Preussin historia
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.
Preussin kuninkaiden luettelo
ThefollowingarethekingsoftheKingdomofPrussia.PrussiawaspromotedtoakingdomduringthereignofFrederickI.BecausehepromisedtohelptheHolyRomanEmperorLeopoldI,theemperorpromotedhistitlebyelectortoking.Priortothis,PrussiahadestablishedthePrincipalityofPrussia,whichbelongedtoPoland,whichwaslatermergedwiththeElectorateofBrandenburg.
Kaikki Preussin monarkit kuuluvat Hohenzollern-dynastiaan.
Frederick hallitsi vuosina 1701-1713
Frederick William hallitsi vuosina 1713-1740
Frederick II (Suuri) hallitsi vuodesta 1740 vuoteen 1786
Frederick Wilhelm hallitsi vuosina 1786-1797
Frieder Wilhelm III hallitsi vuodesta 1797 vuoteen 1840
Frederick William IVhallitsi 1840-1861
WilliamIhallitus 1861-1888
Frederick III (Sadan päivän keisari) 1888 Hallitsi
WilliamII1888-1918 Hallitsi
Preussin valtaistuimen perillinen
WilliamII1918-1940
Prinssi William 1940-1951
Prinssi Louis Ferdinand 1951-1994
PrinssiGeorgFriedrich1994Toistaiseksi
Preussin Hohenzoller-perheen virallinen verkkosivusto