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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.
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 .
In 1730, Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia tried to flee from the tyrannical regime of his father, King Frederick William I, but was caught and imprisoned. To regain his freedom, he was required to marry Elisabeth Christine, daughter of Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and his wife Antoinette , in 1733. [ 1 ]
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 ...
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.
17 August 1786: 16 November 1797: Nephew of Frederick II, grandson of Frederick William I: Hohenzollern: Frederick William III 3 August 1770 – 7 June 1840 (aged 69) 16 November 1797: 7 June 1840: Son of Frederick William II: Hohenzollern: Frederick William IV 15 October 1795 – 2 January 1861 (aged 65) 7 June 1840
Frederick II of Denmark (1534–1588), king of Denmark and Norway 1559–1588; Frederick II of Prussia (1712–1786), king 1740–1786, better known as Frederick the Great; Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden (1857–1928) Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (1412–1464) Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg (1413–1471), margrave 1440–1470
Frederick William I (German: Friedrich Wilhelm I.; 14 August 1688 – 31 May 1740), known as the Soldier King (German: Soldatenkönig [1]), was King in Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg from 1713 until his death in 1740, as well as Prince of Neuchâtel.