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2 giorni 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.
23 apr 2024 · Frederick II, king of Prussia (1740–86), was a brilliant military campaigner who, in a series of diplomatic stratagems and wars against Austria and other powers, greatly enlarged Prussia’s territories and made Prussia the foremost military power in Europe.
- Matthew Smith Anderson
1 giorno fa · Frederick II succeeded his father Frederick William as king of Prussia on 31 May 1740 at the age of 28. Although Prussia had increased in importance over the prior few decades, its disparate and scattered territories prevented it wielding significant power, a reality Frederick intended to change. [22]
- 16 December 1740 – 18 October 1748, (7 years, 10 months and 2 days)
3 giorni fa · v. t. e. Frederick III [a] (Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl; 18 October 1831 – 15 June 1888) was German Emperor and King of Prussia for 99 days between March and June 1888, during the Year of the Three Emperors.
- 9 March 1888 – 15 June 1888
- Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
3 mag 2024 · Prussia. Opolskie. Silesia, Poland. Silesia, historical region located mainly in what is now Poland, shown before the First Silesian War, 1740. (more) Silesia, historical region that is now in southwestern Poland.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
9 mag 2024 · Within months of Charles VI’s death, Frederick II of Prussia invaded Silesia, a Habsburg province, beginning the War of the Austrian Succession. Maria Theresa led Austria through this and two other wars, preserving the bulk of Habsburg territory in the face of a series of militarily superior opponents.
14 mag 2024 · On November 5, 1757, Frederick the Great led the Prussian army to victory against the combined forces of France and Austria. It was considered one of his greatest victories, as Prussian casualties were approximately 600 to the French and Austrian loss of 10,000.
