Kingdom of Prussia
Anthem: Borussia "Prussia" (1820–1830)
Preußenlied "Song of Prussia" (1830–1840)
Royal anthem: "Heil dir im Siegerkranz " "Hail to thee in the Victor's Crown" (1795–1918)
Status Kingdom [ note 1] Capital Common languages Official: German Neo-Latin (until 1806)Polish (only in GD of Posen , 1815–1848)
Religion
Statewide majority: Protestantism [ 1] (Lutheran and Calvinist ; Prussian United after 1817 (state religion ))Majority in some territories: Catholicism [ note 2] Other minorities: Demonym(s) Prussian Government King • 1701–1713 (first)
Frederick I • 1888–1918 (last)
Wilhelm II
Minister-President a • 1848 (first)
A. H. von Arnim-Boitzenburg • 1918 (last)
Max von Baden
Legislature Landtag Herrenhaus Abgeordnetenhaus Historical era 18 January 1701 6 August 1806 8 June 1815 5 December 1848 18 August 1866 18 January 1871 9 November 1918 28 November 1918
1871[ 3] 348,779 km2 (134,664 sq mi) 4,500,000 10,349,031 24,689,000 40,169,219
Currency
Today part of Germany Poland Russia
^ Sovereign kingdom (former Ducal Prussia only 1701–1772; East Prussia , West Prussia , South Prussia , Netze District , New East Prussia , Lauenburg and Bütow Land and Starostwo of Draheim 1795–1806; East Prussia , West Prussia , Grand Duchy of Posen 1815–1866)Vassal semi-independent of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1701–1772, Lauenburg and Bütow Land and Starostwo of Draheim only)Associate of the Swiss Confederation (1707–1806, County of Neuchatel only) Vassal of the Holy Roman Empire (1701–1806, all territories except those listed above)State of the Continental System under occupation by the First French Empire (1806–1813, without the lost County of Neuchâtel and territories ceded to the Duchy of Warsaw or the Free City of Danzig ) Member of the Swiss Confederation (1814–1848; County of Neuchatel 1814–1857) Federated state of the German Confederation (1815–1866, only territories previously in the Holy Roman Empire , as well as Lauenburg and Bütow Land and Starostwo of Draheim )Federated state of the North German Confederation (1866–1871, as a whole, king holding the Bundespräsidium )Federated state of the German Empire (1871–1918, as a whole, king holding the Bundespräsidium as the German Emperor )
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