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Hohenzollern Family In Detail Continued....

Elector Frederick III von Hohenzollern

who became

Frederick I, King "in" Prussia

Fred I

Photogrrah from the collection of Remmick-Hubert

1688 Frederick III von Hohenzollern,  Elector of Brandenburg became Frederick I,  King "in" Prussia .(b. 11 July 1657 Koenigsberg d. 25 Feb 1713  d. 25 Feb 1713 Berlin), son of Frederick William and  Louise Henrietta of Orange-Nassau   m. (1)  23 Aug 1679 Potsdam to Elizabeth Henrietta of Hesse-Kassel (b. 8 Nov 1661 Kassel  d. 27 June 1683 Berlin, dau. of William VI Lgv. of Hesse-Cassel and Hedwig Sophia von Hohenzollern, who was  the dau. of George William, El. of Brandenberg 1619;  m. (2) 8 Oct 1684 Herrenhausen to Sophia Charlotte (b. 10 Oct 1668 Schloss Iburg d. 1 Feb 1705 Hannover) dau. of Ernest Aug., El. of Hanover; m. (3)  1708 Berlin to Sophia Louisa of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (b. 1685 Grabow d. 1735 Schwerin)