Accession of Frederick the Great
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Royalty, Rulers, Nobility
- Subcategories: Kings, Queens, Kingdoms, Monarchy
- Curriculum: 18th Century European History, German History
- Geographical Location: Prussia
- Date: May 31, 1740
Article abstract: The accession of Frederick the Great sets Prussia on course to become the dominant Germanic state and changes the balance of power in Europe.
Summary of Event
When the rather sickly child who would become Frederick the Great was born on January 24, 1712, to Sophia Dorothea, wife of Crown Prince Frederick William I, the aging Frederick I ordered a celebration that rivaled his own coronation as “Frederick by the Grace of God King in Prussia” in the city of Königsberg eleven years earlier. Thirteen months later, Frederick I was dead;...
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