Prussia (Kingdom)
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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
פרוסיה (ממלכה)
Name (Latin)
Prussia (Kingdom)
Other forms of name
Borussia (Kingdom)
Preussen (Kingdom)
Prusse (Kingdom)
Puroisen
Purosha Ōkoku
Brandenburg-Preussen
Brandenburg-Prussia
Start period
1701
End period
1871
See Also From tracing corporate name
Prussia (Germany)
Brandenburg (Electorate)
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Borussia vor--. Noch ist Preussen nicht verloren, 1981:t.p. (Borussia)
- Vidal de La Blache, J. La régéneration de la Prusse après Iéna, 1910 (la Prusse)
- Purosha Ōkoku higashi shichishū ... 18--?:caption t.p. (Puroisen)
- Information from 678 converted Dec. 8, 2014(Created in 1701 from electorate of Brandenburg and other territories; became state in Germany in 1871 although name Königreich Preussen persisted until 1918. For all descriptive headings involving Prussia before 1871 use Prussia (Kingdom); for post-1871 Prussia use Prussia (Germany))
- German Wikipedia, 18 Aug. 2020(Brandenburg-Preussen; designates all the territories of the prince-electors of Brandenburg from the House of Hollenzollern in the period 1618-1701; the term is also used for the time after 1701 to emphasize the Brandenburg origins of the Prussian state)