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

2. Friedrich Wilhelm Elector of Brandenburg- Prussia, 1640-1688 The “Great Elector”

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

4. The “Great Elector” receives huguenot refugees, 1685

5. Friedrich III Elector of Brandenburg-Prussia, 1688-1701 King in Prussia, 1701-1713 (as Friedrich I)

6. Berlin’s palace expanded

7. The Armory (another palace in Berlin)

8. 1701: Friedrich elevated to the status of “King in Prussia”

9. Charlottenburg Palace (outside Berlin) Sophie Charlotte (1668-1705)

11. Friedrich Wilhelm I King in Prussia, 1713-1740 The “Soldier King”

12. Prussia’s “long fellows”

13. The legacy of Prussia’s “soldier king” The Prussian Army in… 17131739 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

14. Crown Prince Friedrich

15. The Habsburg (Austrian) realms in the 18th Century

16. Maria Theresa Austrian Monarch (with husband & later her son), 1740-1780

17. Securing Silesia: The Battle of Hohenfriedberg (June 1745)

18. Souvenirs of Frederick’s victory at Rossbach (1757)

19. Peter III (tsar 1762) Catherine II (tsarina 1762-1796

21. Friedrich, the musician (painted by Adolf von Menzel)

22. Friedrich, friend to philosophers (also painted by Menzel) Voltaire (1694-1778)

23. “Old Fritz”