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

Frederick ’ s Exploits History 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.

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

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  1. Frederick’s ExploitsHistory 323 / Jan. 11, 2013

  2. Friedrich Wilhelm Elector of Brandenburg-Prussia, 1640-1688The “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 IIIElector of Brandenburg-Prussia, 1688-1701King in Prussia, 1701-1713(as Friedrich I)

  6. Berlin’s palace expanded

  7. The Armory(another palacein Berlin)

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

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

  10. Friedrich Wilhelm IKing in Prussia, 1713-1740The “Soldier King”

  11. Prussia’s “long fellows”

  12. The legacy of Prussia’s “soldier king”

  13. Crown Prince Friedrich

  14. The Habsburg (Austrian) realms in the18th Century

  15. Maria TheresaAustrian Monarch(with husband & later her son),1740-1780

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

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

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

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

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

  21. “Old Fritz”

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