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eru on Aug 19, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Did Germany experience industrial boom in 19th c d...

Cancer is responsible. If only Friedrich Wilhelm I would have survived on the throne for more than 100 days, say a few decades.

ugh on Aug 19, 2010 [–]

Friedrich III, right? I was confused there for a moment.

eru on Aug 19, 2010 | [–]

He was the third King of Prussia with that name, but the first Emperor of Germany. So both numbers are correct in their context.

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