Schloss Charlottenburg

We hobbled to the bus stop and caught a bus for Charlottenburg Palace, which was originally a summer residence for Sophie Charlotte, the wife of Friedrich III, Elector of Brandenburg.
Friederich crowned himself King Friedrich I in 1701, and crowned Sophie Charlotte queen. The palace was originally called Lietzenburg, but after Sophie Charlotte died in 1705, Friedrich renamed it Charlottenburg after her. A medium-sized line of Friedrechs and Friedrich Wilhelms reigned from the
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A little bit closer.
palace, including Friedrich II (whom you may know as Frederick the Great, King of Prussia).