Prussian court of Frederick the Great

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The Prussian court of Frederick the Great was the enlightened 18th-century royal court in Berlin and Potsdam renowned for its patronage of the arts, music, and philosophy under the rule of the musically gifted and culturally influential King Frederick II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 18th-century court
royal court
alsoKnownAs court of Frederick II
court of Frederick the Great
centeredAtResidence Berlin City Palace
Potsdam City Palace
Sanssouci
linked to: Sanssouci Palace
country Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia
employedArchitect Carl von Gontard
Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff
employedComposer Carl Heinrich Graun
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Johann Joachim Quantz
employedMusician Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Johann Joachim Quantz
endTime 1786
governedBy Frederick II of Prussia
hasArtForm Rococo architecture
chamber music
flute music
landscape gardening
opera seria
hasCharacteristic Enlightenment culture
French-influenced culture
intellectual cosmopolitanism
military ethos
patronage of music
patronage of philosophy
patronage of the arts
rationalist spirit
religious tolerance
hasLanguage French
German
hasReligion Protestantism
hostedPhilosopher Julien Offray de La Mettrie
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
Voltaire
hostedScholar Francesco Algarotti
Johann Georg Sulzer
influenced European court culture in the 18th century
German Enlightenment culture
Prussian military culture
locatedIn Berlin
Potsdam
monarch Frederick II of Prussia
notableEvent construction of Sanssouci Palace
development of Frederick the Great’s flute concertos
residence of Voltaire at Sanssouci
patron Frederick II of Prussia
startTime 1740
style Rococo
timePeriod Age of Enlightenment

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Friedrich August Stüler employer Prussian royal court
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Johann Heinrich Strack employer Prussian royal court
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Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine household Prussian royal court
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Prussian court of Frederick the Great alsoKnownAs court of Frederick the Great
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Prince of Prussia jurisdiction Prussian royal court
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Eosander von Göthe employer Prussian court
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Prince Henry of Prussia (1726–1802) court Prussian royal court
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Peter Joseph Lenné employer Prussian royal court
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Ludwig Persius employer Royal court of Prussia
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Sophie von Dönhoff partOf Prussian court
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Julie von Voss associatedWith Prussian court
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Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia educatedAt Prussian royal court
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Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia associatedWith Prussian royal court
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Carl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg educatedAt Prussian court of Frederick the Great
French royal court at Versailles influenced Prussian royal court
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Court of Louis XIV influenced Court of Frederick the Great
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Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia residence Prussian royal court
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Christian Daniel Rauch employer Prussian royal court
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Georg Christian Unger employer Prussian court
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Queen of Prussia linkedInstitution Prussian court
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Ernst von Ihne employer Prussian royal court
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Königliche Kapelle partOf Prussian royal court
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Königliche Kapelle hasAudience Prussian royal court
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Franz Kruger associatedWith Prussian court
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Johann Joachim Quantz employer Royal Prussian court in Berlin
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Carl Gotthard Langhans employer Prussian court
subject linked to: Langhans
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Wilhelm Hensel employer Prussian court
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Maria Beccadelli di Bologna socialCircle Prussian court society
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Crown Princess of Prussia linkedInstitution Prussian royal court
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Georg Ernst Stahl employer Prussian court
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Wq 48 hasHistoricalContext Frederick the Great’s court in Berlin
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