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English themselves, who had not made a particular study of his works, did not always comprehend their full energy. I added that to transfuse the soul of Shakespeare into a translation was impossible, and to taste all his beauties in the original required such a knowledge of the English manners and language as few foreigners, even after a long residence in the capital, could attain.
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courts. At noon, he had to invite cavaliers of the court to be introduced to diplomatic manners. After lunch, the language lessons continued in written form, since he could already read and write at the age of five. Only then did he have time to play. But even at this time of day, he had to act out what he had learned with the help of puppets.
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October 1797, Frederick William II withdrew from the Berlin court life. He never left the Marmorpalais in Potsdam again. Only a few confidants, such as Countess Lichtenau, as well as French nobles who had fled before the French Revolution, gathered around the dying king. On 9 November 1797
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from the 1760s onwards. While Frederick II was critical of religious practice, Frederick William II was a devout Protestant. While Frederick II was only a patron of French culture, Frederick William II as king supported German music and theatre. While Frederick II withdrew into small elite circles,
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over accusations of multiple failures. Some historians suggest that Frederick deliberately used his brother as a scapegoat to distract attention from his own failures as a general, and later transferred his contempt for the younger brother to Frederick William. In fact, Frederick II had treated his
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and Johann Rudolf von Bischoffwerder, managed to convince the crown prince of their teachings. By highlighting the supposed godlessness of his previous lifestyle, which had been unconcerned with matters of sexuality, they saw the opportunity to displace his most significant competitor, Frederick
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and had been in Prussian service since 1743. He had already come into personal contact with Frederick II and enjoyed his esteem. BĂ©guelin strictly regulated the daily routine of the four- and five-year-old prince: in the morning, the prince learned German and French, the language of the European
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in 1756 led to Prussia's foreign policy isolation. Frederick William II's goal of consolidating the kingdom's position as a major power, which it had achieved under Frederick II, was therefore seriously endangered from the start. Above all, Frederick William's Minister of War
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as Frederick William's new wife, and had them married in 1765. This unhappy marriage ended after only four years during which both spouses had been unfaithful. Frederick II, granted a divorce reluctantly. Frederick William was then married to
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originally been erected in 1753 for the country preacher Krumbholz and had to be makeshiftly converted into the Crown Prince's Palace in 1764. In the rented neighbouring house at Schwertfegerstrasse 8, the future Prussian King
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an exceedingly good officer. To the frankness of a soldier, he joins the integrity of a German, and is beloved by the public in general, on account of his good-nature, affability, and humane turn of mind."
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which, with brief interruptions, were to last until 1763.
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Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600-1947
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in particular could not have been predicted at the time.
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2242:. Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar. p. 27.
1726:Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
1694:Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany
3441:People of the War of the First Coalition
3381:German Calvinist and Reformed Christians
2945:Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia
2237:
2212:
2187:
2147:
2005:
2003:
1669:
1121:
1045:
992:
910:
862:
832:
801:
731:
3019:
2150:Geschichte PreuĂźens. Staat und Dynastie
2048:
2014:. Verein fĂĽr die geschichte Berlins e.V
1523:Duchess Luise of Brunswick-WolfenbĂĽttel
599:Duchess Luise of Brunswick-WolfenbĂĽttel
362:Duchess Luise of Brunswick-WolfenbĂĽttel
236: 1787; died 1789)
14:
3318:
2962:
2947:
2935:
2912:
2900:
2881:
2853:
2463:
2086:(in German). epubli GmbH. p. 27.
1713:Duchess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
1538:
1418:
1414:
1404:
1296:
1186:
1182:
736:Portrait of Prince Frederick William,
3159:
2993:
2437:
2238:Hagemann, Alfred P. (13 April 2024).
2181:
2152:(in German). Propyläen. p. 268.
2116:Luise von Preußen: Königin der Herzen
2109:
2107:
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2081:
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1210:
1194:
1190:
1041:
915:Portrait of Frederick William II, by
806:Frederick II and Frederick William II
2114:Schönpflug, Daniel (13 April 2024).
2009:
1966:
1962:
1960:
1948:
1944:
1942:
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1881:
1798:
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1780:
1762:Princess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg
1497:Princess Christine of Hesse-Eschwege
1255:Princess Sophia Charlotte of Hanover
1156:and most of her wealth confiscated.
906:
727:
448:Wilhelmine, Queen of the Netherlands
326:Friedrich Wilhelm, Count Brandenburg
300:Wilhelmine, Queen of the Netherlands
2172:
1343:Princess Sophia Dorothea of Hanover
1117:
1008:Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt
951:
837:Frederick William II and his uncles
823:Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt
197:Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt
24:
3346:18th-century German male musicians
2964:
2949:
2937:
2914:
2902:
2883:
2855:
2710:Prince Friedrich Heinrich Albrecht
2213:Graichen, Gisela (13 April 2024).
2100:
2070:
1281:Prince Augustus William of Prussia
1050:National Theatre on Gendarmenmarkt
595:Prince Augustus William of Prussia
352:Prince Augustus William of Prussia
320:Gustav Adolf Wilhelm von Ingenheim
25:
3457:
1957:
1933:
1878:
1777:
1375:Princess Sophia Dorothea of Celle
1032:Sophie Juliane Gräfin von Dönhoff
945:Allgemeines PreuĂźisches Landrecht
545:, Frederick William II ended the
541:. As a defensive reaction to the
263:
69:17 August 1786 – 16 November 1797
27:King of Prussia from 1786 to 1797
3071:
2981:Forfeit rights to the succession
2974:
2888:
2841:
2809:
2367:Frederick William II of Prussia
1082:in Potsdam and the world-famous
1003:Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick
988:
406:
381:
290:Frederick William III of Prussia
183:
3326:Frederick William II of Prussia
2339:
2317:
2256:
2231:
2206:
2166:
2141:
2132:
1401:Frederick William II of Prussia
641:Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor
259:
233:
208:
179:
18:Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia
3386:18th-century Dutch politicians
3361:Prince-electors of Brandenburg
2082:Pöthe, Zitha (13 April 2024).
1985:
1908:
1845:
1718:Princess Christine (1772–1773)
1223:Frederick William I of Prussia
959:Austro-Russian Alliance (1781)
610:Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
13:
1:
3341:18th-century kings of Prussia
1770:
1030:in 1787, and the second with
972:Ewald Friedrich von Hertzberg
920:
737:
588:
2976:
2890:
2843:
2811:
1915:Kroll, Frank-Lothar (2009).
1746:William II, Elector of Hesse
1736:William I of the Netherlands
1690:Princess Frederica Charlotte
1111:Johann Christoph von Wöllner
1089:
704:Prussian Academy of Sciences
662:
7:
3391:Burials at Berlin Cathedral
1971:. Gebr. Mann. p. 140.
1967:Jung, Karin Carmen (1999).
1890:Clark, Christopher (2008).
1665:
1163:
961:, the unreliability of the
798:Conflict with Frederick II
453:Augusta, Electress of Hesse
305:Augusta, Electress of Hesse
10:
3462:
3421:German patrons of the arts
2839:Prince Alexander Ferdinand
2781:Prince Friedrich Sigismund
1532:
1416:
1290:
1184:
1069:Johann Frederick Reichardt
622:Pragmatic Sanction of 1713
515:Friedrich Wilhelm II.
3193:
3139:
3080:
3069:
3027:
2960:
2925:
2871:
2799:
2728:
2677:
2641:
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2525:Prince Augustus Ferdinand
2502:
2486:
2471:
2422:
2405:
2397:
2392:
2365:
2188:Feldhahn, Ulrich (2011).
2118:. C.H.Beck. p. 136.
1953:(in German). p. 232.
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1317:George I of Great Britain
1302:
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934:and the promotion of the
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2791:Prince Friedrich Leopold
2786:Prince Frederick Charles
2720:Prince Friedrich Wilhelm
2705:Prince Friedrich Leopold
2177:(in German). p. 37.
2010:Komander, Gerhild H. M.
1827:Meier, Brigitte (2007).
967:Franco-Austrian Alliance
963:Kingdom of Great Britain
940:Prussian Academy of Arts
901:
3416:Brandenburgian nobility
3411:Conservatism in Germany
3187:Electors of Brandenburg
2515:Prince Augustus William
2304:www.webarchiv-server.de
2268:Der Tagesspiegel Online
2173:Neumann, Hans-Joachim.
2148:Heinrich, Gerd (1981).
1857:Der Tagesspiegel Online
1073:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
917:Johann Christoph Frisch
3143:Elector of Brandenburg
2933:Prince Georg Friedrich
2819:Prince Louis Ferdinand
2741:Prince Eitel Friedrich
2551:Prince Louis Ferdinand
2412:Elector of Brandenburg
1675:
1197:Frederick I of Prussia
1130:
1051:
1001:Frederick II selected
998:
926:
899:
868:
838:
807:
791:Treaty of Hubertusburg
743:
688:Imperial Chamber Court
581:, and Orangery in the
514:
60:Elector of Brandenburg
3371:House of Hohenzollern
3305:Frederick William III
3111:Frederick William III
2834:Prince Wilhelm Viktor
2751:Prince August Wilhelm
2715:Prince Joachim Albert
2654:Prince Friedrich Karl
2572:Frederick William III
2426:Frederick William III
2372:House of Hohenzollern
1949:Hagemann, Alfred. P.
1760:(1783–1851), married
1711:(1770–1840), married
1709:Frederick William III
1674:Prussian Royal Family
1673:
1125:
1049:
996:
914:
885:
866:
844:Frederick William III
836:
805:
784:Battle of Burkersdorf
735:
669:Crown Prince's Palace
435:Frederick William III
400:House of Hohenzollern
88:Frederick William III
3366:Princes of Neuchâtel
3300:Frederick William II
3116:Frederick William IV
3106:Frederick William II
2910:Prince Franz Wilhelm
2736:Crown Prince Wilhelm
2603:Frederick William IV
2541:Frederick William II
1992:Moore, John (1786).
1722:Prince Louis Charles
1682:By his first cousin
780:Siege of Schweidnitz
681:Age of Enlightenment
549:between Prussia and
502:Frederick William II
443:Prince Louis Charles
416:Frederick William II
295:Prince Louis Charles
262: 1790;
182: 1765;
111:Stadtschloss, Berlin
35:Frederick William II
3290:Frederick William I
3096:Frederick William I
3021:Monarchs of Prussia
2971:Weimar Constitution
2851:Prince Wilhelm-Karl
2494:Frederick William I
2416:Prince of Neuchâtel
1996:. pp. 228–231.
1732:Princess Wilhelmine
1724:(1773–96), married
1020:morganatic marriage
645:Elisabeth of Russia
583:New Garden, Potsdam
539:Canton of Neuchâtel
3351:People from Berlin
3082:Kingdom of Prussia
2465:Princes of Prussia
1676:
1131:
1052:
1042:Patron of the Arts
1022:, which were also
999:
927:
869:
839:
808:
748:Third Silesian War
744:
673:Oranienburg Palace
555:patron of the arts
439:Princess Christine
248:Sophie von Dönhoff
139:Kingdom of Prussia
115:Kingdom of Prussia
3376:German landowners
3313:
3312:
3280:Frederick William
3265:Joachim Frederick
3255:Joachim II Hector
3153:
3152:
3058:Frederick William
2987:
2986:
2863:Prince Karl Franz
2432:
2431:
2423:Succeeded by
2380:25 September 1744
2249:978-3-412-24006-6
2224:978-3-498-02526-7
2199:978-3-89870-615-5
2159:978-3-549-07620-0
2125:978-3-406-59813-5
1901:978-3-570-55060-1
1838:978-3-7917-2083-8
1662:
1661:
1658:
1657:
983:French Revolution
907:Domestic politics
728:Prince of Prussia
620:as heir with the
614:House of Habsburg
543:French Revolution
499:
498:
389:
388:
108:25 September 1744
16:(Redirected from
3453:
3356:Kings of Prussia
3250:Joachim I Nestor
3180:
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3156:
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3043:Albert Frederick
3029:Duchy of Prussia
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2815:
2771:Prince Sigismund
2695:Prince Sigismund
2664:Prince Alexander
2623:Prince Frederick
2458:
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1742:Princess Augusta
1178:
1177:
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1168:
1118:Death and legacy
1084:Brandenburg Gate
1067:played works by
1057:National Theater
952:Foreign policies
925:
922:
897:
827:Wilhelmine Encke
752:Seven Years' War
742:
739:
630:Habsburg Silesia
597:(1722–1758) and
575:Brandenburg Gate
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394:Prussian Royalty
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2926:11th generation
2921:
2872:10th generation
2867:
2824:Prince Hubertus
2795:
2766:Prince Waldemar
2746:Prince Adalbert
2724:
2700:Prince Waldemar
2673:
2637:
2633:Prince Waldemar
2628:Prince Adalbert
2591:
2560:
2556:Prince Augustus
2529:
2498:
2482:
2479:King in Prussia
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2408:King of Prussia
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1012:Wilhelmine Enke
991:
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936:German language
932:French language
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3031:(1525–1701)
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1771:References
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