Frederick’s Exploits History 323 / Jan. 11, 2013.

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Frederick’s Exploits History 323 / Jan. 11, 2013

Friedrich Wilhelm Elector of Brandenburg- Prussia, The “Great Elector”

Brandenburg-Prussia in 1640 (yellow) + gains under the Great Elector to 1688 (orange)

The “Great Elector” receives huguenot refugees, 1685

Friedrich III Elector of Brandenburg-Prussia, King in Prussia, (as Friedrich I)

Berlin’s palace expanded

The Armory (another palace in Berlin)

1701: Friedrich elevated to the status of “King in Prussia”

Charlottenburg Palace (outside Berlin) Sophie Charlotte ( )

Friedrich Wilhelm I King in Prussia, The “Soldier King”

Prussia’s “long fellows”

The legacy of Prussia’s “soldier king” The Prussian Army in… Infantry21,74652,391 Garrison & free guard companies 4,8414,720 Cavalry7,73717,842 Artillery5271,208 In the pay of Holland5,0960 Military engineers041 New garrison troops04,832 Total 39,94781,034

Crown Prince Friedrich

The Habsburg (Austrian) realms in the 18th Century

Maria Theresa Austrian Monarch (with husband & later her son),

Securing Silesia: The Battle of Hohenfriedberg (June 1745)

Souvenirs of Frederick’s victory at Rossbach (1757)

Peter III (tsar 1762) Catherine II (tsarina

Friedrich, the musician (painted by Adolf von Menzel)

Friedrich, friend to philosophers (also painted by Menzel) Voltaire ( )

“Old Fritz”