The Kingdom of Prussia, also known simply as Prussia, was an absolute monarchy located in Central Europe (specifically northern and eastern Germany) throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. It was, for a time, one of the strongest military forces on Continental Europe during the mid-to-late 18th century, though its power began to fade at the turn of the century. It was one of the major players during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and played an integral part in the final victories and ultimate triumph of Napoléon I. It remained a great power for much of the remainder of the 19th century, though exercised drastically reduced power and influence.
Despite its military prowess demonstrated during the reign of Frederick the Great and the many wars he fought, Prussia's army was, by 1806, severely outdated. After the devastating and humiliating defeat at the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt, the Prussian Army went through a series of major reforms, and was for half a decade afterward subservient to the will of the French Emperor. Though they broke free of their political overlords in 1813, their newfound total independence was short-lived, as the defeats at Ligny, Waterloo, and Diepholz knocked Prussia out of the War of the Seventh Coalition and relegated Prussia to a position of relative irrelevance. Following the Treaty of Prague, the weakened Prussia found itself increasingly at odds with the French-supported German Confederation in the following decades. Despite staying neutral during the Balkan War, it was discovered in the mid-20th century that the Prussian government had clandestinely aided the Ottomans by sending supplies and volunteers to help fight the European coalition they were pitted against. German tensions reached a tipping point in ????, leading to the ???? War. Following its decisive defeat, the Kingdom of Prussia was dissolved entirely.
