Prussia played a crucial role in the history of Europe, shaping its political, military, and cultural landscape for centuries. From its origins as a small territory in the Holy Roman Empire, Prussia ...

It was not until 1871 that his brother, William I of Prussia, accepted it, persuaded by Bismarck, who had revived the offer following the completion of German unification. The empire under his rule ...

German nationalism had grown in the early 19th century due to Prussian ambition, the rise of liberal ideas and popular rebellion. However, the reassertion of Austrian power limited this growth ...

In 1871, at the Palace of Mirrors in Versailles, the king of Prussia was crowned emperor of the newly unified German empire - a quite staggering event.

Prussia, the heavily Protestant eastern German state, ... As Prussia expanded its control, eventually unifying the German Empire under its leadership in 1871, it spread these systems and practices.

They may not technically be nobility, but Georg Friedrich Prince of Prussia, 35, and his fiancé, Sophie Princes of Isenburg, 33, will still get the royal treatment this weekend in Germany.