10 December 2023

The Great Frederick

Ultimately, he caused the total destruction of the Holy Roman Empire and the so-called 'German Empire' that he was instrumental in creating.

From The Mad Monarchist (24 January 2012)


It was on this day in 1712 that the future King Friedrich II of Prussia was born, better known as Frederick the Great, one of the "Enlightened Despots" and the military genius who held off almost all the great powers on the continent with his small but matchlessly efficient army.
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