Frederick’s ExploitsHistory 323 / Jan. 11, 2013

Friedrich Wilhelm Elector of Brandenburg-

Prussia, 1640-1688

The “Great Elector”

Brandenburg-Prussia in 1640 (yellow)+ gains under the Great Elector to 1688 (orange)

The “Great Elector” receives huguenot refugees, 1685

Friedrich IIIElector of Brandenburg-Prussia,

1688-1701

King in Prussia, 1701-1713(as Friedrich I)

Berlin’s palace expanded

The Armory(another palace

in Berlin)

1701: Friedrich elevated to the status of “King in Prussia”

Charlottenburg Palace(outside Berlin)

Sophie Charlotte(1668-1705)

Friedrich Wilhelm IKing in Prussia, 1713-1740

The “Soldier King”

Prussia’s “long fellows”

The legacy of Prussia’s “soldier king”

The Prussian Army in…

1713 1739

Infantry 21,746 52,391

Garrison & free guard companies

4,841 4,720

Cavalry 7,737 17,842

Artillery 527 1,208

In the pay of Holland

5,096 0

Military engineers

0 41

New garrison troops

0 4,832

Total 39,947 81,034

Crown Prince Friedrich

The Habsburg (Austrian)

realms in the18th Century

Maria TheresaAustrian Monarch

(with husband & later her son),1740-1780

Securing Silesia: The Battle of Hohenfriedberg (June 1745)

Souvenirs of Frederick’s victory at Rossbach (1757)

Peter III (tsar 1762) Catherine II (tsarina 1762-1796

Friedrich, the musician(painted by Adolf von Menzel)

Friedrich, friend to philosophers(also painted by

Menzel)

Voltaire (1694-1778)

“Old Fritz”