#Frederick ii

[fuwbuki]

Are you starting to forget how he looked like my king?

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Finally visited Sanssouci and was really inspired by this (gazebo?) structure although i had to shrink the size to fit everything. But im very happy how it turned out especially Fritz.

[angevinyaoiz]

Ancient request for @proosh…. Fritz being sad to the core core core

bonus two freddies

[robvilutionist]

I finally get to make this yayayayyayayahehehhe

late ish to the trend but uhh dc

[micromegazz]

this came to me in a vision……..

[vanitatorium]

Frederick the smol

[thebeesareback]

Frederick, the potato king

I am not a monarchist. I do, however, occassionally look at monarchs and think, huh, they seem pretty cool. Meet Frederick the Great.

Frederick ruled Prussia from 1712 to 1786. During this time he:

was woken up by a cannon each morning, because his father wanted him to be a military leader

wrote "Anti-Machiavel", a rebuttal to Machiavelli's The Prince

was gay

married a woman to keep his father happy, then separated from her, gave her a palace and visited her once a year for her birthday

was friends with Voltaire

was king of Prussia but wrote exclusively in French. Frederick was a bit of a Francophile, mostly because his dad hated the place

introduced potatoes and turnips to Prussia, and was known as "Der Kartoffelkönig". Potatoes were initially unpopular, so Frederick had them planted and guarded so they looked expensive and desirable. However, the guards were told to let people steal the potatoes

his head was permanently tilted to one side because he spent so long playing his flute

opened the first veterinary school in Prussia

gave everyone free entry to the opera

sheltered Jean-Jacques Rousseau

was bad at spelling (a relatable icon) (also, he was writing in French, and French spelling is even more ridiculous than English)

drank eight cups of coffee each day, mixed with mustard and peppercorns. The cannon alarm clock was discontinued after his father died, so I guess eight cups of coffee would probably be just as effective for waking one up

his lasts words were "cover the dog, he's shivering".

wanted to be buried with his greyhounds. This didn't happen, but now he had a nice gravestone and people leave potatoes there

[bantarleton]

A young, future Friedrich II and Prince Eugene of Savoy near Philippsburg in 1734, by Wilhelm Camphausen.

[mjuice]

Calling some history fans who also enjoy the enlightenment…. I am but a humble AP Euro student who had fallen dangerously in love with sooo many philosophers from the enlightenment era, but especially Voltaire (and whatever was going on with him and Frederick the Great), Wollstonecraft, Rousseau, and Diderot.

If anyone would be interested in recommending me good books to read about these guys OR good sources to just better understand them… oh. Oh I am so open and begging.

Uhmmm I would like to note that while I do enjoy dissecting shortened versions of their work,, I fear I could not sit through 250+ pages of their writing. If u know good dissections of their work however 👀👀👀👀

THANK YOUUU seriously THANK YOU SM

[guy60660]

Art of Falconry | Frederick II | TX Wildlife

[thefairyfellermasterstroke]

Hello people here a collection of stuff I found on pinterest I'm gonna print and stick on my wall enjoy

[fuwbuki]

Once again late for Thermidor. So i only have frev guys from my sketchbook mixed with some other historical figures

[saintjustienne]

Saw the tomb of Algarotti in Pisa and cried.

In one of his letters to Frederick he wrote "my name will live alongside that of Your Majesty" and in a way that's what actually happened.

This detail never fails to make me emotional.

[spleenomane]

Crown of Costance

12th-13th century.

Cathedral of Palermo, Italy.

[micromegazz]

is this anything

alt version (the burning of dr akakia > voltaire reaching out on wilhelmine’s request > the correspondence becoming regular again > voltaire’s post-mortem memoires)

[rpfshippingpolls]

⚠️ DON��T START DISCOURSE ABOUT RPF IN THE NOTES!! YOU WILL BE BLOCKED IF YOU DO SO ⚠️

Do you ship it?

Reason:

“What reasons are there to NOT ship them. 1) very probable they were lovers 2) bonded over literature and music 3) Katte tried to help Friedrich flee from his tyrannical abusive father 4) that failed and Katte was condemned to death, when Friedrich learned of it he wanted to be executed in his stead 5) Katte was executed nearly in eyesight of Friedrich, Friedrich begged his forgiveness and Katte told him there was nothing to forgive and he'd gladly die for him 6) just??? Most tragic 18th century RPF ship”

[yorikuro]

Peter reading letters from Frederick. I mean, can you blame him for such reaction? This man wrote about how if he were a pagan, he would build temples to Peter and pray to him as to some kind of godlike being. My dude Peter clearly wasn't ready for that. He literally wrote back, "You've confused me so much with your praise that I don't know how to respond." Bro just doesn't understand basic flattery.