Frederick II, later “the Great,” managed to combine his military ... In the late 1740s Frederick began building an extravagant summer palace in Potsdam, near Berlin. In homage to his ...

Beginning its life as a summer home for the royal family in the late 17th century, Schloss Charlottenburg became a lavish palace after Frederick the Great commissioned some 18th-century upgrades ...

After The Battle of Mollwitz Frederick, had learned a great deal about war and the people of the world were enthralled by ...