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Hace 5 días · Without design or even awareness on the part of Frederick William III, his kingdom of Prussia assumed a pivotal position in Germany. The victorious powers, on guard against a revival of French aggression, decided to make Prussia the defender of the western boundary of Germany.
Hace 4 días · The empire was forged not as the result of the outpouring of nationalist feeling from the masses but through traditional cabinet diplomacy and agreement by the leaders of the states in the North German Confederation, led by Prussia, with the hereditary rulers of Bavaria, Baden, Hesse-Darmstadt, and Württemberg.
Hace 3 días · There were sporadic hunger riots and violent disturbances in several of the states, but the signal for a concerted uprising did not come until early in 1848 with the exciting news that the regime of the bourgeois king Louis-Philippe had been overthrown by an insurrection in Paris (February 22–24).
Hace 1 día · The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a global conflict involving most of the European great powers, fought primarily in Europe and the Americas. One of the opposing alliances was led by Great Britain and Prussia. The other alliance was led by France, backed by Spain, Saxony, Sweden, and Russia. Related conflicts include the 1754 to 1763 ...
Hace 4 días · The Grand Duchy of Hesse was one of Napoleon's closest German allies, being affiliated with the Confederation of the Rhine. History. Hessen-Darmstadt was first a Landgraviate of the Holy Roman Empire, loyal to the forces of the Empire throughout the revolutionary wars, for which it suffered the loss of its territories on the left ...
Hace 5 días · Frederick as Crown Prince, 1874, by Heinrich von Angeli. Friedrich III in Garter Ceremonial Robes. In 1871, following Prussia's victories, the German states were united into the German Empire, with William as the Emperor and Frederick as heir-apparent to the new German monarchy.
Hace 3 días · Some of the characters have relevance to Hesse's real life. Hermann the poet could be a self reference and Louis was modeled on Hesse's artist friend Louis Moilliet. Klingor, the name, is taken from the magician who appears in Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal.
