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A beautiful musician,
a tough ruler.
A reformer, rebel,
self-absorbed king.
glorified as heroic?
to an enlightened, rational
order
Old Fritz, as we
still call him today,
King of Prussia,
and therefore the future ruler,
two officers join the team at the age of six. His father sets
Moral rigor,
the love of being a soldier,
Friedrich is
constantly at odds with his father.
He gets a library
with 4,000 books.
But that probably didn't strengthen his bond with his father
.
married
for dynastic reasons back then.
His claim
to be the first servant of the state
State training
for lawyers, compulsory schooling.
He hardly
resorts to his government.
on a circle of advisors
and friends.
Even if his
social policy
that
would determine German politics for a good 100 years.
Throughout his
reign
he does everything he can
to weaken Austria.
uses it
to achieve his goals.
In contrast to how he
describes it in his books.
end of 1741,
Prussian troops
Prussia won.
In the summer of 1744, Frederick took
the initiative again.
and attacked.
In January 1762,
the Russian Empress Elisabeth died.
remains there.
and no territorial
changes.
Friedrich persevered,
at a high price.
On the one hand, this magnificent building testifies to Frederick the Great's
thirst
for fame
and self-image
.
A small example:
Here is a video
about the history of Prussia
about three of
Frederick the Great's bad qualities.