Editing House of Hohenzollern (section)

===Kings of Prussia (1772–1918)===
[[File:Ac.prussiamap3.png|thumb|300px|Expansion of Prussia, 1807–1871]]
[[Frederick William I of Prussia|Frederick William]]'s successor, [[Frederick the Great]] gained [[Silesia]] in the [[Silesian Wars]] so that Prussia emerged as a [[great power]]. The king was strongly influenced by French culture and civilization and preferred the French language.

In the 1772 [[First Partition of Poland]], the Prussian king [[Frederick the Great]] annexed neighboring [[Royal Prussia]], i.e., the Polish voivodeships of [[Pomeranian Voivodeship (1466–1772)|Pomerania]] ([[Gdańsk Pomerania]] or [[Pomerelia]]), [[Malbork Voivodeship|Malbork]], [[Chełmno Voivodeship|Chełmno]] and the [[Prince-Bishopric of Warmia]], thereby connecting his Prussian and [[Province of Pomerania (1653–1815)|Farther Pomeranian]] lands and cutting the rest of Poland from the [[Baltic Sea|Baltic]] coast. The territory of [[Warmia]] was incorporated into the lands of former Ducal Prussia, which, by administrative deed of 31 January 1772 were named ''East Prussia''. The former Polish Pomerelian lands beyond the [[Vistula]] River together with Malbork and [[Chełmno Land]] formed the province of [[West Prussia]] with its capital at [[Kwidzyn|Marienwerder]] (Kwidzyn) in 1773. The Polish [[Partition Sejm]] ratified the cession on 30 September 1772, whereafter Frederick officially went on to call himself '''King "of" Prussia'''. From 1772 onwards the titles of Duke of Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg were always attached to the title King of Prussia.

In 1871, the Kingdom of Prussia became a constituent member of the [[German Empire]], and the King of Prussia gained the additional title of [[German Emperor]].

{{See also|List of monarchs of Prussia|l1=List of monarchs of Prussia}}

{| class="wikitable"
!Portrait
!Name
!Dynastic Status
!Reign
!Birth
!Death
!Marriages
|-
|align="center"| [[File:Friedrich Zweite Alt.jpg|102x102px]]
|align="center"|[[Frederick the Great|Frederick II<br /><small>''the Great''</small>]]
|align="center"|Son of
|align="center"|1772–1786<br /><small>King in Prussia since 1740</small>
|align="center"|1712
|align="center"|1786
|align="center"|[[Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern]]
|-
|align="center"|[[File:Anton Graff - Frederick William II of Prussia.png|101x101px]]
|align="center"|[[Frederick William II of Prussia|Frederick William II]]
|align="center"|Nephew of
|align="center"|1786–1797
|align="center"|1744
|align="center"|1797
|align="center"|Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg<br>
Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt
|-
|align="center"|[[File:Friedrich Wilhelm III., König von Preußen (unbekannter Maler).jpg|108x108px]]
|align="center"|[[Frederick William III of Prussia|Frederick William III]]
|align="center"|Son of
|align="center"|1797–1840
|align="center"|1770
|align="center"|1840
|align="center"|[[Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]]<br>
[[Auguste von Harrach]]
|-
|align="center"|[[File:Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia (1847).jpg|108x108px]]
|align="center"|[[Frederick William IV of Prussia|Frederick William IV]]
|align="center"|Son of
|align="center"|1840–1861
|align="center"|1795
|align="center"|1861
|align="center"|[[Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria]]
|-
|align="center"|[[File:Kaiser Wilhelm I. .JPG|108x108px]]
|align="center"|[[William I, German Emperor|William I]]
|align="center"|Brother of
|align="center"|1861–1888<br /><small>German Emperor from 1871</small>
|align="center"|1797
|align="center"|1888
|align="center"|[[Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach]]
|-
|align="center"|[[File:Emperor Friedrich III.png|107x107px]]
|align="center"|[[Frederick III, German Emperor|Frederick III]]
|align="center"|Son of

|align="center"|1888<br /><small>German Emperor</small>
|align="center"|1831
|align="center"|1888
|align="center"|[[Victoria, Princess Royal]]
|-
|align="center"|[[File:Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany - 1902.jpg|99x99px]]
|align="center"|[[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Wilhelm II]]
|align="center"|Son of
|align="center"|1888–1918<br /><small>German Emperor</small>
|align="center"|1859
|align="center"|1941
|align="center"|[[Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein]]<br>
[[Hermine Reuss of Greiz]]
|}