FREDERRICK THE GREAT: THE ENLIGHTENED WARRIOR

FREDERICK THE GREAT: 
THE ENLIGHTENED WARRIOR

#  1  > Survivor of an abusive father, Frederick II blossomed when he took the throne. He attracted the great thinkers of Europe to his court while establishing Prussia as a dominant military power.Throughout history, small states have come out of nowhere, and rapidly become great powers. This was the case of Prussia, a former duchy that in the early 1700s emerged from the shadow of Poland and the Holy Roman Empire. Growing to encompass much of northern and central Europe, Prussia was led to new heights by Frederick II.

#  2  > Ruling from his new capital, Berlin, Frederick's father, Frederick William I, was Prussia's second monarch. During his reign ( 1713-1740 ), Frederick William built up a large, well-trained army from his small population. His acquisition of new lands made Prussia prosperous as well as formidable. Frederick William I was a man of iron discipline, whose military obsession bordered on the fanatical, but his son seemed to be his exact opposite.