King Frederick Wilhelm IV of Prussia refuses an offer to become Emperor of a unified Germany

King Frederick William IV of Prussia refuses an offer from the provisional German parliament to become Emperor of a unified Germany, saying that he only would accept the title if it were offered by the princes of the various Germanic states, not by the people's representatives. (By Brian Bockelman)

 

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John Powell, ed., Chronology of European History, 15,000 B.C. to 1996, vol. 2 (Pasadena, California: Salem Press, 1997), 903.
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