Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Frederick_William,_Elector_of_Brandenburg
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
Holy Roman Emperor
gptkbp:birthDate 1620-02-16
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Berlin
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Berlin_Cathedral
gptkbp:child gptkb:Frederick_I_of_Prussia
gptkbp:deathDate 1688-05-09
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Potsdam
gptkbp:father gptkb:George_William,_Elector_of_Brandenburg
gptkbp:house gptkb:House_of_Hohenzollern
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Elizabeth_Charlotte_of_the_Palatinate
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Great_Elector
gptkbp:notableFor military reforms
centralizing administration
inviting Huguenot refugees
modernizing Brandenburg-Prussia
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:George_William,_Elector_of_Brandenburg
gptkbp:reignEnd 1688
gptkbp:reignStart 1640
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Calvinism
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Louise_Henriette_of_Orange-Nassau
gptkb:Sophie_Dorothea_of_Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Frederick_I_of_Prussia
gptkbp:title Holy Roman Emperor
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:SMS_Kurfürst_Friedrich_Wilhelm
gptkb:Frederick_I_of_Prussia
gptkb:SMS_Grosser_Kurfürst
gptkb:Frederick_William
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5