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  2. Born24 January 1712 · Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
    Died17 August 1786 (aged 74) · Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia
    How Frederick Became the Great
    How Frederick Became the Great
    Frederick II, also known as Frederick the Great, was one of the most influential monarchs in European history. He ruled Prussia from 1740 to 1786 and transformed it into a powerful state.
    Early life

    Frederick was the son of then-Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover. He was born between 11 and 12 p.m. on 24 January 1712 in the Berlin Palace and was baptised with the sin… See more

    Crown prince

    At age 16, Frederick formed an attachment to the king's 17-year-old page, Peter Karl Christoph von Keith. Wilhelmine recorded that the two "soon became inseparable.... He served my brother from feelings of real devotion". … See more

    Inheritance

    Frederick was twenty-eight years old when his father died and he ascended to the throne of Prussia. Frederick William I had left him with a highly militarised state. Prussia was the twelfth largest country in Europe in t… See more

    Reign

    When Frederick became king, he faced vulnerably disconnected holdings with a weak economic base. To strengthen Prussia's position, he fought wars mainly against Austria, whose Habsburg dynasty had reigne… See more

     
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