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Top 10 Amazing Facts about Frederick the Great

Fredrick II was king of Prussia from the year 1740 until 1772 and later that year he changed his title to King of Prussia and reigned until his death in the year 1786.

Fredrick II’s significant accomplishments include his military successes in the Silesian wars, his reorganization of the Prussian Army, the first partition of Poland, and his portage on the arts and the Enlighten.

However, Fredrick was the last Hohenzollern monarch titled King in Prussia and declared himself king of Prussia after annexing Polish Prussia from the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth in the year 1772.

When Prussia greatly increased its territories and became a major military power in Europe under his rule he became known as Fredrick the Great and was nicknamed “The Old Fritz”.

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Fredrick the second had a terrible upbringing

 Fredrick’s father wanted a son who could make Prussia into a great military powerhouse.

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