 children



Further information:
Biography of the Empress

Hermione Princess Reuss e. L.
1887 - 1947

* 17.12.1887 Greiz
† 7.8.1947 Frankfurt a. d. Oder
Gravesite: "Antikentempel" in the park of Sanssouci Palace

Married in second marriage 5.11.1922 to Kaiser William II.

Children from her first marriage



Further information:
Biography of the Princess