Friedrich Wilhelm IV., König von Preußen

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(Source: Wikimedia)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Friedrich_Wilhelm_IV_of_Prussia_(1847).jpg

Basic data

  1. October 15, 1795 in Berlin
  2. †
    January 2, 1861 in Potsdam (Schloss Sanssouci)
  3. König von Preußen
  4. Berlin

Iconography

(Source: Wikimedia)
Portrait of Crown Prince Frederick William, c. 1810 (Source: Wikimedia)
Queen Elisabeth Ludovica of Prussia at an unspecified date (Source: Wikimedia)
The Cologne Cathedral in 1856. King Frederick William IV provided the impetus to complete it over 600 years after construction began. (Source: Wikimedia)
Portrait of Frederick William IV, by George Hayter, c. 1843 (Source: Wikimedia)
Painting of a barricade battle in Berlin's Alexanderplatz in 1848, with the rebellion's black, red and gold flag prominent in the background (Source: Wikimedia)
Frederick William IV riding through the streets of Berlin on 21 March 1848. The caption reads "His Majesty Frederick William IV of Prussia in the streets of his capital proclaims the unity of the German nation". (Source: Wikimedia)
With the imperial crown offered to him by the parliamentarians of the Frankfurt National Assembly in hand, Prussian king Frederick William IV decides whether or not to accept it by counting off the buttons on his jacket: "Should I take it? Should I not? Should I?! Buttons, you want me to! Well, that's exactly why I won't!!", c. 1849 (Source: Wikimedia)
Caricature of Frederick William IV, helped by General von Wrangel, resisting the demands of the National Assembly for a constitution: "No sheet of paper shall come between me and my people." From Satyrische Zeitbilder #28, 1848 (Source: Wikimedia)
March/April 1850: states that had delegates elected to the Erfurt Parliament (yellow), states part of the Four Kings Alliance (dark red) (Source: Wikimedia)
The Hohenzollern Castle in the Province of Hohenzollern. Its construction between 1846 and 1867 was begun by Friedrich Wilhelm IV on the site of the family's two earlier castles. (Source: Wikimedia)
Photograph of Frederick William IV, c. 1857 (Source: Wikimedia)
The crypt containing the sarcophagi of Frederick William IV and his wife Elisabeth in the Church of Peace, Sanssouci Park in Potsdam (Source: Wikimedia)
Bildnis Friedrich Wilhelm IV., König von Preussen, Hüssener, Auguste - 1826/1850 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis Friedrich Wilhelm IV., König von Preussen, 1826/1850 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Friedrich Wilhelm, Kronprinz von Preussen, um 1830 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Friedrich Wilhelm IV. von Preußen, Friedrich Fleischmann - 1806/1815 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis Friedrich Wilhelm IV., König von Preußen (reg. 1840-61), (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis Friedrich Wilhelm IV., König von Preußen (reg. 1840-61), (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis Friedrich Wilhelm IV., König von Preußen (reg. 1840-61), (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis Friedrich Wilhelm IV., König von Preußen (reg. 1840-61), (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis Friedrich Wilhelm IV., König von Preußen (reg. 1840-61), E. Pönicke -  (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis Friedrich Wilhelm IV., König von Preußen (reg. 1840-61), Seibel, Wilhelm -  (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

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