Frederick the Great has become a common name but this was only the beginning, as a great monarch cannot know peace for long. In 1756 Europe's first world war had ... over 20 years: I don't want ...

The Seven Years’ War (1756-1763 ... with the aim of curbing the growing power of both Great Britain and Prussia. At first Frederick won resounding victories, defeating France and Austria ...

The Seven Years’ War was not between England and France, but between an alliance of France, Russia, Austria, &c., against Frederick the Great. The war between England and France which was partly ...

The Prussian king Frederick the Great ... the Seven Years War and lauded as a philosopher and cultured 'Prince of the Enlightenment'. Yet the reputation of both Frederick and his Prussia was ...

His son Frederick became “King in Prussia” in 1701 ... that could hold the balance among Europe’s great powers. The Seven Years’ War taught a lesson, as the more cautious policies that ...

Frederick the Great of Prussia has been enjoying his home in ... found his new home started more than 100 years ago when a member of the German royal family came for a visit.

Frederick the Great had a brute of a father ... possibly his lover - being beheaded in front of his eyes. King of Prussia from 1740, Frederick was also a musician, a composer, a writer and ...

Greg Jenner is joined by special guests Stephen Fry and Dr Bodie Ashton as they travel back to 18th-century Prussia and look at the life of Frederick the Great. Show more Greg Jenner is joined by ...