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{{Short description, 1700 treaty between Brandenburg and Emperor Leopold I In the Crown Treaty (also called Treaty of the Crown, ''Krontraktat'' in German) signed on 16 November 1700, Frederick III, Elector of
Brandenburg Brandenburg, officially the State of Brandenburg, is a States of Germany, state in northeastern Germany. Brandenburg borders Poland and the states of Berlin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony. It is the List of Ger ...
and
Duke of Prussia The monarchs of Prussia were members of the House of Hohenzollern who were the hereditary rulers of the former German state of Prussia from its founding in 1525 as the Duchy of Prussia. The Duchy had evolved out of the Teutonic Order, a Roman C ...
, had undertaken to provide a body of 8,000 men for the impending
Spanish War of Succession The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict fought between 1701 and 1714. The immediate cause was the death of the childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700, which led to a struggle for control of the Spanish ...
for Emperor Leopold I. In return, the emperor promised that Frederick's future self-coronation as "''
King in Prussia King ''in'' Prussia (German language, German: ''König in Preußen'') was a title used by the Prussian kings (also in personal union Elector of Brandenburg, Electors of Brandenburg) from 1701 to 1772. Subsequently, they used the title King ''of' ...
''" would be recognised across Europe and the
Holy Roman Empire The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor. It developed in the Early Middle Ages, and lasted for a millennium ...
. The relevant negotiations were mainly undertaken by Charles Ancillon. The coronation took place on 18 January 1701 in
Königsberg Königsberg (; ; ; ; ; ; , ) is the historic Germany, German and Prussian name of the city now called Kaliningrad, Russia. The city was founded in 1255 on the site of the small Old Prussians, Old Prussian settlement ''Twangste'' by the Teuton ...
; from April 1701 the now entitled "''Royal Prussian Contingent''" deployed to the Lower Rhine at
Wesel Wesel () is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany. It is the capital of the Wesel (district), Wesel district. Geography Wesel is situated at the confluence of the Lippe River and the Rhine. Division of the city Suburbs of Wesel i ...
. In April 1702, it took part in hostilities for the first time at the Siege of Kaiserswerth.


Sources and references

* Hamish Scott & Brendan Simms,
Cultures of Power in Europe During the Long Eighteenth Century
', Cambridge University Press, 05/07/2007 * Peter Wilson,
German Armies: War and German Society, 1648-1806
', Routledge, 2002 * Thomas Henry Dyer,
Modern Europe: 1593-1721
', G. Bell & Sons, 1877 Bilateral treaties Treaties of Prussia 1700 treaties 1700 in the Holy Roman Empire War of the Spanish Succession Treaties of the Holy Roman Empire Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I of Prussia