Frederick I of Prussia

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Frederick I
King Frederick I in 1701
King in Prussia Elector of Brandenburg
Reign	18 January 1701 – 25 February 1713
Coronation	18 January 1701
Successor	Frederick William I
Duke of Prussia Elector of Brandenburg
Reign	29 April 1688 – 18 January 1701
Predecessor	Frederick William
Born	(1657-07-11)11 July 1657 Königsberg, Prussia
Died	25 February 1713(1713-02-25) (aged 55) Berlin, Prussia, Holy Roman Empire
Burial	Berlin Cathedral
Spouses	Elizabeth Henrietta of Hesse-Kassel ​ ​ (m. 1679; died 1683)​ Sophia Charlotte of Hanover ​ ​ (m. 1684; died 1705)​ Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin ​ ​ (m. 1708)​
Issue	Luise, Hereditary Princess of Hesse-Kassel Prince Frederick August Frederick William I
House	Hohenzollern
Father	Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg
Mother	Louise Henriette of Orange-Nassau
Religion	Calvinist
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Prussian Royalty
House of Hohenzollern
Frederick I
Children Luise Dorothea, Hereditary Princess of Hesse-Kassel Prince Frederick August Frederick William I
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Frederick I (German: Friedrich I.; 11 July 1657 – 25 February 1713), of the Hohenzollern dynasty, was (as Frederick III) Elector of Brandenburg (1688–1713) and Duke of Prussia in personal union (Brandenburg-Prussia). The latter function he upgraded to royalty, becoming the first King in Prussia (1701–1713). From 1707 he was in personal union the sovereign prince of the Principality of Neuchâtel.