Frederick the Great

King of Prussia from 1740 to 1786 (1712-1786)

national anthem of Spain

Sanssouci () is a historical building in Potsdam, near Berlin. Built by Prussian King Frederick the Great as his summer palace, it is often counted among the German rivals of Versailles. While Sanssouci is in the more intimate Rococo style and is far smaller than its French Baroque counterpart, it is similarly notable for the numerous temples and follies in the surrounding park. The palace was designed and built by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff between 1745 and 1747 to meet Frederick's need for a private residence where he could escape the pomp and ceremony of the royal court. The palace's

Kingdom of Prussia's highest order of merit

three conflicts between the Kingdom of Prussia and the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy for control of Silesia

dispute between the Austrian Habsburg monarchy and an alliance of Saxony and Prussia

Palace in Sanssouci, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany

part of the War of the Austrian Succession

part of the War of the Austrian Succession

event during the Seven Years' War

peace treaty

triumphal arch in Potsdam, Germany

1911 Kaiser-class battleship

miniature figurine that represents a soldier

1745 treaty ending the Second Silesian War

The Kronprinzenpalais (English: ''Crown Prince's Palace'') is a former Royal Prussian residence on Unter den Linden boulevard in the historic centre of Berlin. It was built in 1663 and renovated in 1857 according to plans by Heinrich Strack in Neoclassical style. From 1919 to 1937, it was home to the modern art collection of the National Gallery. Damaged during the Allied bombing in World War II, the Kronprinzenpalais was rebuilt from 1968 to 1970 by Richard Paulick as part of the Forum Fridericianum. In 1990, the German Reunification Treaty was signed in the listed building. Since then, it ha

park in Potsdam, Germany

thumb|Frederick the Great binding together the League of Princes. Allegorical representation of 1786. The (Deutsche) Fürstenbund (, "[German] League of Princes") was an alliance of mostly Protestant princes in the Holy Roman Empire formed in 1785 under the leadership of Frederick the Great of Prussia. The alliance, which initially comprised the three major northern states of Prussia, Hanover and Saxony, was officially set up to safeguard the constitutional integrity and territorial status quo of the Empire, but more immediately to oppose the long-cherished ambition of Joseph II to add Bavaria

church building in Potsdam, Germany

1792 Prussian legislation

palace in Rheinsberg, Brandenburg, Germany

mausoleum in Sanssouci, Potsdam, Germany

thumb|228px|1740 Anti-Machiavel is an 18th-century essay by Frederick the Great, King of Prussia and patron of Voltaire, consisting of a chapter-by-chapter rebuttal of The Prince, the 16th-century book by Niccolò Machiavelli. It was first published in September 1740, a few months after Frederick became king.

essay by Voltaire

Prussian porcelain manufacturer

(1756-1763) part of the Seven Years' War

Reconstruction of a Dutch windmill west of Potsdam's Sanssouci Palace

human settlement in Germany

palace

military alliance between Great Britain and Prussia

former monastery in Jüterbog

details on Frederick the Great's sexuality