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Frederick’s ExploitsHistory 323 / Jan. 11, 2013
Friedrich Wilhelm Elector of Brandenburg-
Prussia, 1640-1688
The “Great Elector”
Brandenburg-Prussia in 1640 (yellow)+ gains under the Great Elector to 1688 (orange)
The “Great Elector” receives huguenot refugees, 1685
Friedrich IIIElector of Brandenburg-Prussia,
1688-1701
King in Prussia, 1701-1713(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(1668-1705)
Friedrich Wilhelm IKing in Prussia, 1713-1740
The “Soldier King”
Prussia’s “long fellows”
The legacy of Prussia’s “soldier king”
The Prussian Army in…
1713 1739
Infantry 21,746 52,391
Garrison & free guard companies
4,841 4,720
Cavalry 7,737 17,842
Artillery 527 1,208
In the pay of Holland
5,096 0
Military engineers
0 41
New garrison troops
0 4,832
Total 39,947 81,034
Crown Prince Friedrich
The Habsburg (Austrian)
realms in the18th Century
Maria TheresaAustrian Monarch
(with husband & later her son),1740-1780
Securing Silesia: The Battle of Hohenfriedberg (June 1745)
Souvenirs of Frederick’s victory at Rossbach (1757)
Peter III (tsar 1762) Catherine II (tsarina 1762-1796
Friedrich, the musician(painted by Adolf von Menzel)
Friedrich, friend to philosophers(also painted by
Menzel)
Voltaire (1694-1778)
“Old Fritz”