Schloss Charlottenburg in Berlin was begun by Johann Arnold Nering, who died during construction, for Sophie Charlotte, wife of Frederick III, Elector of Brandenburg. Martin Grünberg and Andreas Schlüter completed it. Johann Friedrich von Eosander, Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff and Carl Gotthard Langhans did later work. It was inaugurated on July 11, 1699.
The infobox lists Baroque and Rococo and gives 1695 to 1713 for construction, while the text describes extensions after 1702 and gives no completion date. The original palace had two and a half stories and one wing. The article gives no dimensions and mentions amber, porcelain and Carrara marble.
Frederick crowned himself King in Prussia in 1701, and the estate took the name Charlottenburg after Sophie Charlotte died in 1705. The palace was badly damaged in 1943 and later rebuilt. The Old Palace, New Wing and several pavilions charge admission, and the gardens are free.
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