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Frederick II (German: Friedrich II.; 24 January 1712 – 17 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until his death in 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.
Portrait sketch of the 51-year-old Frederick II by Johann Georg Ziesenis (1763). [1]It is almost certain that Prussian King Frederick the Great (1712–1786) was primarily homosexual, and that his sexual orientation was central to his life.
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 also the prince-elector of Brandenburg and (through the Orange-Nassau inheritance of his grandfather) sovereign prince of the Canton of Neuchâtel .
Frederick William II 1744-1786-1797: Elizabeth Christine of Brunswick-Woldenbüttel 1746–1840 Augusta of Great Britain 1737–1813: Charles William of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1735–1806: Francis of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld1750–1806: Frederick William III 1770-1797-1840: Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1776–1810: Charles Frederick of Saxe ...
Elisabeth Christine became queen dowager upon the death of Frederick the Great on 17 August 1786. Elisabeth was not present at the death of her spouse and had not seen him since January of that year, but was given public sympathy for his death because of the popularity she enjoyed among the public, to all of whom, according to Spalding, she was ...
Frederick the Great, as an Author, Soldier, King and Man, well deserves to have his History written; better perhaps than Charles XII, whose Biography by Voltaire has always seemed to me one of the most delightful Books. Let your Publishers offer me Three hundred pounds, and time to heat the historico-biographical crucible and fill it and fuse ...
Death mask of Frederick the Great, 1786 Idealized portrait of Frederick from The Flute Concert of Sanssouci by Adolph Menzel , 1852 Possible portrait of Frederick the Great in The Toilette scene from Marriage A-la-Mode , [ 107 ] engraving by Simon François Ravenet after William Hogarth , 1745
Articles relating to Frederick the Great, King in/of Prussia (1712-1786, reigned 1740-1786) and his reign. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.