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The Elector of Brandenburg Calling on Germans to Fight Swedish Supremacy / Title Page, 1658

Frederick William,
1620 – 1688,
Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia, thus ruler of Brandenburg-Prussia, from 1640 until his death in 1688.

Title page and the first page of Frederick William’s memorandum to the “Ehrlichen Teutschen” (Honest Germans) (Hamburg, 1658), in which he calls for a counter-defense against the supremacy of Sweden in northern Germany.

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AKG152145

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Event date

1658

Image date

1658

Time Period

17TH CENTURY