Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: Frederick I
  1. Son of Frederick William who in 1701 became the first king of Prussia (1657-1713)
    - Frederick I of Prussia
     
  2. Holy Roman Emperor from 1152 to 1190; conceded supremacy to the pope; drowned leading the Third Crusade (1122-1190)
    - Frederick Barbarossa, Barbarossa

Type of: Holy Roman Emperor, king, male monarch, Rex

Part of: Hohenzollern

Encyclopedia: Frederick I, Duke of Wurttemberg