Complete List of the Kings of Prussia
From the late 17th to early 20th centuries, Prussia was one of the most prominent states in Europe. Prussia rose to prominence through stable economic growth,...
December 12, 2022
Category: Biography
Martin Luther as a Bible Translator and Translation Theorist
This article consists of three different sections. The first and second sections include excerpts from secondary sources that make commentaries and analyses of Luther’s translation and...
March 16, 2020
Frederick the Great and Voltaire
On August 8, 1736, the Prussian Crown Prince Frederick wrote a letter to Voltaire, who was then a famous philosopher and a highly favored intellectual...
November 24, 2019
Kaiser Wilhelm I
Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig was born on 22 March 1797 in Kronprinzenpalais in Berlin. His chances of inheriting the throne one day were seemed to be...
September 7, 2019
Alexander von Humboldt
Alexander von Humboldt was in 1769 in Berlin. He was born to Alexander Georg, a Prussian officer and chamberlain, and Elizabeth Colomb. Alexander was the...
September 2, 2019
Helmuth von Moltke
Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke was born on 26 October 1800 in Parchim, Mecklenburg-Schwerin. He was the son of the later Danish Lieutenant General Friedrich Philipp...
August 27, 2019
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humoldt was born to a noble Prussian family on 22 June 1767 in Potsdam. Wilhelm, who was also the brother of famous Alexander...
July 20, 2019
Hegel: A Biography
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, as a child of an officer, was born in Stuttgart on August 27, 1770. Having studied on theology in Tübingen, he...
July 5, 2019
Frederick William I: The Soldier King
The Crown Prince Born on 14 August 1688, Frederick William was the only son of King Frederick I and his wife Queen Sophie Charlotte of Hannover...
June 18, 2019
Carl von Clausewitz
His Early Years Carl von Clausewitz was born on 1 June 1780 in Burg, near Madgeburg. His father came from a pastor family and he...
June 10, 2019