Friedrich II of Prussia

GPTKB entity

Statements (66)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_officer
gptkb:monarchy
Holy Roman Emperor
composer
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Frederick_the_Great
gptkbp:birthDate 24 January 1712
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Friedrich_II
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Berlin
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Sanssouci
gptkbp:correspondedWith gptkb:Voltaire
gptkbp:deathDate 17 August 1786
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Potsdam
gptkbp:father gptkb:Frederick_William_I_of_Prussia
gptkbp:house gptkb:House_of_Hohenzollern
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Friedrich II of Prussia
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Napoleon_Bonaparte
gptkb:Otto_von_Bismarck
German military tradition
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Enlightenment
gptkb:Voltaire
gptkb:Machiavelli
gptkb:Montesquieu
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkb:German
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Sophia_Dorothea_of_Hanover
gptkbp:notableAchievement patron of the arts
enlightened absolutism
promoted religious tolerance
expanded Prussian territories
modernized Prussian bureaucracy
reformed the military
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Torgau
gptkb:Battle_of_Hohenfriedberg
gptkb:Battle_of_Leuthen
gptkb:War_of_Austrian_Succession
gptkb:Battle_of_Rossbach
gptkb:Seven_Years'_War
gptkb:Battle_of_Zorndorf
gptkb:Silesian_Wars
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Poésies_diverses
gptkb:Anti-Machiavel
gptkb:Histoire_de_mon_temps
gptkb:Correspondence_with_Voltaire
gptkbp:patronage gptkb:Immanuel_Kant
gptkb:Johann_Sebastian_Bach
gptkb:Carl_Philipp_Emanuel_Bach
gptkb:Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing
gptkbp:portrait gptkb:Johann_Georg_Ziesenis
gptkb:Anton_Graff
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Frederick_William_I_of_Prussia
gptkbp:reignEnd 17 August 1786
gptkbp:reignStart 31 May 1740
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Calvinism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Sanssouci_Palace
gptkb:Berlin_City_Palace
gptkbp:signature Friedrich II signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Elisabeth_Christine_of_Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Frederick_William_II_of_Prussia
gptkbp:title gptkb:King_in_Prussia
gptkb:Sovereign_Prince_of_Neuchâtel
gptkb:Prince_of_the_Holy_Roman_Empire
Holy Roman Emperor
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Friedrich
gptkb:Friedrichstraße
gptkb:Volkspark_Friedrichshain
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6