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Frederick the Great

Frederick the GreatAKA Frederick Hohenzollern

Born: 24-Jan-1712
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: 17-Aug-1786
Location of death: Potsdam, Germany
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Sanssouci Palace, Potsdam, Germany

Gender: Male
Religion: Atheist
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Matter of Dispute
Occupation: Royalty

Nationality: Germany
Executive summary: King of Prussia, 1740-86

Military service: Prussian Army

Father: Frederick William I (d. 31-May-1740)
Mother: Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (b. 1687, d. 1757)
Brother: Heinrich
Sister: Wilhelmina
Wife: Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Bevern (m. 12-Jun-1733, sep. 1740)

    King of Prussia (1740-86)
    Freemasonry 1738
    Treason 5-Aug-1730
    Fainted at the beheading of Hans Hermann von Katte (6-Nov-1730)
    Pardoned 18-Nov-1730
    Proxy Baptism: Mormon St. George, UT (Aug-1877)
    Exhumed by the Nazis
    Risk Factors: Gout, Hemorrhoids


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