King Frederick the Great of Prussia

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/King_Frederick_the_Great_of_Prussia
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkb:monarchy
gptkbp:birthDate 1712-01-24
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Berlin
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Sanssouci
gptkbp:country gptkb:Prussia
gptkbp:deathDate 1786-08-17
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Potsdam
gptkbp:father gptkb:Frederick_William_I_of_Prussia
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Frederick_II
gptkbp:house gptkb:House_of_Hohenzollern
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label King Frederick the Great of Prussia
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Napoleon_Bonaparte
Prussian military tradition
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Enlightenment
gptkb:Voltaire
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:military
religious tolerance
support for the arts
promotion of education
abolition of judicial torture
expansion of Prussian territory
modernizing Prussian bureaucracy
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkb:German
gptkbp:militaryConflict gptkb:War_of_Austrian_Succession
gptkb:Seven_Years'_War
gptkb:Silesian_Wars
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:Field_Marshal
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Sophia_Dorothea_of_Hanover
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Frederick_the_Great
gptkb:Old_Fritz
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Seven_Years'_War
gptkb:Silesian_Wars
enlightened absolutism
reforms in Prussia
military victories
gptkbp:patronage gptkb:philosophy
gptkb:Voltaire
arts
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Frederick_William_I_of_Prussia
gptkbp:reignEnd 1786
gptkbp:reignStart 1740
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Calvinism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Sanssouci_Palace
gptkb:Berlin_City_Palace
gptkbp:signature Frederick II signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Elisabeth_Christine_of_Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Frederick_William_II_of_Prussia
gptkbp:title gptkb:Prince_of_Neuchâtel
gptkb:Sovereign_Prince_of_the_Principality_of_Orange
Holy Roman Emperor
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:Essays
gptkb:Anti-Machiavel
Poems
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:King_of_Prussia_Inn
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6