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5 unusual facts about Frederick William II of Prussia


Frederick William II of Prussia

On 9 July 1788 the famous religious edict was issued, which forbade Evangelical ministers from teaching anything not contained in the letter of their official books, proclaimed the necessity of protecting the Christian religion against the "enlighteners" (Aufklärer), and placed educational establishments under the supervision of the orthodox clergy.

The insurrection in Poland that followed the partition of 1793, and the threat of the isolated intervention of Russia, hurried Frederick William into the separate Treaty of Basel with the French Republic (5 April 1795), which was regarded by the great monarchies as a betrayal, and left Prussia morally isolated in Europe on the eve of the struggle between the monarchical principle and the new republican creed of the Revolution.

Ivan Mane Jarnović

Apart from other appointments he appeared from 1779 to 1783 in the service of the Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia.

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.


Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser

In August 1791, in consultation with French émigré nobles and Frederick William II of Prussia, he issued the Declaration of Pillnitz, in which they declared the interest of the monarchs of Europe as one with the interests of Louis and his family.

Declaration of Pillnitz

Declaration of Pillnitz was a statement issued on 27 August 1791 at Pillnitz Castle near Dresden (Saxony) by the Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II and Frederick William II of Prussia.

Marianne Kirchgessner

After that she traveled throughout Europe for ten years, visiting Prague, Dresden, Leipzig, Berlin, Hamburg and Magdeburg, playing four times at the Prussian court for King Friedrich Wilhelm II in Berlin.

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