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  Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Frederick William II of Prussia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Frederick William was the son of Augustus William (the second son of King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia) and of Louise Amalie of Brunswick, sister of the wife of Frederick the Great.
Frederick William was a man of singularly handsome presence, not without mental qualities of a high order; he was devoted to the arts - Beethoven and Mozart enjoyed his patronage and his private orchestra had a Europe-wide reputation.
Frederick William's accession to the throne (17 August 1786) was, indeed, followed by a series of measures for lightening the burdens of the people, reforming the oppressive French system of tax-collecting introduced by Frederick, and encouraging trade by the diminution of customs dues and the making of roads and canals.
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 Frederick II (of Prussia) - MSN Encarta
Frederick II (of Prussia), called The Great (1712-1786), king of Prussia (1740-1786); during his reign, he was considered among the most notable of enlightened despots in 18th century Europe.
Frederick was born in Berlin on January 24, 1712, son of King Frederick William I and grandson of Frederick I.
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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 Frederick II, king of Prussia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
In that dark period, it is said, Frederick was on the verge of suicide.
Frederick is widely recognized as the 18th century’s greatest general and military strategist.
Frederick’s personal appearance in his later years—small, sharp-featured, untidy, and snuff-stained—has become part of the legend of “Old Fritz.”; He was succeeded by his nephew, Frederick William II.
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 William II of Prussia - LoveToKnow 1911
[[[Friedrich Wilhelm Victor Albert]]] (1859-), king of Prussia and German emperor, was born on the 27th of January 1859 at Berlin, being the eldest child of Prince Frederick of Prussia, afterwards crown prince and second German emperor, and of Victoria, princess royal of Great Britain and Ireland.
The justification of his naval policy so far as European affairs were concerned was revealed in the effective intervention of Germany in regard to France and Morocco in 1905, and in 1909 in the defiance of British policy when Austria, backed by Germany, tore up the treaty of Berlin in regard to Bosnia and.
His imperial style, constitutionally but the honorary title of the Primus inter pares in a free confederation of sovereign princes, was invested by him with something of the glamour of that of the Holy Roman emperors, with their shadowy claim to world-dominion.
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 Frederick II the Great - Olga's Gallery
Frederick II, the Great (1712-86), king of Prussia (1740-1786), remains one of the most famous German rulers of all time for his military successes and his domestic reforms that made Prussia one of the leading European nations.
Frederick was essentially a just, and somewhat austere man. He was an absolute ruler, but he did not rule by his own personal whims, always keeping Prussia's welfare in mind, and he expected his people to possess the same devotion.
Frederick built Prussia into one of the strongest nations in Europe and left a legacy of absolute devotion to the fatherland that continued to shape German history into the 20th century.
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Frederick II (of Prussia), called The Great (1712-86), king of Prussia (1740-86); during his reign, he was considered among the most notable of enlightened despots in 18th century Europe.
Frederick was born in Berlin on January 24, 1712, son of King Frederick William I and grandson of Frederick I. As crown prince he was trained, under his father's supervision, to become a soldier and a thrifty administrator.
Frederick acquired East Friesland (now a region of Germany) in 1744, on the death of the last ruler without heirs of that principality, and in 1745 he fought and won a second war with Austria, terminated by the Peace of Dresden, which assured Prussia the possession of Silesia.
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 Wikinfo | Frederick   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Frederick I of Austria (Babenberg), Duke of Austria from 1195-1198
Frederick I of Austria (Habsburg), the Handsome, (1286-1330), Duke of Austria and King of the Romans as Frederick (III).
Frederick II of Denmark and Norway, (1534-1588), Norwegian monarch
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 Prussia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frederick William went to Warsaw in 1641 to render homage to King Władysław IV Vasa of Poland for the Duchy of Prussia, which he held in fief from the Polish crown.
Prussia's reward in 1815 at the Congress of Vienna was the recovery of her lost territories, as well as the whole of the Rhineland, Westphalia, and some other territories.
Prussia was extended on 1 April 1937, for instance, by the incorporation of the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Frederick II of Prussia
Frederick II of Prussia (Friedrich II.; January 24, 1712 – August 17, 1786) was a king of Prussia from the Hohenzollern dynasty, reigning from 1740 to 1786.
Frederick was born in Berlin, the son of Sophia Dorothea of Hanover and King Frederick William I.
Frederick's goal was to modernize and unite his vulnerably disconnected lands; toward this end, he fought wars mainly against Austria, whose Habsburg dynasts reigned as Holy Roman Emperors almost continuously from the 15th century until 1806.
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 Frederick II of Prussia Summary
Frederick was born in Berlin, the son of Sophia Dorothea of Hanover and King Frederick William I.
Frederick's goal was to modernize and unite his vulnerably disconnected lands; toward this end, he fought wars mainly against Austria, whose Habsburg dynasts reigned as Holy Roman Emperors almost continuously from the 15th century until 1806.
Frederick's brother Henry spent the winter of 1770-1771 as a representative of the Prussian court at St.
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 Frederick II: Kaiser of Prussia
Frederick the second, more often called Frederick the Great, brought Prussia from a state of general weakness to that of great power and wealth.
Kaiser Frederick II was born in Berlin on January the 24th, 1712.
Frederick the Great, along with his sisters, loved music and to the chagrin of his father was not interested in the arts of war.
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 Frederick, II Biography | Encyclopedia of World Biography
The eldest son of Frederick William I of Prussia and of Princess Sophie Dorothea of Hanover, Frederick II was born in Berlin on Jan. 24, 1712.
Frederick, however, was imprisoned in the fortress of Küstrin in the most rigorous conditions until, after some 6 months, he voluntarily approached Frederick William with a request for pardon.
Frederick II died at his beloved summer residence, Sans-Souci, near Potsdam on Aug. 17, 1786, and was followed on the throne by his nephew Frederick William II.
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 Frederick William II of Prussia at AllExperts
Frederick William was the son of Augustus William, Prince of Prussia (the second son of King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia) and of Louise Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
He was born at Berlin and became heir to the throne of Prussia on his father's death in 1758, since Frederick II had no children.
Frederick William was a man of singularly handsome presence, not without mental qualities of a high order; he was devoted to the arts—Beethoven and Mozart enjoyed his patronage, and his private orchestra had a Europe-wide reputation.
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 Bambooweb: Frederick II of Prussia
Frederick II of Prussia (Friedrich der Große, Frederick the Great -- January 24, 1712 - August 17, 1786) was the Hohenzollern king of Prussia, from 1740-86.
Frederick led the Prussian forces during the War of the Austrian Succession, during the Seven Years' War (1756-1763), and in the campaign of 1778 - not only as king but also as military commander in the field.
Frederick had a great fondness for music, and in particular he played the flute to a more than acceptable standard.
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 Frederick II (the Great) (1712-1786), king of Prussia (1740-1786)
Frederick responded by invading Bohemia, where he defeated the Austrians at the Battle of Prague (6 May 1757), although he was forced to withdraw from Bohemia after defeat at Kolin (18 June 1757)K.
Frederick was now free to concentrate on Austria, winning victories at Burkersdorf (21 July 1762) and Reichenback (16 August 1762), after which he was able to regain all of his lost territory.
Frederick continued to expand Prussian power during the rest of his reign, gaining one third of Poland as a result of the First Partition of Poland (5 August 1772) and stopping Austria gaining power in Germany in the War of the Bavarian Succession (1778-79).
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 Frederick William II - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Frederick William II (1744-1797), King of Prussia (1786-1797), grandson of Frederick William I and nephew of Frederick II, born in Berlin.
Frederick William (1620-1688), Elector of Brandenburg (1640-1688), called the Great Elector, who laid the foundations for the strong Prussian state...
William II (of Germany and Prussia): Frederick II (of Prussia)
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 Frederick II of Prussia information - Search.com
Frederick II of Prussia (January 24, 1712 – August 17, 1786) was a king of Prussia from the Hohenzollern dynasty, reigning from 1740 to 1786.
At the time of Frederick's birth, the Houses of Brandenburg and Hanover were enjoying great prosperity; the birth of Frederick was welcomed by his grandfather with more than usual pleasure, as two of his grandsons had already died at an early age.
Frederick was forced to watch the execution by decapitation of his friend Katte on November 6, 1730, and was strictly supervised in the following years.
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 EIGHTEENTH GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
King Frederick William II of PRUSSIA was born in 1744 in Prussia - son of Augustus William.
Frederick William III of PRUSSIA King of Prussia.
Elizabeth BRUNSWICK-WOLFENBUTTEL (daughter of Prince of BRUNSWICK-WOLFENBUTTEL and Philippina Charlotte of PRUSSIA) was born in Brunswick - dtr of?.
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 Frederick William II of Prussia - Definition, explanation
Frederick William II of Prussia - Definition, explanation
} Frederick William II (September 25, 1744 – November 16, 1797), king of Prussia, was known in German as Friedrich Wilhelm II.
Frederick William was the son of Augustus William (the second son of King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia) and of Louise Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, sister of the wife of Frederick the Great.
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 glbtq >> social sciences >> Frederick the Great
King of Prussia (1740-1786), general, and writer, Frederick II greatly expanded his kingdom through a series of brutal wars and cynical reversals of alliances in which he showed both military genius and diplomatic acumen.
In reaction to the king's despotism and philistinism, Frederick and his older sister Wilhelmina, with whom he was to have a lifelong close friendship, secretly cultivated music and literature, smuggling books with the help of friends of similar inclinations.
Frederick is portrayed as Caesar or Alexander and his intimate and go-between Count Keyserling as Césarion or Hephaestion.
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 Camelot Village: Britain's Heritage and History
Frederick II of Prussia (1712-86) became king in 1740.
Frederick gained land for Prussia, invading neutral Saxony in the northeast.
Prussia emerged from the war a major power and Frederick adopted a peaceful policy from then on.
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 Frederick II
Frederick II of Austria[?] (?-1246, duke of Austria 1230-1246)
Frederick II, Margrave of Brandenburg (1413-1470, margrave 1440-1470)
Frederick II of Denmark and Norway (1534-1588, king 1559-1588)
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 munger.ca: Frederick the Great Biography
Frederick the Great was born on January 24, 1712, in the middle of a cold winter.
Frederick the Great gives 50% of the state's revenues to the army (a unique feat at the time) and builds the foundation of a new military tradition in Prussia, which will only end with Adolf Hitler's collapse.
Prussia now means stability and responsible government, which is a contrast when compared to the risks taken from 1740 to 1763.
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 Timeline Prussia
Prussia was the home of the pagan spiritual leader Krivis and the pagan center of Romuva that was dear to the Baltic people.
1740 Frederick II (28) ascended to the throne.
The alliance of Russia, Austria and Prussia was formed after the downfall of Napoleon and later all European rulers signed the agreement except the prince regent of Great Britain, the pope and the sultan of Turkey.
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 Frederick II of Prussia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Frederick the Great Frederick II of Prussia ('''''Friedrich der Große''','' Frederick the Great, January 24, 1712 – August 17, 1786) was the Hohenzollern king of Prussia 1740–86.
Frederick had a great fondness for music, and in particular he played the flute to a more than acceptable standard.
Frederick II is renowned for his great wit that shows in some of his orders and notes, and in most of his correspondece.
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