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The Connections of Frederick the Great
King of Prussia from 1740 to 1786 (1712-1786) Every person recorded alongside Frederick the Great in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Frederick the Great in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia, Sophia Dorothea of Hanover
- Spouses
- Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern
- Siblings
- Sophia Dorothea of Prussia, Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia, Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Anna Amalia of Prussia, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia, Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia, Prince Heinrich of Prussia, Prince Augustus William of Prussia, Frederick Louis, Crown Prince of Prussia
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1712 to 1786.
Early Modern era
Charles III
January 20, 1716 – December 14, 1788
King of Spain from 1759 to 1788
Early Modern era
Jean Cavalier
November 28, 1681 – May 17, 1740
Camisard rebel leader, Governor of Jersey
Early Modern era
King Sobhuza I
1780 – 1836
King of Eswatini
Early Modern era
Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein
June 26, 1760 – April 20, 1836
Austrian marshal (1760-1836)
Early Modern era
William I of the Netherlands
August 24, 1772 – December 12, 1843
King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg 1815-1840 (1772-1843)
Early Modern era
Louis XIV
September 5, 1638 – September 1, 1715
King of France and Navarre from 1643 to 1715 (1638-1715)
Early Modern era
Louis XVI
August 23, 1754 – January 21, 1793
King of France and Navarre from 1774 to 1791, then King of the French from 1791 to 1792 (1754-1793)
Early Modern era
Marie Antoinette
November 2, 1755 – October 16, 1793
Last Queen of France prior to the French Revolution (1755–1793)
Early Modern era
Maria Theresa
May 13, 1717 – November 29, 1780
Ruler of the Habsburg Dominions (1717-1780)
Early Modern era
Peter the Great
May 30, 1672 – January 28, 1725
Tsar/Emperor of Russia from 1682 to 1725
Early Modern era
Catherine the Great
April 21, 1729 – November 17, 1796
Empress who modernized and expanded the Russian Empire
Early Modern era
Kangxi Emperor
May 4, 1654 – December 20, 1722
3rd Emperor of the Qing dynasty (r. 1661–1722)