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2 de abr. de 2014 · Frederick II, known as Frederick the Great, was Prussia's king from 1740 to 1786. ... Frederick William was authoritarian and quick-tempered; Sophia was well-educated and loved the richness of life.
Frederick II ( German: Friedrich II.; 24 January 1712 – 17 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until 1786. He was the last Hohenzollern monarch titled King in Prussia, declaring himself King of Prussia after annexing Royal Prussia from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772. His most significant accomplishments include his ...
He was son of Augustus William of Prussia and Louise, daughter of Ferdinand Albrecht II, Duke of Brunswick-Wölfenbüttel. In 1765 he married his first wife Elizabeth of Brunswick-Wölfenbüttel (1746-1840); they were divorced in 1769. In 1796 he married his second wife Frederica…. (1751-1805), daughter of Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt.
10 de feb. de 2022 · FREDERICK WILLIAM II. (1744–1797), king of Prussia, son of Augustus William, second son of King Frederick William I. and of Louise Amalie of Brunswick, sister of the wife of Frederick the Great, was born at Berlin on the 25th of September 1744, and became heir to the throne on his father’s death in 1757.
Frederick William II (German: Friedrich Wilhelm II. ; 25 September 1744 – 16 November 1797) was king of Prussia from 1786 until his death in 1797. He was in personal union with the prince-elector of Brandenburg and (via the Orange-Nassau inheritance of his grandfather) sovereign prince of the Canton
17 de nov. de 2022 · Frederick was loved and popular among the Prussian people because of his reforms and military victories. He was cheered “Der Alte Fritz” (The Old Fritz) whenever he was on the street. Frederick the Great died in 1786. He was succeeded by his nephew Frederick William II. Image: Grave of Frederick the Great at Sanssouci.
Domestic policies of Frederick II. In administrative, economic, and social policy Frederick’s attitudes were essentially conservative. Much of what he did in these areas was little more than a development of policies pursued by his father. He justified these policies in terms of the rationalizing rhetoric of “enlightened despotism ...
