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15 ore fa · Frederick II ( German: Friedrich II.; 24 January 1712 – 17 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until 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. His most significant accomplishments include his ...
1 giorno fa · However, Frederick's deposition in 1623 meant John George of Saxony and the Calvinist George William, Elector of Brandenburg became concerned Ferdinand intended to reclaim formerly Catholic bishoprics currently held by Protestants.
4 giorni fa · Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (1620–1688). He was succeeded by his son, Frederick, who proved to be one of William of Orange's most loyal allies.
3 giorni fa · After the battle, Gaudi moved to his Prussian domains and entered the service of Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg. He died there in 1665. The Hungarian chronicler Szalárdi János wrote about him: “Gaudi András (…) was a boy from Scotland, but he was faithful and later became a decent and brave warrior…”.
Frederick the Great was King of Prussia and an Elector in Brandenburg, ruling from age 38 in 1740 until his death in 1786 at the age of 74 According to wikipedia's page on him, it says " Frederick was almost certainly homosexual, and his sexuality has been the subject of much study.
2 giorni fa · Elector Frederick William of Brandenburg (often called the Great Elector, reigned 1640-1688) adopted a policy of limited religious toleration c. 1670. Which of these groups was to become a large and influential minority in Berlin by about 1710?
2 giorni fa · Instead, he repeatedly stresses Frederick’s illiteracy (pp. xviii, 26, 33, 199, 269, and esp. 514) and that there is no way of knowing ‘how familiar Frederick was with the contents of letters and charters that were written in his name’ (p. 140), or that ‘we do not know whether Frederick personally authorized the use of [a] terminology’ (p. 291).
