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
Category: Biography
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...
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...
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
Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant was born as the fourth of nine children to an artisan family in 22 March 1724. Although his pious family life didn’t help...
May 16, 2019
Kaiser Frederick III
Despite having the shortest reign among the German Emperors, Frederick has been a historical figure who draws interest even today, mainly because he is visibly...
April 28, 2019