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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 61. Chapters: Electors of Brandenburg, Ernestine duchies, Frederick the Great, Frederick William I, Elector of Brandenburg, Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg, Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg, Frederick I of Prussia, Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg, Frederick William I of Prussia, Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, Wenceslaus, King of the Romans, John George, Elector of Brandenburg, John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg, Louis VI the Roman, Jobst of Moravia, John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg, Joachim III Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg, George William, Elector of Brandenburg, Reuss, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Margraviate of Brandenburg, Frederick William II of Prussia, Frederick William III of Prussia, List of rulers of Brandenburg, Saxe-Weimar, House of Wettin, Saxe-Eisenach, Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg, Saxe-Altenburg, Saxe-Meiningen, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Reuss-Lobenstein, Reuss-Ebersdorf, Saxe-Gotha, Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Reuss Younger Line, Otto V, Duke of Bavaria, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Saxe-Hildburghausen, Reuss Elder Line, Saxe-Saalfeld, Saxe-Marksuhl, Saxe-Eisenberg, Saxe-Jena, Saxe-Romhild. Excerpt: Frederick II (German: 24 January 1712 - 17 August 1786) was a King in Prussia (1740-1772) and a King of Prussia (1772-1786) from the Hohenzollern dynasty. In his role as a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire, he was Frederick IV (Friedrich IV.) of Brandenburg. He was in personal union the sovereign prince of the Principality of Neuchatel. He became known as Frederick the Great (Friedrich der Grosse) and was nicknamed Der Alte Fritz ("Old Fritz"). Interested primarily in music and philosophy and not the arts of war during his youth, Frederick unsuccessfully attempted to flee from his autho..