# Frederick the Great

> The philosopher-king who hated his father's militarism, then spent forty-six years at war. Frederick turned Prussia from a second-tier German state into the power that would eventually unify Germany, and died so beloved his soldiers called him "Old Fritz."

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

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Country:** Germany
- **Born:** 1712-01-24
- **Died:** 1786-08-17
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born in 1712, Frederick II clashed with his authoritarian father over his love of music and philosophy. Upon taking the throne in 1740, he immediately invaded Silesia and seized it from Austria, revealing a military genius no one had expected. He spent the next decades reorganizing the Prussian army, writing influential military theory drawn from his own battlefield experience, and expanding his kingdom through the First Partition of Poland in 1772. At home he practiced enlightened absolutism—modernizing the bureaucracy, reforming the courts, allowing religious freedom for Protestants, Catholics, and Jews, and patronizing Enlightenment thinkers and the arts. Almost certainly homosexual, he died childless in 1786 at Sanssouci, his favourite palace. Nineteenth-century German historians made him a national icon; the Nazis later claimed him as a precursor to Hitler, which darkened his reputation after 1945.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 72.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.1 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 29.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 10.6 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Country rank:** #164
- **Category rank:** #66

## Topics
#Politicians, #Model, #Royalty, #Classical, #Politics, #Early Modern Era

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33550)
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- [Frederig II (Prusia)](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederig_II_(Prusia))
- [Fridrik II, kralj Pruske](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fridrik_II%2C_kralj_Pruske)
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- [Frederiko la 2-a (Prusio)](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederiko_la_2-a_(Prusio))
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- [Friedrich Suur](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Suur)
- [Frederiko II.a Handia](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederiko_II.a_Handia)
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- [Fredrik Suuri](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredrik_Suuri)
- [Wikiquote](https://ar.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A)
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