Frederick I King Prussia 1657-1713

On 7th December 1646 Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [aged 26] and Luise Henriette Orange Nassau [aged 19] were married at The Hague. They were half first cousin once removed.

On 11th July 1657 Frederick I King Prussia was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [aged 37] and Luise Henriette Orange Nassau [aged 29].

On 18th June 1667 Luise Henriette Orange Nassau [aged 39] died.

On 13th June 1668 Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [aged 48] and [his step-mother] Sophia Dorothea Oldenburg [aged 31] were married. They were fifth cousins.

Before 1680 Frederick I King Prussia [aged 22] and Elisabeth Henriëtte Hesse-Kassel [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of Wilhelm "The Just" VI Hesse-Kassel and Hedwig Sophia Hohenzollern [aged 56]. He the son of Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [aged 59] and Luise Henriette Orange Nassau. They were first cousins.

On 29th September 1680 [his daughter] Louise Dorothea Hohenzollern was born to Frederick I King Prussia [aged 23] and [his wife] Elisabeth Henriëtte Hesse-Kassel [aged 18]. Coefficient of inbreeding 6.66%. She married 1700 her first cousin Frederick I King Sweden, son of Charles I Landgrave Hesse-Kassel and Maria Amalia of Courland Landgravine Hesse-Kassel.

On 27th June 1683 [his wife] Elisabeth Henriëtte Hesse-Kassel [aged 21] died.

Before 1685 Frederick I King Prussia [aged 27] and Sophia Charlotte Hanover Queen Consort Prussia [aged 16] were married. She the daughter of Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg [aged 55] and Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern [aged 54]. He the son of Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [aged 64] and Luise Henriette Orange Nassau. They were second cousins. She a great granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

In 1685 [his son] Frederick August Hohenzollern was born to Frederick I King Prussia [aged 27] and Sophia Charlotte Hanover Queen Consort Prussia [aged 16]. He a great x 2 grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.97%. He died aged one in 1686.

In 1686 [his son] Frederick August Hohenzollern [aged 1] died.

On 29th April 1688 Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [aged 68] died.

On 14th August 1688 Frederick William "Soldier King" I King Prussia was born to Frederick I King Prussia [aged 31] and Sophia Charlotte Hanover Queen Consort Prussia [aged 19]. He a great x 2 grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.97%. He married 28th November 1706 his first cousin Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort Prussia and had issue.

In 1690 Frederick I King Prussia [aged 32] was appointed 499th Knight of the Garter by King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland [aged 39] and Mary Stewart II Queen England Scotland and Ireland [aged 27].

On 28th December 1694 the marriage of the future King George I [aged 34] and Sophia Dorothea of Celle [aged 28] was dissolved. Sophia Dorothea was named as the guilty party for "maliciously leaving her husband". She was forbidden to remarry or to see her children again; her name was removed from official documents, she was stripped of her title of Electoral Princess. She was imprisoned for life.

In 1700 Frederick I King Sweden [aged 23] and Louise Dorothea Hohenzollern [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of Frederick I King Prussia [aged 42] and Elisabeth Henriëtte Hesse-Kassel. He the son of Charles I Landgrave Hesse-Kassel [aged 45] and Maria Amalia of Courland Landgravine Hesse-Kassel [aged 46]. They were first cousins.

On 18th January 1701 Frederick I King Prussia [aged 43] was created I King Prussia. Sophia Charlotte Hanover Queen Consort Prussia [aged 32] by marriage Queen Consort Prussia.

On 1st February 1705 Sophia Charlotte Hanover Queen Consort Prussia [aged 36] died.

On 23rd December 1705 [his daughter] Louise Dorothea Hohenzollern [aged 25] died in childbirth.

On 28th November 1706 Frederick William "Soldier King" I King Prussia [aged 18] and Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort Prussia [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of King George I [aged 46] and Sophia Dorothea of Celle [aged 40]. He the son of Frederick I King Prussia [aged 49] and Sophia Charlotte Hanover Queen Consort Prussia. They were first cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.

In 1708 Frederick I King Prussia [aged 50] and Sophia Louise Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Prussia [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Prussia. The difference in their ages was 27 years. He the son of Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg and Luise Henriette Orange Nassau. They were fourth cousins.

On 25th February 1713 Frederick I King Prussia [aged 55] died. His son Frederick [aged 24] succeeded I King Prussia. Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort Prussia [aged 25] by marriage Queen Consort Prussia.

On 29th July 1735 Sophia Louise Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Prussia [aged 50] died.