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Experience a trip to the Hohenzollern Castle in Swabia, Germany
Overview of Hohenzollern Castle, Hechingen, Germany.
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Unification of Germany by Prussia
The unification of Germany by Prussia, which brought most of north-central Europe...
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Frederick William I
Frederick William I, detail from a portrait by Antoine Pesne, c. 1733; in Sanssouci...
Foto Marburg/Art Resource, New York
Frederick II
Frederick II, painting in the Castello di Miramare, Trieste, Italy.
Archivo Iconografico, S.A./Corbis
First Partition of Poland
Cartoon depicting the monarchs of Europe—notably Catherine II of Russia, Holy Roman...
British Cartoon Prints Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (digital file no. 3g06750)
Frederick William II
Frederick William II, pastel by Johann Heinrich Schröder.
Foto Marburg/Art Resource, New York
Karl August, Fürst von Hardenberg
Karl August, Fürst (prince) von Hardenberg, engraving, 1820.
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin—Preussischer Kulturbesitz
greatest extent of Napoleon I's empire, 1812
Greatest extent of Napoleon I's empire, 1812.
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Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst
Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst, detail from a portrait by Friedrich Bury; in...
Courtesy of the Niedersachsisches Landesmuseum, Hannover, Ger.
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Fürst (prince) von Wahlstatt.
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Frederick William IV
Frederick William IV, detail from a portrait by Franz Krüger; in Monbijou Palace,...
Foto Marburg/Art Resource, New York
William I of Prussia
Crowning of King William I of Prussia as the German emperor, Versailles, France,...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (digital. id. ggbain 27988)
Battle of Waterloo
A collection of significant facts about the Battle of Waterloo.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Kenny Chmielewski
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