2-660-659 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Der Große Kurfürst 1620-1688'. 1934. Frederick William (1620-1688), Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia and thus ruler of Brandenburg, Prussia from 1640 until his death. A member of the House of Hohenzollern, he is popularly known as "the Great Elector" because of his military and political achievements. From "Die Großen der Weltgeschichte". [Eckstein-Halpaus, Dresden, 1934]