Frederick the Great of Prussia

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Frederick_the_Great_of_Prussia
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Holy Roman Emperor
historical figure
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Order_of_Saint_Michael
gptkb:Order_of_the_Black_Eagle
gptkb:Order_of_the_Garter
gptkb:Order_of_the_White_Eagle
gptkb:Order_of_Saint_Anna
gptkb:Order_of_Saint_Louis
gptkb:Order_of_Saint_Stanislaus
gptkb:Order_of_the_Seraphim
gptkb:Order_of_Saint_Andrew
gptkb:Order_of_Saint_Alexander_Nevsky
gptkb:Order_of_Saint_Ferdinand_and_of_Merit
gptkb:Order_of_Saint_Stephen_of_Hungary
gptkb:Order_of_Saint_Hubert
gptkb:Order_of_Saint_Januarius
gptkbp:birthDate 1712-01-24
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Friedrich_II
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Berlin,_Kingdom_of_Prussia
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Sanssouci,_Potsdam
gptkbp:correspondedWith gptkb:Voltaire
gptkbp:deathDate 1786-08-17
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Potsdam,_Kingdom_of_Prussia
gptkbp:expansion Prussian territory
gptkbp:father gptkb:Frederick_William_I_of_Prussia
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Prussian_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Berlin_State_Opera
gptkbp:house gptkb:House_of_Hohenzollern
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Frederick the Great of Prussia
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkb:German
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:Field_Marshal
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Sophia_Dorothea_of_Hanover
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Old_Fritz
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:philosophy
gptkb:Seven_Years'_War
patronage of the arts
enlightened absolutism
military victories
modernizing Prussia
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Frederick_William_I_of_Prussia
gptkbp:reignEnd 1786
gptkbp:reignStart 1740
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Calvinism
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Elisabeth_Christine_of_Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Frederick_William_II_of_Prussia
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:poetry
gptkb:Anti-Machiavel
philosophical essays
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Age_of_Absolutism
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7