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Definition of Frederick I

1. Noun. Son of Frederick William who in 1701 became the first king of Prussia (1657-1713).

2. Noun. Holy Roman Emperor from 1152 to 1190; conceded supremacy to the pope; drowned leading the Third Crusade (1123-1190).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Frederick I

Freddy Frederic Frederic Auguste Bartholdi Frederic Francois Chopin Frederic William Maitland Frederica Frederician Frederick Frederick Banting Frederick Barbarossa

Frederick Carleton Lewis Frederick Delius Frederick Griffith Frederick I (current term) Frederick II Frederick Jackson Turner Frederick James Furnivall Frederick Law Olmsted Frederick Loewe Frederick Moore Vinson

Frederick North Frederick Sanger Frederick Soddy Frederick William Frederick William I Frederick William II Frederick William III Frederick William IV

Literary usage of Frederick I

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1885)
"Meanwhile Frederick I was preparing for an expedition into North Italy. Adrian IV judged it prudent not to declare himself the '•ii'-iny of one who was so ..."

2. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1908)
"In the midst of this conflict, the reign of Frederick I came to an end (February 25, 1713). Thus the King who by his royal title professed to place the ..."

3. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1908)
"In the midst of this conflict, the reign of Frederick I came to an end (February 25, 1713). Thus the King who by his royal title professed to place the ..."

4. Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages by Joseph Haydn (1889)
"Frederick I. of Nuremberg (of the bous« sí H- >ч •:• ZOLLERS). 1440. ... Frederick-William !.. son of Frederick I. 1740. Frederick II. ..."

5. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"The succession of electors of Brandenburg was as follows: Frederick 11 (1440-1470) Frederick I.(the Frederick VI. mentioned above).(1416-1440) John Cicero ..."

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