Frederick William III (1770-1840) was king of Prussia from 1797 to 1840. A weak monarch, he presided first over the near-liquidation of the Prussian state in the Napoleonic Wars and then over its reconstruction. Born in Potsdam on Aug. 3, 1770,...

Wittenberg, John Frederick III Sunday, August 08, 2004 Wittenberg, John Frederick III Age 81. A memorial service will be held Saturday, August 14, 2004 at 3:00 p.m. at the Advent Lutheran Church in Cedarburg for John F. Wittenberg III. John was born March 26,...

For the many Germans who were happily sure that Prussia with its "blood and iron" tradition was dead, this summer is proving unsettling. Bad enough, the Prussia-fearers say, that the Bundestag and government agreed last month to shift to Berlin, Bismarck's (and Hitler's)...