List of The Prussian Kings
The Prussian kings were members of the House of Hohenzollern who were the hereditary rulers of the former German state of Prussia from its Established 10 April 1525 as the Duchy of Prussia.In 1688, Frederick I became Prince-Elector of Brandenburg, and his ambition was to be crowned King of Prussia. He gets satisfaction in 1701, under the name of Frederick I with the title "King" in "Prussia" (no one can be crowned king inside the Holy Roman Empire).But the Hohenzollerns quickly swept away this nuance and called themselves "kings of Prussia". From that time on, the term “Prussia” covers territories that are not part of the original Prussia.Under the reign of Frederick II, from 1740 to 1774, the kingdom became a great political and military power, considerably increasing its terr...