Author:Frederick II of Prussia

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Frederick II of Prussia
(1712–1786)

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King of Prussia (1740–1786). In his role as a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire, he was Frederick IV of Brandenburg. He was in personal union the sovereign prince of the Principality of Neuchâtel; became known as Frederick the Great and was nicknamed der alte Fritz ("Old Fritz")

Frederick II of Prussia

Works

Speeches

"To His Generals Before Invading Silesia" (1740) in The World's Famous Orations.
"To His Generals Before the Battle of Leuthen" (1757) in The World's Famous Orations.

Works about Frederick

"Frederick II, king of Prussia," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

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