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Prussia (German: Preußen (help·info); Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Latvian: Prūsija; Lithuanian: Prūsija; Polish: Prusy; Ol Prussian: Prūsa) was, most recently, a historic state originating in Prussia proper and Brandenburg. This state had for centuries substantial influence on German and European history. The last capital of the state of Prussia was Berlin.

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  • In 1871 the Treaty of Frankfurt ended the war between France & this German state, led by Bismarck
  • By the end of his reign in 1786, Frederick the Great doubled this kingdom's area
  • By 1871, it was the largest kingdom in the German empire
  • This German nation made peace with Napoleon after a crushing defeat at Jena & Auerstadt in 1806
  • The Third Republic began after France lost the war to this Bismarck-led German state
  • It was the largest & most powerful state of the German Empire in the 1800s
  • In its drive for German unification, this country defeated Austria in the 7 Weeks' War of 1866
  • In 1525 Teutonic Knight Albert of Hohenzollern made himself Duke of this area; Frederick I later ruled there
  • In 1864 Austria & this German state began a joint dominion over Schleswig-Holstein
  • French marshal Bazaine was court-martialed for surrendering 140,000 men to this German nation in 1870
  • At the height of its power in the late 1800s, it occupied more than half of Germany, including the northern 2/3
  • In 1226 the Teutonic Knights demanded & received this area, later the dominant state in Germany
  • Frederick the Great was its king in the 1700s

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