Friedrich Wilhelm III

Internationalization

Deutsch: Friedrich Wilhelm III. von Preußen

English: Frederick William III of Prussia, 1770–1840 was king of Prussia (1797–1840)

Frederick William III (de:Friedrich Wilhelm III., August 3 1770 – June 7 1840) was king of Prussia from 1797 to 1840. The son of King Frederick William II of Prussia married Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, a princess noted for her beauty. His eldest son, Frederick William IV of Prussia, succeeded him in 1840.

Ancestry [edit]

**Frederick William III's ancestors in three generations**
Frederick William III of Prussia	Father: Frederick William II of Prussia	Paternal Grandfather: Prince Augustus William of Prussia	Paternal Great-grandfather: Frederick William I of Prussia
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Sophia Dorothea of Hanover
		Paternal Grandmother: Louise Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg	Paternal Great-grandfather: Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Antoinette Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg
	Mother: Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt	Maternal Grandfather: Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt	Maternal Great-grandfather: Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg and Müntzenberg
		Maternal Grandmother: en:Caroline of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld	Maternal Great-grandfather: Christian III of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken

Name	Birth	Death	Notes
Unnamed Princess of Prussia	October 7 1794	October 7 1794
King Frederick William IV of Prussia	October 15 1795	January 2 1861	Married Princess Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, no issue.
William I, German Emperor	March 22 1797	March 9 1888	Married Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar, had issue.
Princess Charlotte of Prussia	July 13, 1798	November 1, 1860	Married Emperor Nicholas I of Russia, had issue.
Princess Friederike of Prussia	October 14, 1799	March 30, 1800
Prince Carl of Prussia	June 29, 1801	January 21, 1883	Married Marie of Saxe-Weimar, had issue.
Princess Alexandrine of Prussia	February 23, 1803	April 21, 1892	Married Grand Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, had issue.
Prince Ferdinand of Prussia	December 13, 1804	April 1, 1806
Princess Louise of Prussia	February 1, 1808	December 6, 1870	Married Prince Frederick of the Netherlands, had issue.
Prince Albrecht of Prussia (1809–1872)	October 4, 1809	October 14, 1872	Married Princess Marianne of the Netherlands, had issue.

Henriette-Félicité Tassaert: FW III as Crown Prince, ca. 1793, after a lost original by Tischbein
with his wife Queen Louise, painting by Friedrich Georg Weitsch, ca. 1794
with Louise, painting by Nikolaus Lauer, 1799
with his family, painting by Heinrich Anton Dähling, 1806
with Louise and Czar Alexander I at the tomb of Friedrich II, vowing to challenge Napoleon
miniature portrait by Christian Tangermann, ca. 1815
Friedrich Wilhelm III
Friedrich Wilhelm III.
Friedrich Wilhelm III., portrait by Ernst Gebauer
Friedrich Wilhelm III.
equestrian portrait by Franz Krüger
portrait by Ernst Gebauer, 1829
Auguste Gräfin von Harrach aka Fürstin Liegnitz, second wife of Friedrich Wilhelm III