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    known as Frederick the Great (German: Friedrich der Große) and was nicknamed "Old Fritz" (German: der Alte Fritz). In his youth, Frederick was more interested...
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    Prussian King Frederick the Great (1712–1786) was primarily homosexual, and that his sexual orientation was central to his life. However, the nature of his...
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    Frederick the Great was the subject of many portraits. Many were painted during Frederick's life, and he would give portraits of himself as gifts. Almost...
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    II of Great Britain. He grew estranged from his parents, King George and Queen Caroline. Frederick was the father of King George III. Under the Act of...
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    reform. He was succeeded by his son, Frederick the Great. Frederick William was born in Berlin to King Frederick I of Prussia and Princess Sophia Charlotte...
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    House, London. He was the ninth child and sixth son of King George III and Queen Charlotte. Augustus Frederick was baptised in the Great Council Chamber at...
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    Frederick III (17 January 1463 – 5 May 1525), also known as Frederick the Wise (German: Friedrich der Weise), was Prince-elector of Saxony from 1486 to...
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    army, while King Frederick William I of Prussia dramatically increased its size and improved its doctrines. King Frederick the Great, a formidable battle...
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  • Frederick the Great, subtitled "The Campaigns of The Soldier King 1756–1759", is a board wargame published by Simulations Publications Inc. (SPI) in 1975...
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    Frederick I (German: Friedrich I.; 11 July 1657 – 25 February 1713), of the Hohenzollern dynasty, was (as Frederick III) Elector of Brandenburg (1688–1713)...
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    Prince Frederick William of Great Britain (13 May 1750 – 29 December 1765) was a grandchild of King George II and the youngest brother of King George III...
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  • Statue of Frederick the Great may refer to: Equestrian statue of Frederick the Great, Unter den Linden, Berlin Statue of Frederick the Great (Charlottenburg...
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    a result of the Lopukhina affair, in which Count Jean Armand de Lestocq and King Frederick the Great of Prussia took an active part. The objective was...
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    Prussia (category Pages using the Phonos extension)
    powerful in the 18th and 19th centuries. It had a major voice in European affairs under the reign of Frederick the Great (1740–1786). At the Congress of...
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    Paris and in mid-1750 moved to Prussia at the invitation of Frederick the Great. The Prussian king (with the permission of Louis XV) made him a chamberlain...
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    Marthe de Roucoulle (category Governesses to the Prussian court)
    active in Prussia. She was the governess first of Frederick William I of Prussia and later of his son Frederick the Great. Marthe de Roucoulle was originally...
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    to power, especially during the reign of Frederick II "the Great". Frederick the Great was instrumental in starting the Seven Years' War (1756–1763)...
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    principal partner the most brilliant general of the day, Frederick the Great of Prussia, then the rising power in central Europe, and paid Frederick substantial...
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    The equestrian statue of Frederick the Great on Unter den Linden avenue in Berlin's Mitte district commemorates King Frederick II of Prussia. Created from...
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    of Prussia Frederick I of Prussia, previously Frederick III, Elector of Brandenburg Frederick II of Prussia, Frederick the Great Frederick III, German...
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    Frederick William (German: Friedrich Wilhelm; 16 February 1620 – 29 April 1688) was Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia, thus ruler of Brandenburg-Prussia...
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    partner the most brilliant general of the day, Frederick the Great of Prussia, which was the rising power in Central Europe, and paid Frederick substantial...
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    Frederick the Great), he tried to regain a portion of the attenuated prerogative through the Coup of 1756 to abolish the rule of the Riksdag of the Estates...
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  • Prussia, Frederick the Great Frederick III, German Emperor (Frederick III of Prussia, 1831–1888), German emperor and King of Prussia Frederick William...
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    Frederick the Great Playing the Flute at Sanssouci or The Flute Concert is an 1852 oil on canvas history painting by the German painter Adolph Menzel....
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    Zeitung" on 14 December 1797: "Frederick William completed the great legislative work begun by Frederick . And if this were the only deed that glorified his...
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    Frederick V (Danish and Norwegian: Frederik V; 31 March 1723 – 14 January 1766) was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Schleswig-Holstein from 6 August...
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    Sanssouci (category Frederick the Great)
    Prussian King Frederick the Great as his summer palace, it is often counted among the German rivals of Versailles. While Sanssouci is in the more intimate...
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    W. Bruce (1981). The Romanovs: Autocrats of All the Russias. New York: The Dial Press. Luvaas, Jay (1966). Frederick the Great on the Art of War. Free...
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    Hohenzollern Castle (category Pages using the Phonos extension)
    belonged to King Frederick the Great. From 1952 until 1991 the caskets of Frederick Wilhelm I and his son Frederick the Great were in the chapel, but were...
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