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	Frederick II, king of Prussia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		or Frederick the Great, 1712–86, king of Prussia (1740–86), son and successor of Frederick William I.
		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.
	www.bartleby.com /65/fr/Fred2Pru.html (805 words)

	Frederick II of Prussia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Frederick II of Prussia(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 Frederick William I, the so-called "Soldier-King," who created a formidable army and efficient civil service.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frederick_the_Great (1635 words)

	Frederick the Great: 1740-1786
		Frederick the Great 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 II (the Great) was king of Prussia from 1740 to 1786, and he stands as one of the greatest of the Enlightened Despots.
		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.
	www.thenagain.info /WebChron/WestEurope/FredGreat.CP.html (389 words)

	MSN Encarta - Frederick II (of Prussia)
		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.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761567792/Frederick_II_(of_Prussia).html (945 words)

	Wikipedia: Friedrich II of Prussia
		Friedrich II of Prussia (Friedrich der Große, Frederick II, Frederick the Great -- January 24, 1712 - August 17, 1786) was the Hohenzollern king of Prussia, from 1740-86.
		Frederick had a vision for an unified Germany, but this didn't come to pass until Bismarck started and won several wars a century later.
		Frederick had a great fondness for music, and in particular he played the flute to an acceptable standard.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/f/fr/friedrich_ii_of_prussia.html (246 words)

	FREDERICK THE GREAT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Frederick II the Great, third king of Prussia from 1740 to 1786, ranks among the two or three dominant figures in the history of modern Germany.
		Frederick's upbringing and education were strictly controlled by his father, who was a martinet as well as a paranoiac.
		Frederick William I deeply despised the artistic and intellectual tastes of his son and was infuriated by Frederick's lack of sympathy with his own rigidly puritanical and militaristic outlook.
	www.realm-of-shade.com /zarathustra/frederick.html (2334 words)

	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.
	www.abcgallery.com /list/2001nov16.html (658 words)

	Reader's Companion to Military History - - Frederick II (the Great) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Frederick II of Prussia ranks simultaneously as one of history's greatest and most misunderstood captains.
		Frederick II seemed ill-equipped to cope with the challenges facing him when he assumed the throne in 1740.
		Frederick might have been a misanthrope, but his repeated condemnations of his army's rank and file were balanced again and again by public recognition such as restoring the swords of a previously disgraced regiment after its performance at Leignitz (1760).
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/mil/html/mh_018600_frederickii.htm (1265 words)

	munger.ca: Frederick the Great Biography
		Frederick the Great was born on January 24, 1712, in the middle of a cold winter.
		In 1772, Frederick the Great divides Poland with Catherine II of Russia.
		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.
	www.munger.ca /history/frederickthegreat.html (1768 words)

	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).
	www.historyofwar.org /articles/people_frederickgreat.html (573 words)

	SIXTEENTH GENERATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		She was married to FREDERICK WILLIAM I of PRUSSIA (son of Frederick I of PRUSSIA and Sophia Charlotte HANOVER) in 1706 in Germany (married cousins).
		FREDERICK WILLIAM I of PRUSSIA was born on 14 Aug 1688 in Brandenburg - son of Frederick I in Prussia.
		Princess Charlotte of PRUSSIA was born in 1719 in Potsdam, Prussia - dtr of Frederick Willim.
	home.att.net /~hamiltonclan/hamilton/gilbert/d4390.htm (202 words)

	HOASM: At the Court of Frederick the Great
		XIB: At the Court of Frederick the Great
		Frederick II - Frederick the Great - of Prussia shared the musical gifts of his sisters Wilhelmine and Anna Amalia.
		Frederick the Great is said to have played his instrument "respectably".
	www.hoasm.org /XIB/XIBCourtFrederickGreat.html (253 words)

	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.
	www.glbtq.com /social-sciences/frederick_great.html (805 words)

	Frederick the Great
		Frederick II In 1525, Ducal Prussia became ruled by a hereditary line started by Albrecht Hohenzollern, (Ho-en-zal-ern) who happened to be the last grand master of the Teutonic Knights.
		One great Hohenzollern who led Prussia to immense power was King Friedrich II (Frederick the Great) who took the throne in 1772.
		Frederick 's dad was known as Frederick William I, or the King of Prussia, entitling Fredrick to the throne.
	www.lakesideschool.org /studentweb/worldhistory/modernworld/FredericktheGreat.htm (1389 words)

	The Invisible Basilica: Frederick of Hohenstaufen
		Frederick II, although a Hohenstaufen like his grandfather, was born in Sicily and brought up under the influence of Norman, Byzantine and Muslim cultures.
		In Masonic legend, it was Frederick the Great who supposedly issued the Charter authorizing the formation of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite.
		It is sometimes said that Frederick the Great was the first to "shake the power of the Papacy," but this honor clearly belongs to Frederick II of Hohenstaufen.
	www.hermetic.com /sabazius/frederick.htm (563 words)

	Seven Years' War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Frederick the Great, a believer in attacking first, invaded Saxony on August 29 to detach that country from its alliance with the Austrians.
		Frederick, his armies all but exhausted by a series of rapid maneuvers against multiple enemies, was near despair.
		Frederick then drove the Austrians from Silesia while his ally, Ferdinand of Brunswick, won victories over the French at Wilhelmsthal and over the Saxons at Lutterberg and captured the important town of Göttingen.
	www.hfac.uh.edu /gbrown/philosophers/leibniz/BritannicaPages/7YearsWar/7YearsWar.html (952 words)

	The Rise of Prussia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Frederick William, the founder of the Prussian state, ruled for almost a half century, from 1640 to 1688.
		Frederick was a tolerant unbeliever and it was by this religious enlightenment that he was a men of his time, a colleague of the philosophes.
		Frederick II was probably the greatest Prussian of history, but not the political incarnation of free thought, as the philosophes would have us believe.
	mars.acnet.wnec.edu /~grempel/courses/germany/lectures/04prussian.html (2557 words)

	WHKMLA : History of Prussia 1740-1763 - Foreign Policy
		Frederick the Great, despite his father having recognized the Pragmatic Sanction, in 1740 claimed large stretches of Lower Silesia, and ordered the invasion of Austrian territory "in order to protect the country against the claims of Charles Albert of Bavaria", thus starting the First Silesian War, 1740-1742.
		Frederick was entering and breaking alliances when he thought fit, and gained the reputation of an unreliable ally.
		Frederick the Great did not wait for war being declared against him; he invaded Saxony and thus began the Seven Years War.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/region/germany/preu17401763for.html (711 words)

	German states--Prussia: Friderich the Great (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Friderich or Frederick the Great was the model for a new type of monarch: The Enlightened Despot.
		Frederick born in 1712, a wlcome arrival as two earlier royal childern had died.
		Frederick the Great died on Augist 17, 1786, a few years before the eve of the French Revolution--an event that shook forever the power of monarchy in Europe.
	histclo.hispeed.com /royal/gers/pru/prufg.htm (1307 words)

	Comparion of Alexander the Great, Frederick the Great, Stalin, Akio Morita and Tony Blair
		About 2 milleniums later, Frederick II the Great would enter the European stage with leadership philosophies equaling those of his Macedonian predecessor in excellence, but that evidently took into account the unique qualities of contemporary Prussia.
		The father of Frederick II the Great, Frederick William I, proves an exception to this general tendency.
		Frederick II the Great’s raison d’être was the needs of the state, and he believed that a ruler could carry out his duties efficiently only if he kept control over the government in his own hands.
	janhoo.com /skole/university/executive.html (1463 words)

	Notes to PRINCIPLES OF WAR
		FREDERICK II (the Great), King of Prussia from 1740-1786, is one of the great military figures of history.
		FREDERICK II achieved the necessary concentration of his forces by a peculiar battle-order known as "schiefe Schlachtordnung" (oblique formation).
		Frederick II overcame his difficult position by making full use of the advantages which fighting on "interior lines" offers to a highly mobile army led by a commander who does not shrink from taking the initiative: Without waiting to declare war he seized Saxony in 1756.
	www.clausewitz.com /CWZHOME/PrincWar/PrinNote.htm (2544 words)

	Frederick the Great - encyclopedia article about Frederick the Great. Free access, no registration needed. What does ...
		Friedrich II of Prussia (Friedrich der Große, Frederick II, Frederick the Great -- January 24 January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar.
		Frederick William I of Prussia (in German: Friedrich Wilhelm I), of the House of Hohenzollern (August 14, 1688 - May 31, 1740), often known as 'the Soldier-King', reigned as King of Prussia (1713 - 1740).
		Frederick did not really have a vision for an unified Germany The Federal Republic of Germany or FRG (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the world's major industrialized countries, located in Western Europe.
	www.uncg.edu /gar/courses/lixl/380BLS/380Unit1/Lesson1OldEurope_files/FrederickTheGreat.htm (3270 words)

	WHKMLA : History of Prussia 1740-1763 - Domestic Policy
		Frederick the Great actively pursued the economic development of the country; the number of manufactures increased, rivers were canalized, made navigable, canals were dug to connect rivers (Plau Canal, connecting Elbe and Havel, Finow Canal connecting Havel and Oder; the Oderbruch, a large, regularly inundated river valley, was drained and settled (1747-1756).
		Frederick was thrifty, but not as excessively as his father; he enjoyed playing the flute and discussing philiosophical topics.
		The work of Frederick William, the Great Elector, of Frederick III./I. and of Frederick William I., the Soldier King, had been jeopardized, and Frederick the Great had been fortunate to still have a country to rule, even undiminished in its extent.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/region/germany/preu17401763dom.html (651 words)

	Friedrich II. the Great (1712-1786) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Friedrich Ludwig (1707-1751), and Friedrich Wilhelm's daughter, Wilhelmina, on the one hand, and Princess Amelia of Great Britain and Friedrich on the other.
		By the end of the War of Austrian Succession, Friedrich had become a sovereign of great position in Europe and was henceforth the most outstanding ruler of his time.
		Sophie Charlotte (1668-1705), queen consort of Prussia, was a friend and philosophical correspondent of the great philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, as was her mother,
	www.hfac.uh.edu /gbrown/philosophers/leibniz/FriedrichGreat/FriedrichGreat.html (1198 words)

	Frederick William I -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		The son of the elector Frederick III, later Frederick I, king of Prussia, Frederick William grew up at a glamorous court, but his own temperament was ascetic, and he disapproved of the court's dissolute atmosphere.
		When Frederick William died in 1740, he left his son an army of about 83,000 out of a population of 2,200,000, a war chest of more than 8,000,000 taler, and a Prussia that had become the third military power on the European continent, after Russia and France.
		Frederick II was born on Jan. 24, 1712, in Berlin.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9035261?tocId=9035261 (1298 words)

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