Frederick the Great
1712 – 1786 Prussian King of Prussia (Frederick II)
Prussian warrior-king and enlightened ruler.
- Religion
- Nominally Calvinist; personally a religious skeptic
- Affiliations
- House of Hohenzollern; a documented Freemason (initiated 1738).
Frederick the Great made Prussia a major European power through victories in the Silesian Wars and the Seven Years' War. He reformed the state and law and welcomed Enlightenment thinkers to his court. He was a skilled general and a patron of music and philosophy.
In the timeline
- 1713 Prussia's Soldier King builds a mass conscript army mentioned
- 1740 Frederick the Great makes Prussia a great power central figure
- 1756 Frederick the Great launches preemptive war central figure
- 1760 Russian troops occupy Berlin mentioned
- 1760 Frederick the Great wins the Battle of Liegnitz central figure
- 1763 Prussia makes schooling compulsory mentioned