Ruler · Early modern period · Germany

Frederick the Great

1712–1786

King of Prussia from 1740 to 1786, born in 1712, who made a middling German state into a great power. He seized Silesia from Austria on his accession and held it through the Seven Years' War against Austria, France and Russia. A flute playing friend of Voltaire, he practiced enlightened absolutism at home.

Facts

Born: 1712, Berlin.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Frederick II
Died: 1786, Potsdam.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Frederick II
Reign: 1740 to 1786.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Frederick II
Realm: Prussia.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Frederick II
Known for: The seizure of Silesia (1740) and the Seven Years' War (1756 to 1763).; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Frederick II

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Frederick the Great, portrait by Antoine Pesne (Wikimedia Commons)

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CountryGermany1990–

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