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  2. Frederick the Great - Wikipedia

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    For instance, Thomas Carlyle's History of Frederick the Great (8 vol. 1858–1865) emphasised the power of one great "hero", in this case Frederick, to shape history. [314] In German memory, Frederick became a great national icon and many Germans said he was the greatest monarch in modern history.

  3. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great

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    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 ...

  4. Category:Frederick the Great - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Frederick the Great Playing the Flute at Sanssouci - Wikipedia

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    Menzel was one of the most popular and important Realist painters of the 19th century, and was ennobled as Adolph von Menzel in 1898. His works form an important record of life in Prussia at the time, especially the life of Frederick the Great. Sanssouci (meaning Free of Care), was Frederick's summer palace at Potsdam, near Berlin.

  6. Peter Karl Christoph von Keith - Wikipedia

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    Peter Karl Christoph von Keith (24 May 1711 – 27 December 1756) was a Prussian statesman, military officer, and confidant of Crown Prince Frederick II, later known as Frederick the Great. Keith was of a branch of the Scottish Clan Keith , which granted him noble status, and was descendant from Scottish emigrants residing in Pomerania.

  7. Sexuality of Frederick the Great - Wikipedia

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    Frederick was a passionate supporter of the Enlightenment and Voltaire was its greatest spokesman. This included, for example, the abolition of criminal liability for homosexual acts. Frederick however did not abolish it, but unlike under his father, [34] no death sentence was carried out. [23]

  8. Royal Prussian Army of the Napoleonic Wars - Wikipedia

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    Frederick the Great's successor, his nephew Frederick William II (1786–1797), relaxed conditions in Prussia and had little interest in war. He delegated responsibility to the aged Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, and the army began to degrade in quality.

  9. Battle of Hohenfriedberg - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Hohenfriedberg or Hohenfriedeberg (now Dobromierz, Poland), also known as the Battle of Striegau (now Strzegom, Poland) was one of Frederick the Great's most admired victories. Frederick's Prussian army decisively defeated an Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine on June 4, 1745, during the Second Silesian War ...