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unusual facts about Frederick William II


Royal Porcelain Factory, Berlin

Under Frederick the Great’s successor, his nephew Frederick William II, the manufactory became a technologically leading enterprise.


Johann Heinrich Schulz

In 1791 he was suspended from office for violating the Religious Edict of King Frederick William II.

Ordre de la Sincérité

In January 1792, the Kingdom of Prussia bought both Brandenburg-Bayreuth and Brandenburg-Ansbach and on June 12, 1792, King Frederick William II again revived the order as a Prussian royal order.

Principality of Ansbach

On 2 December 1791, the reigning Prince and Margrave of Ansbach, Alexander, who had also succeeded to Bayreuth, sold the sovereignty of his principalities to King Frederick William II of Prussia.


see also

Wilhelmine of Prussia

Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands (1774–1837), daughter of Frederick William II of Prussia and wife of William I of the Netherlands; niece of previous