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We invoke Thy blessing, O God,
on the suffering emperor. |
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May the Ruler of nations,
whose humble servant Frederick Ⅲ desires to be called,[1] Frederick Ⅲ (Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl; 18 October 1831 – 15 June 1888) was German Emperor and King of Prussia for 99 days between March and June 1888, during the Year of the Three Emperors. Known informally as “Fritz,” he was the only son of Emperor Wilhelm Ⅰ and was raised in his family’s tradition of military service. Following the unification of Germany in 1871 his father, then King of Prussia, became German Emperor. Upon Wilhelm’s death at the age of ninety on 9 March 1888, the thrones passed to Frederick, who had been German Crown Prince for seventeen years and Crown Prince of Prussia for twenty-seven years. Frederick was suffering from cancer of the larynx when he died, aged fifty-six, following unsuccessful medical treatments for his condition. renew his vigor to enable him to impress the lofty spirit of the aims and ideals with which he inaugurated his reign upon his empire, to make it glorious by works of peace, as was King Salomon’s. |
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The man of peace, Friedrick!
May his life, so precious in the eyes of the civilized world and so much loved for its tender humanity and heroic sacrifices, be lengthened by a benign Providence until he shall have succeeded in investing the whole solemn throne with the lustre of a rule of tolerance and liberty, as inaugurated by his illustrious ancestor, Frederick Ⅱ,[2] Frederick Ⅱ (24 January 1712 – 17 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until 1786. He was the last Hohenzollern monarch titled King in Prussia, declaring himself King of Prussia after annexing Royal Prussia from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772. His most significant accomplishments include his military successes in the Silesian wars, his reorganisation of the Prussian Army, the First Partition of Poland, and his patronage of the arts and the Enlightenment. Prussia greatly increased its territories and became a major military power in Europe under his rule. He became known as Frederick the Great (German: Friedrich der Große) and was nicknamed “Old Fritz” (German: der Alte Fritz). who declared that the king is the first servant of the State; and until the German Empire, made great and glorious by his august father, the soldier king,[3] William Ⅰ (Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig; 22 March 1797 – 9 March 1888), or Wilhelm Ⅰ, was King of Prussia from 1861 and German Emperor from 1871 until his death in 1888. A member of the House of Hohenzollern, he was the first head of state of a united Germany. He was de facto head of state of Prussia from 1858, when he became regent for his brother Frederick William Ⅳ. During the reign of his grandson Wilhelm Ⅱ, he was known as Wilhelm the Great. shall be established on the grander, broader, and safer foundations of peace, freedom, tolerance, and equal justice to all. |
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May he be spared
until his country shall vie with other nations and empires in the achievements and blessings of peace, progress, and universal happiness. |
This prayer for the well-being, health and recovery of Emperor Frederick Ⅲ by Rabbi Kaufmann Kohler (Temple Beth-El, New York) was published in “In Town: Praying for the Emperor,” The Jewish Messenger (4 May 1888), page 2.
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Praying for the Emperor [Frederick III] (Jewish Messenger, 4 May 1888), p. 2
Notes
| 1 | Frederick Ⅲ (Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl; 18 October 1831 – 15 June 1888) was German Emperor and King of Prussia for 99 days between March and June 1888, during the Year of the Three Emperors. Known informally as “Fritz,” he was the only son of Emperor Wilhelm Ⅰ and was raised in his family’s tradition of military service. Following the unification of Germany in 1871 his father, then King of Prussia, became German Emperor. Upon Wilhelm’s death at the age of ninety on 9 March 1888, the thrones passed to Frederick, who had been German Crown Prince for seventeen years and Crown Prince of Prussia for twenty-seven years. Frederick was suffering from cancer of the larynx when he died, aged fifty-six, following unsuccessful medical treatments for his condition. |
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| 2 | Frederick Ⅱ (24 January 1712 – 17 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until 1786. He was the last Hohenzollern monarch titled King in Prussia, declaring himself King of Prussia after annexing Royal Prussia from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772. His most significant accomplishments include his military successes in the Silesian wars, his reorganisation of the Prussian Army, the First Partition of Poland, and his patronage of the arts and the Enlightenment. Prussia greatly increased its territories and became a major military power in Europe under his rule. He became known as Frederick the Great (German: Friedrich der Große) and was nicknamed “Old Fritz” (German: der Alte Fritz). |
| 3 | William Ⅰ (Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig; 22 March 1797 – 9 March 1888), or Wilhelm Ⅰ, was King of Prussia from 1861 and German Emperor from 1871 until his death in 1888. A member of the House of Hohenzollern, he was the first head of state of a united Germany. He was de facto head of state of Prussia from 1858, when he became regent for his brother Frederick William Ⅳ. During the reign of his grandson Wilhelm Ⅱ, he was known as Wilhelm the Great. |
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