Friedrich Wilhelm IV

Japanese: フリードリヒ･ウィルヘルム[4世]（英語表記）Friedrich Wilhelm IV

1795‐1861
King of Prussia. Reigned 1840-61. Son of Wilhelm III. A romantic who saw the ideal of a national system in the class system of the Middle Ages, he was well educated and attracted the hopes of the people when he ascended to the throne, but he had no understanding of the new era of constitutionalism, and during the 1848-49 Revolution (1848 Revolution), his indecisive attitude led to the loss of his own authority as king. In 1857, he became mentally unstable and handed over governing power to his younger brother, Wilhelm I (acting king in 1857, regent in 1858, ascended to the throne in 1861). [Sakai Eihachiro]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1795‐1861
プロイセン王。在位1840‐61年。同3世の子。中世の身分制国家に国制の理想を見るロマン主義者で，豊かな教養のゆえに即位時国民の期待を集めたが，新時代の立憲主義には理解がなく，1848‐49年の革命(48年革命)においては，その優柔不断な態度によってみずから国王の権威を失墜させた。57年精神に異常をきたし，統治権を弟のウィルヘルム1世(1857年国王代理，58年摂政，61年即位)にゆだねている。【坂井栄八郎】

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