Historie Pruska
In1226,theterritoryofDukeKonrad(amemberoftheTeutonicOrder),sonoftheKingofPolandandheadoftheDuchyofMazovia,wasalsoattackedbythePrussians,takingthisasanopportunity,TheTeutonicKnightslaunchedtheEasternExpeditioninPrussiafornearly200years,andsuccessivelyestablishedthefortressesofTorun,Marienburg,Kulm,andElpin,conqueredtheareaswherethePrussianslivedandforcedthemtobelieveinChristianity,useGerman.
TheHohenzollernfamilyestablishedtheDuchyofPrussiaatthebeginningofthe16thcentury,anditwaschangedtotheKingdomofPrussiaatthebeginningofthe18thcentury.Later,itssuccessivekingscontinuedtoexpandtheirterritories,extendingfromEasternEuropetocentralandwesternGermany.
Inthemid-nineteenthcentury,theKingdomofPrussiabegantheindustrialrevolutionandbecamethemostdevelopedvassalstateofcapitalisteconomyinGermany.
TheGermanEmpireestablishedin1871wasactuallyanexpansionofthePrussiankingdom.Prussiaoccupies2/3oftheterritoryand3/5ofthepopulationintheempire.AftertheFirstWorldWar,theGermanEmpiredisintegrated,PrussiabecameastateoftheWeimarRepublic,anditspowerwasreduced.
AfterHitlerseizedpowerinGermanyinthe1930s,heabolishedthePrussianConstitution.
AfterWorldWarII,thenorthernpartofEastPrussiawasmergedintotheSovietUnion(nowtheenclaveoftheRussianFederation-KalininOblast),thesouthernpartwasputunderPoland,andtheremainingpartwasputintotheirrespectiveoccupationareasbyBritain,FranceandtheSovietUnion.Theybecamepartofthepresent-dayBrandenburgandNorthRhine-Westphalia,HesseandRhineland-Palatinate.
OnMarch1,1947,theAlliedforcesformallyabolishedthePrussianestablishment.Fromnowon,PrussiansarerarelyusedtorefertoGermans.
Seznam králů Pruska
ThefollowingarethekingsoftheKingdomofPrussia.PrussiawaspromotedtoakingdomduringthereignofFrederickI.BecausehepromisedtohelptheHolyRomanEmperorLeopoldI,theemperorpromotedhistitlebyelectortoking.Priortothis,PrussiahadestablishedthePrincipalityofPrussia,whichbelongedtoPoland,whichwaslatermergedwiththeElectorateofBrandenburg.
Všichni pruští monarchové patří k Hohenzollerndynastii.
Frederick vládl v letech 1701-1713
FrederickWilliam, vládl v letech 1713-1740
Frederick II (Veliký) vládl v letech 1740 až 1786
Frederick Wilhelm II vládl v letech 1786 až 1797
FriederWilhelmIII vládl v letech 1797 až 1840
FrederickWilliam IV vládl 1840-1861
Vilém vládl 1861-1888
Frederick III (stodenní císař) 1888 vládl
Vládl Vilém II.1888-1918
Dědic pruského trůnu
Vilém II1918-1940
Princ William 1940-1951
Princ Louis Ferdinand 1951-1994
PrinceGeorgFriedrich1994Sofar
Oficiální webové stránky rodiny Hohenzollernů v Prusku