Prussia
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| Capital | Berlin |
| Language(s) | German |
| Religion | Protestant |
| Population | approx. 750,000 |
| Annual Revenues | about £1,200,000 (normalized in British pounds to allow comparison) |
| Government | Kingdom (was an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire, known as the Electorate of Brandenburg, till 1701 when it was promoted to a kingdom in exchange for its support for the Grand Alliance) |
| Dependencies | In addition to Brandenburg and East-Prussia who constituted the basis of the Kingdom of Prussia, the following principalities belonged to it:
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| Rulers | 1701-1713: King Frederick I |
| Army | see the article on the Prussian Army |
| Navy | none |
| International relations |
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References
Abtheilung für Kriegsgeschichte des k. k. Kriegs-Archives: Feldzüge des Prinzen Eugen von Savoyen, Series 1, Vol. 1, Vienna 1876, p. 104
McEvedy, Colin: The Penguin Atlas of Modern History (to 1815), Harmondsorth: Penguin Books, 1972, pp. 54-61
