“Engels’ Conditions in Germany, one of his early works, contains an excellent pen-portrait of this king. ‘The Kingdom of Prussia […] was then governed by Frederick William III, nicknamed The Just, one of the greatest blockheads to ever grace a throne. Born to be a corporal and to inspect the buttons of an army; dissolute, without passion, and a morality-monger” PrussianismFrederick The Not So GreatFrederick William Iii Book:Marx and Engels on Reactionary Prussianism Source: Marx and Engels on Reactionary Prussianism