History of Friedrich II of Prussia - Volume 03

Contents

BOOK III. — THE HOHENZOLLERNS IN BRANDENBURG. - 1412-1718
Chapter I. — KURFURST FRIEDRICH I.
Chapter II. — MATINEES DU ROI DE PRUSSE.
Chapter III. — KURFURST FRIEDRICH II.
Chapter IV. — KURFURST ALBERT ACHILLES, AND HIS SUCCESSOR.

JOHANN THE CICERO IS FOURTH KURFURST, AND LEAVES TWO NOTABLE SONS.

Chapter V. — OF THE BAIREUTH-ANSPACH BRANCH.

TWO LINES IN CULMBACH OR BAIREUTH-ANSPACH: THE GERA BOND OF 1598.
THE ELDER LINE OF CULMBACH: FRIEDRICH AND HIS THREE NOTABLE SONS THERE.
FRIEDRICH'S SECOND SON, MARGRAF GEORGE OF ANSPACH.

Chapter VI. — HOCHMEISTER ALBERT, THIRD NOTABLE SON OF FRIEDRICH.
Chapter VII. — ALBERT ALCIBIADES.
Chapter VIII. — HISTORICAL MEANING OF THE REFORMATION.
Chapter IX. — KURFURST JOACHIM I.
Chapter X. — KURFURST JOACHIM II.

JOACHIM GETS CO-INVESTMENT IN PREUSSEN.
JOACHIM MAKES "HERITAGE-BROTHERHOOD" WITH THE DUKE OF LIEGNITZ.

Chapter XI. — SEVENTH KURFURST, JOHANN GEORGE.
Chapter XII. — OF ALBERT FRIEDRICH, THE SECOND DUKE OF PREUSSEN.

OF DUKE ALBERT FRIEDRICH'S MARRIAGE: WHO HIS WIFE WAS, AND WHAT HER POSSIBLE DOWRY.
MARGRAF GEORGE FRIEDRICH COMES TO PREUSSEN TO ADMINISTER.

Chapter XIII. — NINTH KURFURST, JOHANN SIGISMUND.

HOW THE CLEVE HERITAGE DROPPED, AND MANY SPRANG TO PICK IT UP.
THE KAISER'S THOUGHTS ABOUT IT, AND THE WORLD'S.

Chapter XIV. — SYMPTOMS OF A GREAT WAR COMING.

FIRST SYMPTOM; DONAUWORTH, 1608.
SYMPTOM THIRD: A DINNER-SCENE AT DUSSELDORF, 1613: SPANIARDS AND DUTCH SHOULDER ARMS IN CLEVE.
SYMPTOM FOURTH, AND CATASTROPHE UPON THE HEELS OF IT.
WHAT BECAME OF THE CLEVE-JULICH HERITAGE, AND OF THE PREUSSEN ONE.

Chapter XV. — TENTH KURFURST, GEORGE WILHELM.
Chapter XVI. — THIRTY-YEARS WAR.

SECOND ACT, OR EPOCH, 1624-1629. A SECOND UNCLE PUT TO THE BAN, AND POMMERN SNATCHED AWAY.
THIRD ACT, AND WHAT THE KURFURST SUFFERED IN IT.

Chapter XVII. — DUCHY OF JAGERNDORF.

DUKE OF JAGERNDORF, ELECTOR'S UNCLE, IS PUT UNDER BAN.

Chapter XVIII. — FRIEDRICH WILHELM, THE GREAT KURFURST, ELEVENTH OF THE SERIES.