with the aim of curbing the growing power of both Great Britain and Prussia. At first Frederick won resounding victories, defeating France and Austria at Rossbach in 1757. Later that year ...

Before Frederick the Great became one of Prussia’s most legendary rulers, he endured a childhood of fear, violence, and relentless bullying—from his own father.

For Frederick was the first German ruler to turn his miscellany of territorial possessions – Prussia was a third-rate country, if that, at the time of his accession at the age of twenty-eight in 1740 ...

The one who made Prussia a leading European power was born in a freezing cold winter in the palace at Potsdam, just outside Berlin, son of Frederick William I. He had what can be described with ...

In 1871, William of Prussia was declared the first German emperor. His reign ended upon his death March 9, 1888, and he was ...

History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great is a 21-book history by Thomas Carlyle. It has now been placed on-line by volunteers at Project Gutenberg. They have created separate ...

King Frederick III of Prussia was born on 18 October 1831 in Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia [now Brandenburg, Germany]. He was married to Princess Royal Victoria. He died on 15 June 1888 in Potsdam, ...

Historian Christopher Clark re-examines the life and achievements of one of Germany's most colourful and controversial leaders, a philosopher and cultured 'Prince of the Enlightenment' whose ...

However: agriculture still dominated the economy Prussia was ruled by the authoritarian Hohenzollern Royal family (on the death of King Frederick William III, Frederick William IV became the new ...

The then-ruler of Prussia, Frederick William (1640-88), became embroiled in a 30 ... this bureaucracy could not adequately prepare the country to cope with the economic losses of the First World War.