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| | Frederick II (of Prussia) - MSN Encarta |
 | | Frederick was born in Berlin on January 24, 1712, son of King Frederick William I and grandson of Frederick I. |
 | | Frederick and his forces, aided only by financial assistance from Britain, which was at war with France, opposed the armies of Austria, Russia, Sweden, Saxony (Sachsen), and France. |
 | | Frederick made an alliance with Catherine II of Russia, in 1764, and by the first partition of Poland in 1772 he received Polish Prussia, exclusive of Gdańsk (Danzig) and Toruń (Thorn), thus uniting the regions of Brandenburg and Pomerania. |
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