Frederick II (Frederick the Great)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Frederick_II_(Frederick_the_Great)
GPTKB entity
Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Holy Roman Emperor
gptkbp:birthDate 24 January 1712
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Berlin
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Sanssouci
gptkbp:composer flute sonatas
gptkbp:correspondedWith gptkb:Voltaire
gptkbp:deathDate 17 August 1786
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Potsdam
gptkbp:expandedTerritory gptkb:West_Prussia
gptkb:Silesia
Polish Royal Prussia
gptkbp:father gptkb:Frederick_William_I_of_Prussia
gptkbp:house gptkb:House_of_Hohenzollern
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Frederick II (Frederick the Great)
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:European_Enlightenment
gptkb:German_unification_movement
Prussian military tradition
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Enlightenment
gptkb:Voltaire
gptkbp:instrument gptkb:saxophone
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:War_of_Austrian_Succession
gptkb:Seven_Years'_War
enlightened absolutism
military victories
modernizing Prussia
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkb:German
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:Field_Marshal
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Sophia_Dorothea_of_Hanover
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Frederick_the_Great
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Anti-Machiavel
gptkb:Histoire_de_mon_temps
gptkb:Correspondence_with_Voltaire
Poems
gptkbp:patronage gptkb:music
gptkb:philosophy
arts
gptkbp:policy gptkb:politics
gptkb:public_policy
religious tolerance
agricultural reform
abolition of judicial torture
promotion of meritocracy
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Frederick_William_I_of_Prussia
gptkbp:reignEnd 17 August 1786
gptkbp:reignStart 31 May 1740
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Calvinism
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Elisabeth_Christine_of_Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Frederick_William_II_of_Prussia
gptkbp:title gptkb:King_in_Prussia
Holy Roman Emperor
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Prussia_(before_1793)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8