Friedrich Wilhelm, Count Brandenburg
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Frederick William II of Prussia
Frederick William II was the King of Prussia, reigning from 1786 until his death. He was in personal union the Prince-Elector of Brandenburg and the sovereign prince of the Principality of Neuchâtel.-Early life:...
and Countess Sophie von Dönhoff
Sophie von Dönhoff
Sophie Friederike Juliane von Dönhoff was a German lady-in-waiting and a morganatic spouse by bigamy to King Frederick William II of Prussia....
. He and his sister were made count and countess in 1794, and he was raised with the sons of Field Marshal von Massow. In 1807, he entered the regiment Gardes du Corps. By 1848, he had distinguished himself in several battles and was a cavalry general. In November 1848, the king called him to Berlin
Berlin
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to be Prussia
Prussia
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n prime minister, signaling the king's intention to quell the ongoing uprising. In 1850, he traveled to Warsaw
Warsaw
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to meet with Czar Nicholas
Nicholas I of Russia
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. Shortly after his return, he took ill and died, it is said from the humiliation of the Czar's abandonment of the Erfurt policy.