Frederick William IV

“After Frederick William IV ascended the throne in 1840 Radowitz was frequently called to Berlin to give advice and was also sent on missions to other countries.”

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss

“Discretion and a sense of justice on the part of the government of Frederick William IV made it possible for the cardinal to regulate and ameliorate the conditions of the archdiocese in harmony with the policy of the State.”

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI

“V. Frederick William IV (1840-61) in his youth had enthusiastically taken part in the War of Liberation, and afterwards in all the efforts for the reorganization of the State.”

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss

“The Viennese and Hungarian crowds were cannonaded from their strongholds, and in Germany a constitutional assembly that had been bravely debating the question of republicanism broke down into factional bickering and then ignominiously offered the country to Frederick William IV of Prussia.”

Simon & Schuster: The Worldly Philosophers

“This tendency of thought acquired greater importance when, in 1840, Frederick William IV succeeded to the throne; he was also a man of deep religious feeling, and under his reign the extreme Lutheran party became influential at Court.”

Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire